Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Elevations, plan and section for a counter for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company offices

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Elevations, plan and section for a counter for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company offices

Date:

printed 1890-1892

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing
working drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph with revisions in graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 59.0 x 70.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:455

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views

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 - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title; and c.: with dimensions and notes concerning the design of the counter; and throughout: with drawing titles signed and inscribed - by the contractor ? on the print, in pen and black ink, l.r.: "The ME Frost Mfg [?] Co. / By GAWas...[illeg.]"

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

woodwork
counter

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

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