Kearsarge Building, Chicago: First floor framing plan

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: First floor framing plan

Date:

before 14 May 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black and red ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 43.1 x 52.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:191

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plan

Point of View:

general view
partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "(To be superseded by sheet 51)"; u.r. and l. c.: with notes concerning related drawings; and throughout: with dimensions signed, dated and inscribed - by the engineer, in pen and black ink, b.: "approved / Burnham & Root / ECS / 5/14/90" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "Holabird + Roche / 1400 ... [illeg.] Bldg."

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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