Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Sections through the footings

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Sections through the footings

Date:

printed after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 64.7 x 101.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:060

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: "Section thro Footings / Monadnock Building [crossed out with pen and red ink] / Burnham and Root Archts"; and throughout: with dimensions, column numbers, pier letters and building materials inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the print, in pen and blue ink, b.: "Kearsarge Building"

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

foundation (structural element)
footings

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

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