Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Seventh floor framing plan and partial eighth floor framing plan

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Seventh floor framing plan and partial eighth floor framing plan

Date:

printed after 28 May 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph with traces of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 91.6 x 123.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:310

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plans

Point of View:

general view
partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

dated, inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name, north arrow, date and "57" [within circles; drawing number]; c. and l.c.: with drawing titles; and throughout: with dimensions and notes concerning the design of the steel framing

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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