Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for the structural frame for the elevators

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for the structural frame for the elevators

Date:

1 November 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and blue pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 75.9 x 102.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:140

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plan

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

dated, inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite and blue pencil, b.: "Monadnock Nov.1 89 Elevator Framing"; and throughout: with load calculations and column numbers

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

steel structural frame

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

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