Monadnock Building, Chicago: Basement plan

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Basement plan

Date:

printed 1890-1892

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 90.6 x 121.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:247

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plan

Point of View:

general view

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. A portion of the sheet has been cut out at c. and the resulting hole has been patched with a sheet of paper on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with title, architectural firm's name, date and "B" [within circle; drawing number]; and throughout: with dimensions, functions of spaces, building components and notes concerning the construction inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, l.c.: "OK"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

basement

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

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