Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for the Globe Savings Bank, possibly for the mosaic floors

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for the Globe Savings Bank, possibly for the mosaic floors

Date:

printed before 14 November 1891

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint with additions in pen and red ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 44.2 x 78.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:380

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plan

Point of View:

general view

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:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, c.l.: with title; b.: with notes concerning the drawing; and throughout: with dimensions dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the reprographic copy, in pen and black ink, c.r.: "Revised Nov 14 1891 / Measurements given for Mosaic [?] / from face of plaster walls"; and c.r and c.l: with illeg. notes stamped - in purple ink, on the reprographic copy, c.r.: "A.H. ANDREWS & CO., / 215 & 221 WABASH AVE, / CHICAGO."

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bank (building)
mosaic (visual work)
floor tile

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

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