Monadnock Building, Chicago: Penthouse plan

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Penthouse plan

Date:

printed 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 32.8 x 76.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:300

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plan

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets. Sheet has old fold at l.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title; and throughout: with dimensions, notes concerning building components and construction and the functions of spaces signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the original, l.r.: "5 B.P. / AP"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

penthouse

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

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