Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Sixth floor plan showing lighting fixtures

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings, Chicago: Sixth floor plan showing lighting fixtures

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 with traces of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.; approx.): 100,8 x 146 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:465

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

floor plan
utility plan
electrical plan

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is very dirty with substantial losses, many creases throughout, and stains and tears at r. There is a large loss at u.r. of sheet. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with title [with "Revised" added in pen and brown ink], architectural firm's name, key to symbols for lighting fixtures and notes concerning the design of the doors; and throughout: with dimensions and functions of spaces

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

offices
lighting fixtures

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

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