Date inscription in lintel

Digital image of a drawing (with caption) that appears on page 32 of "Home Craft Course: Pennsylvania German Architecture" (volume 19 ) published by Mrs. Naaman Keyser in Kutztown, PA. and written by Richard S. Montgomery, A.I.A. Drawing depicts the carved inscription in the lintel of the south gable doorway of the DeTurk House. Image [owners’ names] appears on the bottom third of the page. Incised owners’ names composes one category of the Germanic/Swiss tradition of “house inscriptions” [Hausinschriften”], which includes dates, building slogans, house blessings [“Haus Segens”], and many religious and cultural expressions dating back centuries on the European continent. L. Ward, August 2020