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Letter from Donald Donahue, antique dealer of Falls Church VA, dated Feb. 13,1970, in reply to a letter dated August 14, 1969 from Mrs. E. Robert Hottenstein, , to. A copy of the letter from Mrs. Hottenstein is posted in record DTHTX10. "Letter No. 3" is printed in pencil in the upper right corner. This apparently refers to a series (numbered 1 to 6) of i
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Exterior masonry pier south of replacement door jamb (white primer paint on south face) at kitchen doorway. Displaced stones have been removed to allow relaying, consolidation, and stabilization of pier stonework, restoring a plumb alignment with the door jamb. Green stones along left edge of photo are face blocks of the east-west retaining wall intersect
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The replacement southern jamb at the ground-level kitchen doorway stands for days in the water which covers the stone sill, on which the jambs are anchored by iron pins in mortises chiseled into the sill. The darkened area of the jamb above the water level has been soaked by the high water table and "wicking" of water upward in the porous oak timber. This pr
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Detail of DTR09PH77--1001.01.166 showing exterior view (outlet) of partially excavated exterior aperture of drain tunnel. The bedrock floor of the drain tunnel was evident under the pool of water in the masonry opening at a depth [“invert”] of approximately 18 inches below the sill elevation, the same level as the bedrock encountered at the base of the ex
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Color-keyed field drawing (8.5 x 11 inches) showing historically varying positions of door jamb, lintel, and outlookers of lower ground level kitchen doorway in east eaves wall before and after the 2009 restoration of the DeTurk House. The positions shown approximate the early (18th century), 20th-century, and post-restoration alignments of each set of eleme
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Excavated east cellar doorway and window openings prior to restoration. Partial excavation uncovered a half-millstone re-cycled [probably in the 19th or early 20th century] to serve as an intermediate stoop {1} about midway between the existing grade and the depth of the original sill [see lower edge of DTR09PH43--1001.127, also seen as the large block in
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East eaves wall prior to excavation, restoration, and regrading. The area involved in the 1970s repair to the northeast corner wall segments is discernible by its darker pointing [possibly because of an ill-advised attempt to match the mortar to the stone palette, rather than to the early pointing surviving in various segments of the masonry]. The gra
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The I-beams will support the masonry walls and timber framing during removal and re-laying of deformed and destabilized masonry piers. Laurence Ward, 2009
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Digital image from photographic print showing east eaves wall. Details include: shed-form pent hood, 19th-century slate roof, south pent roof on south elevation, south gabled hood.
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Digital image from photographic print deaccessioned by the Historical Society of Berks County. Image depicts east elevation of DeTurk House including dirt road and creek. Details include: shed-form pent hood, 19th-century slate roof, gable hood, pent roof, hood brace, window sash, root cellar vent [at upper level, near driveway], vent grate. The shed-f
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East elevation view of house including creek and cow. The exisiting (c. 2009-2010) grades on the north and east sides are higher than those depicted in this photograph.
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Digital image from photographic print showing east elevation of DeTurk House. Details include: 20th-century braced shed-form hood over lower-level kitchen door, 19th-century slate roof, gable-end brick chimney. Original HABS caption for this image is as follows: "Historic American Buildings Survey, Cervin Robinson, Photographer August ,1958 SOUTHEAST
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Interior view of northeast corner of kitchen showing enlarged opening around original site of kitchen floor drain. This original drain passed through the wall on bedrock 6-8 inches below the original floor elevation, draining from a sediment-trough ["pit"] lined with stone or brick. The trough will be restored in conjunction with reconstruction of the ki
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Detail of DTR09PH84--1001.01.173 showing drain pipe outlet. The "Schedule 40" PVC pipe, manufactured for underground applications, is set askew through wall, angled toward the creek [north], as were the jambs of the original drain tunnel, including the exterior jambs in the lower-right portion of the photo. The gray joint mortar has been modified to inhib
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Perspective view of northern range of east eaves wall kitchen foundation, with restored and modified cellar drain. The new [white] outlet pipe is angled toward the creek (northward) at the same angle as the drain conduit ("tunnel") jambs ("cheeks")establish through the wall on bedrock floor, and the same angle as the exterior stone jambs form relative to
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Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows first-floor south window in east eaves wall. Laurence Ward, 2009
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Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows lower ground-level six-over-six sash kitchen window in east eaves wall. Laurence Ward, 2009
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Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows first floor eight-over-eight, double hung sash window in south gable wall. Details include: original molded jambs and frame lintel, eight-over-eight sash window, shutter pintle. Laurence Ward, 2009
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Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows first- floor north sash window (missing lower sash) in east eaves wall. Laurence Ward, 2009
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Series of 89 photographs depicting the restoration of the fireplace lintel and masonry in the DeTurk house. Detailed captions appear below. DETAILED CAPTIONS #890, 8/9/09: Fireplace lintel (the large beam, also called a ”chimney-tree,” ”manteltree,” and ”balk” [early English: “baulk”] supporting the stone masonry chimney ”breast”) across center of photo
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Exterior excavation along pier foundation north of the kitchen doorway. The dark layer adhering to sub-grade stones is saturated soil, which has partially disintegrated some of the sub-grade joint mortar. Non-original north jamb plinth-block [with gray debris on its flat top] is seen to the left of shovel handle. Exterior window sill appears across right
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Excavated view of east foundation wall north of kitchen doorway. Excavated 8 inches deeper than in DTR09PH67--1001.01.151, showing displaced stones [the soil-darkened stone to the left is rotated 45 degrees out of its corner position below later jamb plinth-block seen in upper left corner of photo]. Degraded mortar, caused by saturated soil's dissolution
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B&W Digital photographic image showing detail view of root cellar passage in DeTurk House.
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Invoice for fabrication of DeTurk House Dutch door by Frederick Brothers, Inc. Invoice is dated July 17, 1974.
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