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Two digital photographic images showing the anchoring header for hood outlookers above the kitchen doorway of the DeTurk House. This "header"{1} is secured laterally into its flanking pair of first-floor joists by mortise and tenon{2} joints, indicating that a hood over the kitchen doorway was an integral part of the original construction. The end-grain o
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Interior detail view of the northern header mortised to receive the outlooker tenon. The remnants of the previous outlooker have been removed preparatory to fabricating a replacement. (See records DTR09PH108, …111, and …115 showing installation of replacement outlookers). This header [sometimes “anchor beam” in the British tradition] is an original and i
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White oak embedded wall plates and stop-chamfered first floor joists in east masonry wall of DeTurk kitchen. The lower and shorter oak plate serves as a relieving lintel, transferring much of the wall loads to the piers abutting the kitchen doorway and window openings. The longer upper plate performs a similar bearing function, in addition to its effect as a
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