Monadnock Building, Chicago: Sections through walls and chimney stack with plan for chimney stack

People:

Shepherd Brooks (client)
Peter Brooks (developer)
Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Peter Brooks (client)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
Shepherd Brooks (developer)
George A. Fuller Company (contractors)

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Sections through walls and chimney stack with plan for chimney stack

Date:

1 November 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite with brown pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 65.8 x 102.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:007

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is irregularly trimmed and dirty and creased throughout. Old fold at c.l. from t. to b.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.r.: "Sections of walls. / Monadnock / Nov. 1 89"; b.: "Outside wall / Inside cross walls / Section A / Section B / A / Stack / B"; l.: with floor numbers; and throughout: with loads and dimensions inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, throughout: with notes and questions concerning the structure

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

walls
chimney stack
masonry piers (supporting elements)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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