Gaineswood

Title

Gaineswood

Subject

Architectural drawings; Watercolors; Dwellings; Mansions; Houses; Doors & doorways; Niches; Sculpture; Windows; Porches; Columns; Hand railings; Roofs; Chimneys; Moldings; Vases; Trees; Landscapes (Representations)

Description

This image is a watercolor painting of Gaineswood, also known as Whitfield Home or Gen. Nathan Whitfield-Kirven House, in Demopolis, Alabama done by Morris A. Hall in 1938. The painting shows the front exterior of the house with its windows, door, niches with statues, columned porch and a flat roof with two chimneys and a round railing. The house also has two wings that also have columned porches. One wing porch is one story with a railing and the other is two stories and has steps. There is a tree in front of the house and landscaping around it. The house is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including a including a small inset of the back exterior of the house and a close-up of the columns and the molding under the roof, the handrail on one of the porches, and a stone vase. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp with the handwritten inscription "2nd Medal" and the artist's information block which reads: "Measured drawing, Major II, Arch 476, Morris A. Hall, April 9, 1938." The painting is in fair condition with a few pieces missing from the edges and is encapsulated.

Creator

Hall, Morris Aaron (rendering) ; Whitfield, Nathan B. (house)

Source

Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept. Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects

Publisher

Auburn University Libraries

Date

1938-01-01

1842-01-01

Rights

This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archive@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.

Relation

Library of Congress (Historic American Buildings Survey): http://www.loc.gov/item/al0370/ ; Alabama Department of Archives and History: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/15082 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/1293 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/2320 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/15077 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/7356 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/15078 ; http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/1279

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

RG457_010.pdf

Coverage

Demopolis -- Marengo County -- Alabama ; 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL (U.S. 80, 1/2 mile)

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