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Digital photographic print showing western grade with eroded macadam surface and slope to creek, conditions which allowed incursion of surface drainage into cellar through opening at grade as seen in photo.
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Sketch plan drawing showing a west elevation view of June, 2010 installation of a stone-paved spillway, drains, and masonry retaining structures along the DeTurk House details west eaves wall foundation. [SEE DTR09FN7--1001.01.236 for discussion of the function of this installation in controlling and redistributing roof runoff and ground-surface water incurs
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Sketch plan drawing showing an elevation view of June, 2010 installation of the retaining wall and footings along DeTurk House west eaves wall. Also see DTR09FN8--1001.01.237, DTR09FN9--1001.01.238, and DTR09FN7--1001.01.236 for alternate plan drawings of this installation and discussion of the functions and construction details of these facilities. S
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Digital image of photographic print (reproduced in printed material) showing first floor window and shutter west of doorway on south facade. Details shown in this image include: eight-over-eight sash, paneled shutter, shutter dog [”stay”], pull ring. Original caption to photo reads: "PAINTED SHUTTER PANELS, John De Turk House, Oley Valley. The painti
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Letter from Harold E. Yoder, Jr. of the Historical Society of Berks County, dated Feb. 13, 1970, in reply to a personal inquiry from Mrs. J. Robert Hottenstein. Subjects include shutters from the DeTurk house which the Society holds, and windows from elsewhere which were mistakenly displayed with them. "Letter No. 5" is printed in pencil in the upper rig
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Bank steps at Johan DeTurk house. Field-Notes construction plan and elevation view of stone steps from upper lane level down to the Little Manatawny Creek bank level east of the 1767 Johan DeTurk ancillary-dwelling, showing tread-stones, retainers, and risers set on a drainage course of clean 2B stones, and upper and lower landing-stones and their bed-sto
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