Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plan, elevation and full-scale details for the toilet compartments

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plan, elevation and full-scale details for the toilet compartments

Date:

printed after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
working drawing
detail drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 70.8 x 91.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:057

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty throughout. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the print, in pen and black ink, l.l.: "I'm signing this drawing, it is with the understanding / that we furnish no hardware / Malcott [?] Hurlbut Company / by C L Malcott [?] Best [?]" inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, b. "TYPICAL WATER CLOSET FOR THE NORTHERN HOTEL [crossed out with pen and red ink] / 82 [within three circles; drawing number] / BURNHAM & ROOT ARCHTS."; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and building materials inscribed - by and unknown hand, on the print in pen and red ink, b.: "MONADNOCK & KEARSARGE"

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

woodwork
rest room
toilet compartment

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

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