Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial fifth floor plan

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial fifth floor plan

Date:

before 19 March 1892

Description:

- This drawing is for the revised floor plan and furnishings for a fifth floor office on the east side of the Monadnock Building. The signature at the lower left apparently indicates the future tenant's approval of the plan.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
working drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and blue ? ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 35.5 x 36.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:391

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, on the print, in pen and blue ? ink, b.: with title; and c.: with dimensions dated and inscribed - by unknown hands, in graphite, c.l.: "3/19/92 / I did not have this / printed because Bradley / told me not to / Austin; and l.l. [illeg.] / 489 Palmer House / Please O.K. and send to Burnham & Root / 1142 Rookery / OK / ASN" signed and inscribed - by the client/tenant, in graphite or pen and ink: "OK / H.C. Au.. [?]" [signature apparently indicates approval of drawing]

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

office

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

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