Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Cut out framing plans

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Cut out framing plans

Date:

printed after 1889

Description:

- Twenty hectographs of the Monadnock Building were probably cut apart when the southern half, owned by Shepherd Brooks, became the Kearsarge Building in 1889 (DR1986:0767:120). The southern half of the building (DR1986:0767:466:001-042 and DR1986:0767:467:001-054) was cut out, leaving the northern half (DR1986:0767:048 - DR1986:0767:056, DR1986:0767:248 - DR1986:0767:257, and DR1986:0767:259). The hectographs were possibly divided so that two discrete sets of reprographic copies could be produced for the Monadnock and Kearsarge Buildings.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawings
structural drawings

Technique and media:

Hectographs

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest [irreg.]): 24,7 x 24,9 cm sheet (largest [irreg.]): 26,4 x 28,4 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:466:001-042

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

framing plans

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheets have been cut out from other objects, some probably originally part of DR1986:0767:046 - DR1986:0767:056

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, on the print, verso, various locations: typically with floor and/or sheet numbers inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, throughout: with dimensions and notes concerning the framing

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

steel structural frame

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

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