Monadnock Building, Chicago: Data sheet for pier and column loads with pier and column plan and partial section through the floors

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Data sheet for pier and column loads with pier and column plan and partial section through the floors

Date:

after 1889

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 manuscript(s)

Stage and Purpose:

detail drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.; approx.; folded): 91.4 x 107.2 cm (36 x 42 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:029

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Document Type:

chart

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section

Point of View:

general view
partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and has blue printing stains and creases throughout. Tears and losses at the edges. There is an old horizontal fold at c. from l. to r.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "D." [within circles; drawing number]; b. and c.r.: with drawing titles; b.: with dimensions and building components; c.r.: with pier letters, column numbers and street names; and throughout: with a chart showing the loads on the columns and piers at various levels of the building

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

masonry piers (supporting elements)
steel columns (architectural elements)
structural frame

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

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