Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for structural framing with detail for beam-to-pier connection; verso: Elevations for an unidentifed house

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for structural framing with detail for beam-to-pier connection; verso: Elevations for an unidentifed house

Date:

after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings
detail drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 67.7 x 102.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:141 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
framing plan
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty throughout and has tears and losses at the edges. There is a stain at r. and the l.r. portion of the drawing is missing.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite and pen and blue and red ink, c.l.: "Book 1 Section A; c.r.: "Book 1 Section B"; throughout: with loads, beam and column numbers and notes concerning the structural frame

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

house
masonry piers (supporting elements)
steel columns (architectural elements)
structural frame
steel beams (structural elements)

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

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