Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Dearborn Street and Custom House Place elevation

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Dearborn Street and Custom House Place elevation

Date:

printed before 18 May 1891

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:

contract drawing
working drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 101.0 x 101.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:287

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

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.

Inscription:

signed - by eight unknown hands, on the print, in pen and black ink, b.: with contactors' names and companies stamped and dated - on the print, in purple ink, b.: with eight contract dates inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: title, architectural firm's name and notes concerning the Custom House Place façade and the design of the windows; l.r.: "219." [within circle; drawing number]; r.: with floor numbers; and throughout: with dimensions

Subject:

architecture

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

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