Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plan showing sidewalk supports

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Plan showing sidewalk supports

Date:

printed after 13 August 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 53.6 x 86.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:336

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is creased throughout and has tears and losses at the edges. There are large losses at u.r. and l.c. These detached pieces are stored with object.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with title and notes concerning drawing; l.r.: with architectural firm's name; l.l. and r.c.: with notes conerning construction; c.l and c.r.: with building names; and throughout: with dimensions, pier letters and building components stamped and dated - on the original, l.r.: "APPROVED / BURNHAM & ROOT / AUG 13 1890 / EC Shankland / ENGINEER."

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

sidewalk
beams (structural elements)

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

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