Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Partial first floor plan showing the southeast corner

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Partial first floor plan showing the southeast corner

Date:

1890-1892

Description:

- This drawing is for the floor plan for first floor offices at the southeast corner of the Kearsarge Building. The signature at the lower right apparently indicates the future tenant's approval of the layout.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
working drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and blue ? ink with traces of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 43.8 x 45.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:383

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plan

Point of View:

partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout. The ink colour was possibly altered when the image was reproduced.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and blue ? ink, b.: with title and architectural firm name; l.: with dimensions and space functions; and c.r.: "Like this" signed and inscribed - by unknown hands, in graphite, c.r.: "Bradley [?]"; l.r.: "OK / ASN / 8 copies AP / OK / Chicago ... [illeg.] Co. / [illeg.]" signed and inscribed - by the client/tenant, in graphite or pen and ink: with signature approving the drawings

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

office

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

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