Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans for the fourth to seventh, eighth to eleventh, twelfth to fifteenth and sixteenth floors

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans for the fourth to seventh, eighth to eleventh, twelfth to fifteenth and sixteenth floors

Date:

printed after 22 May 1890

Description:

- The condition of this print indicates that it was apparently used on site during the construction of the building.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)
electrical drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 91.5 x 121.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:240

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plans

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout, especially at edges. There are many tears and losses at edges. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that the sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

dated, inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name, date and "2" [within circle; drawing number]; l.c.: notes concerning the construction; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and functions of spaces

Subject:

architecture

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

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