Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Elevations and plan, including ceiling tile pattern, for the first floor entrance lobbies with elevations for entrance doors and plan and elevation for the toilet cases (combined coat closet and office sink cabinet)

People:

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

Title:

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
construction drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 100.8 x 122.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:292

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
floor plan
reflected ceiling plan
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
interior 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:

signed - by six unknown hands, on the print, in pen and black ink, c.r.: with contactors' names and companies stamped and dated - on the print, in purple ink, c.r.: with six contract dates inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "224." [within circles; drawing number]; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions, materials and parts of the building inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the print, in blue pencil, l.l.: "Monadnock / New Original / [illeg.]"

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

marble
doors
woodwork
lavatories (sinks)
closet
lobbies

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

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