Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans and sections showing location of electric meter closets with elevation of meter closet doors

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans and sections showing location of electric meter closets with elevation of meter closet doors

Date:

printed 1890-1892

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)
electrical drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 91.3 x 51.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:445

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty and creased throughout. Perforations at the t. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title; l.c.: with north arrow and notes concerning the pipe spaces; r.: with floor numbers; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and notes concerning the design of the closets

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

woodwork
closets
electric meters

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

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