Title	Eslava House, 1840-1939
Description	This image is a watercolor painting of Eslava House in Spring Hill, Alabama done by C.W. Thompson in 1939. The house was built in 1840. The painting shows the front exterior of the house with its doors, windows, shutters, columned porches, two sets of steps, sloped roofs, and two chimneys surrounded by trees and landscaping. There is a fountain in front of the house. There is a woman on the side porch and a couple coming up the walk, all in period dress. The house is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including the molding under the roof, side and top views of the columns, the side steps, a side view of the house, a floor plan, a scale, the fountain, an iron gate, and flowering bushes. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp with a handwritten inscription "1st Medal/HC" and the artist's information block which reads: "Measured drawing, The Eslava House, Spring Hill, Ala., Major IV, Architectural Design 476, March 4, 1939, C.W. Thompson." The painting is in excellent condition and is encapsulated.
Related Materials	Library of Congress (Historic American Buildings Survey): http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/al0839/
Creator	Thompson, C. W.
Date	1939-03-04
Location	Spring Hill -- Mobile County -- Alabama Mobile -- Mobile County -- Alabama
Street Address	152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL
LC Subject Headings	Architectural drawing Watercolor painting Eslava House (Spring Hill, Ala.) Dwellings -- Alabama -- Spring Hill Wooden-frame houses Doors Windows Porches Columns Hand-railing Woodwork Stairs Roofs Chimneys Moldings Fountains Gates Architectural ironwork Flowering shrubs Men Women Trees Landscape architecture
AAT Subject Headings	architectural drawings watercolors houses dwellings doors windows shutters porches columns handrails woodwork steps roofs chimneys moldings: architectural fountains gates ironwork flowers shrubs men women trees landscaping
TGM Subject Headings	Architectural drawings Watercolors Houses Dwellings Doors & doorways Windows Shutters Porches Columns Hand railings Roofs Chimneys Moldings Fountains Gates Ironwork Flowers Shrubs Men Women Trees Landscapes (Representations)
EOA Categories	Arts & Literature -- Architecture Arts & Literature -- Painting, Sculpture, and the Plastic Arts
Original Medium	watercolor painting, 145 x 97 cm
Type	Image
Format	PDF
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File Name	RG457_019.pdf
Original Item ID	RG 457, no. 19
Collection	Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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 archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Caudle, Dana M.
Mini-Collections	Historic Buildings