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Digital photograph showing detail view of lower segment of DTR09PH50--1001.01.134, showing receding water table. Water table at kitchen door sill dropped about 6 inches during 3 days without rain. Pumping after heavy rainfall had only temporary effect on lowering the water table inside or outside the entry threshold because of the continuous percolation
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Interior view of door sill and jamb feet [detail of DTR09PH52--1001.01.136]. The restored south jamb is set on the original stone door sill, which exhibits a full-width transverse fracture [visible between plank and left (north) door jamb]. This fracture is probably related to the deflection and dislocations in the east kitchen wall masonry and timber suppor
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Exterior view of restored east cellar door sill and jambs. The stone sill [original] was shifted 2-3 inches to the right [north] to accommodate the adjusted jamb alignments [see DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for discussion of the effects of this relocation of the sill on the relationship between the doorway jambs, lintel, sill, abutments and hood outlookers, and DTR
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Interior view of southern end of original stone sill [center left] and foundation of vault abutment pier [right half of photo] at east entry to ground-level kitchen. Irregular block in upper left corner is a later plinth ["pedestal stone"] for the south door jamb, with barely visible anchor-pin mortise [small brown circle just to right of mossy green face of
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East kitchen door sills and jamb plinths. The half-millstone stoop{1} visible here extending from barrow wheel at left across upper half of photo [see DTR09PH43--1001.01.127] is higher than the earliest entry elevation; the later plinth-blocks [right center and lower left] are set on the original (split) sill at bottom of photo, which is 6-7 inches above
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B&W Digital photographic image of DeTurk House showing cellar door at lower-eastern grade.
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Digital image (Image#1) of photographic print showing exterior of frame and doorway to lower ground-level kitchen of DeTurk House. Details include: figural folk paintings of birds/animals on door; oak frame; softwood door set at higher elevation than original position as grade was raised to mitigate flooding; vertical framing members of pent hood braces
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East kitchen cellar entry after excavation to the original stone door sill. The half-millstone stoop [location detail in photo DTR09PH44--1001.01.128 and see note {1} to DTR09PH41--1001.01.125] along the lower edge of the photo [left of the barrow's wheel] is at an intermediate elevation between the original door-sill [with dark transverse split] and the
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Detail of stone door sill at lower ground level kitchen doorway in east eaves wall.
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Exterior portion of masonry drain-tunnel from DeTurk cellar-kitchen. Further excavation at this site uncovered stones aligned with the skewed course of the tunnel through the wall [see DTR09PH85--1001.01.174--right edge of photo], indicating a drainage course angled toward the creek. Larry Ward, 2010
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Interior foundation wall under east kitchen window after removal of displaced stonework. The interior layer of stones will be re-laid and the deformed inner oak sill replicated in its original form [see DTR09PH11--1001.01.092 for pre-restoration view of this sill].
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Interior view (inlet) of enlarged drain opening prior to restoration of masonry "tunnel" through east wall of lower ground-level kitchen. This drain-inlet site and the 1970s terra-cotta pipe through the north gable wall [see DTR09PH82--1001.01.171 left side of photo] were buried under the stratified floor-fill (see DTR09PH14--1001.01.095 for a pre-restora
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The earthen layers appearing in these two photos, of varying compositions of clay, sand, gravel, and [probably] floor sweepings, document the incremental raising of the floor levels in the kitchen and "root" cellars as occasional creek floods, and frequent water table incursions, inundated the working kitchen and food storage areas. Brick floor paving and fi
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Pencil field notes with dimensioned section sketches indicating extent of termite damage to summer beam in lower level kitchen of DeTurk house. Sketches show substantial damage to central core of beam throughout its entire length.
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Partial page excerpt from essay titled "Down Oley Way" by Olive Zehner describing deteriorated condition of the DeTurck [DeTurk] house and appealing for it's preservation. Illustrated by exterior photo courtesy of the Berks County Historical Society. (see larger image DTHPH12-1001.01.035) From: Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine, Vol. V, No. 5, page 16.
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Invoice for materials and labor for restoration masonry work done to DeTurk House by Robert L. Landis (Carpenter & Masonry Work). Invoice is dated June 12, 1973.
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Letter in reply to HPTBC's Mrs. E. Robert Hottenstein from Laurence A. De Turk of Kutztown. No copy of the letter from Mrs. Hottenstein has been found. "Letter No. 1" is printed in pencil in the upper right corner. This apparently refers to a series (numbered 1 to 6) of inquiries to various sources about the De Turk property made by Mrs. Hottenstein.
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Letter from Library of Congress, David C. Mearns, Chief of Manuscripts, in reply to Mrs. Hottenstein with regard to Letters of [Moravian] Count Zinzendorf. He has forwarded a 4-page list from which specific documents can be loaned via interlibrary. That list is cataloged as 1001.01.020--DTTX9.
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Letter Hottenstein to Mearns , Library of Congress, thanking for Zinzendorf manuscript list,telling of follow-up with Rdg Library for copy. Hand-written note below typed letter indicating that documents sought could not be loaned out by L of C. Press "Related" button for other documents in this letter interchange.
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Limestone vein ["shelf" or "bench"] in bed of Little Manatawny Creek east [downstream] from the DeTurk House. This bedrock layer ["shelf"] forms the natural bedrock "footings"{1} bearing the foundation walls of the house, which has been more accurately described as an "ancillary," multi-purpose structure, acknowledging its affiliation with the original (expa
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List of correspondence manuscripts [4 pages, German language] by / to / for Count von Zinzendorf, 18th century leader of the Moravians, with their presence in southeastern Pennsylvania. It was sent by Mr. Mearns of the Library of Congress at the request of Mrs. Hottenstein., seeking information on Moravian use of one of the De Turk buildings. Press "Re
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Restored masonry pier south of kitchen door jamb. The restoration masons have retained or inserted large stone "key" blocks projecting from the north-south plane of the wall for bonding with a possible future restored retaining wall. This cross-bonding takes advantage of the interlocking angles and reciprocal bearing surfaces of the stones forming the wal
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Exterior view of low retaining wall abutting the high retaining wall which meets the upper grade rising to the south of the kitchen doorway. This restored wall segment [lighter parging to the right] is laid with bed mortar but no pointing in the exposed joints. The upper surface is parged, as was the unrestored section [darker parging to the left] and sloped
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An unsigned, undated manuscript on one page of lined tablet paper, relating to the location of the clay tiles available for the roofing of the De Turk house. Roofing to be done by Robert Landis. Various members of HPTBC are mentioned in connection with the project. Reference is made to the restoration notes on the drawings (See atlas sheet #54) and in l
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