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Digital photograph showing southwest perspective view of Michael Fulp House. The yellow caution tape was in place during engineering studies to determine the structural stability and safety of the exterior masonry walls and chimney stack. A restoration program is under consideration, and the work will be scheduled to begin in late summer, 2010. The west eave
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Digital image of a black & white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of Bridge Keeper's House with roof damage, exposing rafters and lath. The rafter system appears in this photo to be covered with a fabric [contemporary Trust Board of Directors' minutes refer to a "pool cover" as a temporary tarpaulin on this roof]. The stove chimney on th
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Black and white photographic print showing a southwest perspective view after roof replacement and masonry restoration. A Board minutes summary for 1971 states that the Michael Fulp House had been "rebuilt but not finished inside." Details include: replaced roof; restored west eaves wall and south gable wall masonry. Note written in blue pen on verso
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Digital image of a black & white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of Michael Fulp House after June, 1972 hurricane Agnes flood. Note in pencil on verso reads: "(BKH)" Note in blue pen on verso reads: "AFTER FLOOD"
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Series of 48 digital photographs showing the stabilization measures performed on the Fulp (formerly the "Bridge Keeper's") House fireplace lintel and associated stonework. The masonry supporting the oak fireplace lintel{1} in the east eaves wall had become compromised by the widespread disintegration of mortar in the wall core [see Image #408, 10/27/10].
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Digital image of a black and white photographic print showing detail of northwest perspective view of interior gable wall of Michael Fulp House before restoration. Details include: Sloped ["gathered over"] chimney from first floor gable-wall fireplace; attic window; plastered random rubble masonry; fireplace lintel ["chimney tree," "manteltree"]. Not
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Digital image of a black and white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of north gable wall interior of Michael Fulp ["Bridge Keeper's"] House before restoration. The masonry mass to the right in the photo is the remains of the western segment of the south gable wall after collapse of the western section of the east eaves wall. To the le
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Digital image of a black and white photographic print showing details of the surviving sector of the south bay of the east eaves wall and the gable-end fireplace chimney after the 1967 partial collapse of the Michael Fulp ["Bridge Keeper's"] House. Other details include the projecting "flashing" course on the east face of the chimney{1}; parging remnants; co
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Black and white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of Bridge Keeper's House during restoration. Southern bay of west eaves wall and surviving interior segments of north gable wall have been partially restored. West eaves wall has been re-built to second-floor joist level [above door lintel]. Details include: most of the original random
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Black and white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of Michael Fulp House during 1970-71 restoration. Partially restored west eaves wall and surviving segments of gable walls. West eaves wall re-laid to second-floor joist level [above door and window lintels]. Details include: original [gable walls] and restored [west eaves wall] random
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Photocopied page of an original unscaled drawing completed by JRB of John Bowie Associates. Drawing depicts the construction of temporary shoring devices to be placed on the Michael Fulp House before the 2010 masonry stabilzation work can begin. Note: this drawing has no scale. The measurements given represent only the size of timbers to be used during co
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Copy of an Architectural Data Form prepared by Barry K. Stover for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Form was prepared in order to update existing HABS information for Michael Fulp House and already on file at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, this information was never filed with HABS. See MFHFN2---1005.01.054 for field
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Series of four sheets accompanying an unfiled Architectural Data Form prepared by Barry K. Stover for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Form and drawings were prepared in order to update existing HABS information already on file at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Please note that sheet 1 is reproduced as sheet #25 in the ”Atlas of Arc
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Black and white photographic print showing detail of southwest eaves wall and severely damaged roof. Details include: random rubble masonry west eaves wall; door and window frames; top of cellar door frame; stove chimney [removed during 1970 restoration] on northwest [left] gable wall [see MFHPH22-1005.01.023, Footnote {1} for discussion of this chimney].
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Black and white photographic print showing detail of west elevation before 1967 partial collapse. Tarpaulin ["pool cover"] is tacked down with lath strapping on damaged roof [see BKHPH46--1005.01.047]. The 1965 date on the second image is possibly correct. The note on image #2 of this record states in part that work would start the following Spring [1966]; h
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Grayscale photograph, with pencil inscription on verso: "Toll House{1} south end facing Schuylkill River showing condition of roof. " This is actually a detail view of the west eaves wall [facing the Schuylkill River], showing the severe damage to the roof, which exposed the roof framing, attic floor and joists to inclement weather for at least several ye
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