Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plans and details for the steel framework for bay windows and plan and elevations for the "cast stool" columns in basement

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plans and details for the steel framework for bay windows and plan and elevations for the "cast stool" columns in basement

Date:

printed after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
detail drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 90.5 x 122.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:046

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
framing plans
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout, especially at the edges, which also have tears and losses. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "69 [within circles; drawing number] / Monadnock [added to print in graphite]"; c.r.: "General Details showing construction of Bay Windows"; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and notes concerning building components and construction

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

columns (architectural elements)
bay windows
girders
steel structural frame
brackets (structural elements)

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

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