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Electronic copy of a field notes drawing (and 12 digital photographs) providing the data for grading and repaving the store yard area behind the c.1800 store addition to the 1763 George Douglass house. The drawing provides the relative grade objectives for the restored brick paving on the open quadrangle bounded by the 1765 George Douglass house, the c.1
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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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Sites & Structures Report for the September, 2011 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. Work completed and in-progress includes: Keim House: A. Retaining walls & steps have been completed at cellar entry to the early addition to the 1753 house, with waterproofing membrane and drain pipe from lower landing t
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Sites & Structures Report for the August 2011 Board meeting of the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County: Keim House: A. Removal of the porch and concrete cellar steps, retaining walls, and bulkhead side-walls ["cheeks"] revealed numerous original architectural details concealed by these massive 20th century accretions, including the flattened [
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