Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Framing plans for the second and third to sixteenth floors

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Framing plans for the second and third to sixteenth floors

Date:

printed after 13 December 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
working drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 90.9 x 91.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:305

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plans

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has tears and losses at the edges. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

signed and inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title and architectural firm's name; c. and l.c.: with drawing titles and illegible signatures stamped and dated - on the original, l.r.: "APPROVED / BURNHAM & ROOT, / AUG 13 1890 / EC Shankland / ENGINEER" signed - by the contractor, on the print, in pen and black ink, l.r.: with the contractor's name and company name [more than one contractor's name may be indicated]

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

steel structural frame

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

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