Drawing, Architectural

Title:

Meeting House Village

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.240

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1981

Description:

Architectural drawing, Meeting House Village retirement community, possibly Kittery, ME, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1981. Blueprint, with pastel on foamcore. Aerial view of a complex with two story buildings, brick, peaked roofs, one building has a tower, pond in front of building on the left section of the drawing, standing in a wooded green area. Titled, lower right, "MEETING HOUSE VILLAGE / PERSPECTIVE". Architect's imprint, lower right, "SOULE ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.5 W-18.5 inches

Provenance:

George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. He later worked as an artist with the WPA until 1942, and then as a draftsman at the Manchester Army Air Base. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.

Credit Line:

Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule

People:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)

Subjects:

Architectural drawings, Architecture, Architects, Churches, Retirement communities