Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: First and second floor plans

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: First and second floor plans

Date:

printed before 15 December 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph with additions in graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 71.3 x 91.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:295

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. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

stamped - embossed, on the print, l.r.: "PRINT / -BY- / W. EWEN JR & Co. / 152 DEARBORN ST. / CHICAGO, ILL" inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title and the architectural firm's name and "100" [within circles; drawing number]; u.c. and l.c.: with the drawing titles; and throughout: with building components and functions of spaces stamped and dated - in purple ink, on the print, b.: "APPROVED / BURNHAM & ROOT, / DEC 15 1890 / EC Shankland / ENGINEER"

Subject:

architecture

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

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