Monadnock Building, Chicago: Elevations showing the cast struts for bay windows with structural details, and plans and elevations for the steel framework for the Jackson Street entrance

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Elevations showing the cast struts for bay windows with structural details, and plans and elevations for the steel framework for the Jackson Street entrance

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: 91.6 x 122.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:047

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 and architectural firm's name and "68" [within circles; drawing number]; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and notes concerning the building components and construction [one note added in graphite]

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
columns (architectural elements)
bay windows
mullions
steel structural frame
brackets (structural elements)
braces (supporting elements)

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

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