Monadnock Building, Chicago: Fourth and fifth floor plans for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Fourth and fifth floor plans for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

Date:

1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 77.0 x 111.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:036

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plans

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is very dirty and creased throughout. There is an old fold at c. from l. to r. and brown stains at l.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, u.c.: "Fifth Story Plan"; l.c.: "Fourth Story Plan"; and throughout: with "up" and "down" on stairs and dimensions

Subject:

architecture

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

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