Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plans and elevations for cast iron column bases

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plans and elevations for cast iron column bases

Date:

printed after 24 December 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
shop drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 61.0 x 89.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:120

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has tears and losses at the edges. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets. R. edge is folded.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, t.: with title; l.r.; "The Keystone Bridge Co. / 509 Home Insurance Building / Chicago Ill. Dec. 24, 1889 / Note: Top and Bottom of Bases lobe faced"; and throughout: dimensions and drawing titles stamped - in purple ink, on the reprographic copy, verso, t.: "Luhring & Dietzgen /IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF / DRAWING MATERIALS / 116 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. / FI... BLUE PRINT PAPER AND BLUE PRINTS / AT SHORTEST NOTICE"

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bases (object components)
cast iron columns (architectural elements)

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

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