Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Sections through footings

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Sections through footings

Date:

printed after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph with trace of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 75.3 x 101.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:319

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, on the print, in graphite, throughout: with calculations inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with title, architectural firm's name and "F1" [within circles; drawing number]; and throughout: with dimensions and materials

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

foundation (structural element)
footings

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

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