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ca. 1901
GUSN-310199
This perspective drawing depicts a hillside house and annex. The buildings feature many gables and chimneys. A porch runs along the entire perimeter of the house and is surrounded by a variety of wild and manicured shrubery. Mountains are seen in the background.
two-point perspectives (perspective views)
hotels (public accommodations)
resorts
gables (architectural elements)
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
porches
mountains
two-point perspectives (perspective views)
1 perspective drawing; ink on paper; 24 X 12 in.
AR001
General architectural and cartographic collection
AR001.USNH.0175.001
Gift
Gifted by Christopher Monkhouse in 2012. He purchased it at Post Road Antiques in Kittery, ME, ca. 1977.
White Mountains (New Hampshire) [mountains]
Campton (Grafton county, New Hampshire)
two-point perspectives (perspective views)
Architecture
Item
The Hillside Inn and Annex (Albamont), in Campton, NH, was built in the late 19th century and could accomodate about 100 people. It is featured in Bryan Toll's The Grand Resort Hotels in the White Mountains (1998), in appendix A, pg. 240.
This perspecitve drawing was originally shown in the Boston Sunday Globe on April 14, 1901.
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