Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial elevations for the Jackson Street entrance and bay windows, with profile, partial plan, elevation and sections for bay Y and detail for floor construction for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

People:

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

Title:

Date:

1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
detail drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 87.7 x 12.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:015

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

profiles (orthographic drawings)
plan (drawing)
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

partial views
exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout, especially at the edges, which also have tears and losses. The u.l. portion and u.r. corner of the drawing are missing.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l.: "Monadnock" [on plaque above the door]; throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions, and notes concerning design and construction

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
bay windows
floors

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

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