Monadnock Building, Chicago: Fifth floor plan with details for the columns, lintels and lattice struts for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

People:

Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Shepherd Brooks (developer)
Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Peter Brooks (developer)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
Shepherd Brooks (client)
Peter Brooks (client)

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Fifth floor plan with details for the columns, lintels and lattice struts for the sixteen-storey steel frame project

Date:

1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
permit drawing
detail drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite with pink wash

Dimensions:

sheet: 85.8 x 104.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:138

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view
partial views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout, especially at the edges, which also have tears and losses. The u.r. corner has been torn off and is stored with the object.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "S" [within circles; drawing number]"; l.c.: with a note concerning the construction; throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and building materials stamped - in purple ink, c.: "The construction of this Building must con- / form in all respects to the City Ordinance / [illeg. signature] / COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

columns (architectural elements)
lintels
steel structural frame
braces (supporting elements)

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

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