Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial third floor framing plan above the Jackson Street entrance

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial third floor framing plan above the Jackson Street entrance

Date:

after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite with blue pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 45.8 x 50.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:178

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plan

Point of View:

partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is creased throughout.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite and brown pencil, c.r.: with title and "Show position of uprights/ and Horizontal I beam at Side [?] and lintels"; b.: "on 2nd floor"; and throughout: with dimensions and calculations

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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