Monadnock Building, Chicago: Dearborn Street elevation for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

People:

Shepherd Brooks (client)
Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Peter Brooks (client)
Shepherd Brooks (developer)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
Peter Brooks (developer)

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Dearborn Street elevation for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

Date:

1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
permit drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 88.0 x 110.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:012

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout, especially at the edges, which also have tears and losses.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, b.: with title and architectural firm's name inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, c.r.: "196'-3" entire height" stamped - in purple ink, c.l.: "The construction of this Building must con- / form in all respects to the City Ordinance / [illeg. signature] / COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS"

Subject:

architecture

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

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