Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial twelfth floor plan

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Partial twelfth floor plan

Date:

1890-1892

Description:

- This drawing is for the revised floor plan and furnishings for the twelfth floor offices at the southwest corner of the Monadnock Building. The signature "ET. Williams" 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

Dimensions:

sheet: 36.7 x 41.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:411

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

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and blue ? ink, b.: with title signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand(s), in graphite, c.r.: "OK / ASN"; and l.r.: "225 Dearborn / [illeg. initials] / 7 copies" signed and inscribed - by the client/tenant, in graphite, l.r.: "OK ET. Williams" [signature apparently indicates approval of drawing]

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

offices

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

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