Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial tenth floor plan

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial tenth floor plan

Date:

printed 1890-1892

Description:

- This drawing is for the floor plan and furnishings for offices for The Standard Elevator Company on the tenth floor of the Monadnock Building. The signature at the lower centre indicates the future tenant's approval of the layout.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
design development drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph with revisions in graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 61.5 x 90.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:394

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. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, u.c.: with title and the architectural firm name; l.r.: "210 / revised" [within circle; drawing number]; b. and r.: with street names; c.: "This partition / according to special / design Sheet 210 1/2"; and throughout: with space functions and office furnishings signed and inscribed - by the client/tenant, on the print, in graphite, l.c.: "OK / H.A.Beidl. [?]" [signature apparently indicates approval of drawing] signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the print, in graphite, l.c.: "OK / ASN" inscribed - by unknown hand(s), on the print, in graphite, throughout: with notes concerning changes to the office design

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

offices

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

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