Photos 1001.01.055
Interior view of window
Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows interior view of first- floor eight-over-eight sash window in east eaves wall (1973). Laurence Ward, 2009
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Photos 1001.01.028
Kitchen doorway
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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Photos 1001.01.029
Northeast perspective view
Series of 3 digital images from photographic prints showing NE perspective view of DeTurk House, showing the Little Manatawny Creek; images 4 & 5 show details discussed below. Image#1 details include: 20th-century braced clay-tile roofed pent hood over lower-level kitchen door, 19th-century slate roof [replaced with clay tiles in the 1970s], gable-end chi
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Photos 1001.01.065
Paint-decorated paneled shutter
Digital image from photographic print of original DeTurk House shutter with painted rose & tulip on raised panels as seen from exterior when shutter is open and interioir when shutter is closed. Image also includes physical dimensions of shutter written directly on photo. Details include: raised panel shutter, paint-decorated shutter, shutter hardware (pu
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Photos 1001.01.066
Paneled shutter
Digital image from photographic print of original DeTurk House shutter (reverse side) as seen from exterior when shutter is closed and unseen when shutter is open. Details include: raised panel shutter, shutter hardware (strap hinge). See additional images or MULTIMEDIA LINKS for separate photo view of obverse side of shutter as well as credit info pri
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Photos 1001.01.048
Passage door in west wall-interior
Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows interior doorway formerly providing access from 19th-century kitchen addition along west eaves wall. Details include: doorway sheathing and molding, board and batten door, and plastered wall.
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Photos 1001.01.068
Perspective view from the southwest
Digital image from a photographic print showing southwest perspective view. Details include: gable-end chimney, roof restored with early clay tiles, oculus vent, gable hood, replicated attic door, replicated shed-form pent roof and outlookers, replicated Dutch door, eight-over-eight window and replicated shutters, coursed masonry gable-end wall, random r
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Photos 1001.01.042
Recessed cupboard, hanging shelf, & fireplace on first floor
Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows recessed cupboard (lacking door*), hanging shelf, and fireplace along interior north wall of first floor. Arch voussoirs and east jamb of fireplace are brick, as are the later interior and exterior [front] hearths. *Early pintles [commonly called “hooks” in the 18th century] remain.
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Photos 1001.01.024
south elevation
Digital image of DeTurk House from original photographic print showing south elevation. Brick oculus, currently blind, was probably originally a vent for the granary/storage attic. Gabled hood above the 2d floor loading door is presumed to be the original form. Other details include: horizontal plate-ties at eaves line, outlooker remnants and masonry pock
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Photos 1001.01.038
South elevation
Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows front view of house without pent hoods. Details include: pedimented hood above attic door, pent roof outlooker remnants, roughly coursed {n} stone gable wall, original brick oculus attic vent. {n} to be distinguished from “ashlar”, a more formal English wall pattern laid up with bl
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Photos 1001.01.030
Southeast perspective view
Digital image of photographic print showing southeast perspective view of DeTurk House. Details include: brick oculus above gable hood, recently shingled pent roofs (SW corner shingles of west pent damaged), pedimented hood above attic door. The oculus [now bricked shut] was probably originally a vent for the attic storage area ("granary"). First floor an
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Photos 1001.01.033
Southeast perspective view
Digital image showing perspective view from southeast. Details include: gabled pent hood, shingled pent roofs, later glazed sash in both doors; shed-form roof in lower left corner is appended to early stone addition. Also note stoop block; modern grade is at level of top of stoop. See notes for cross referencing info.
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Photos 1001.01.035
Southeast perspective view
Digital image from photographic print showing perspective view of east and south elevations. Details include: shed-form pent hood, pent roofs, 19th-century slate roof, paneled shutters, Dutch door and attic door with later glazed sash. The shed-form pent hood shown here above the cellar doorway does not appear in any known photographs prior to 1918 and
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Photos 1001.01.036
Southeast perspective view
Digital image of photographic print deaccessioned by the Historical Society of Berks County. Image shows perspective view of east & south elevations of house and includes text in white ink overlay: "Johan De Tirck Debora De Tircken 1767 Oley, PA." Details include: pedimented hood over attic granary door, hyphenated pent roofs, shed-form pent hood ove
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Photos 1001.01.060
Southeast perspective view
Digital image of perspective view from southeast, scanned from a halftone reproduction of a photograph appearing in ”The Passing Scene,” vol. 3, page 194 by George M. Meiser, IX. Details include: altered Dutch door (glazed sash added); gabled hood over granary [attic] door; gable-end chimney; east pent hood outlookers [lacks frame and roofing]; paneled s
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Photos 1001.01.067
Southeast perspective view
Perspective view from southeast. People pictured from left to right are Ned Lorah, Steve Kindig, and an unidentified woman. Details include: gable hood, clay-tiled pent roof and main roof, coursed and dressed masonry. See MULTIMEDIA LINKS or additional image for view of reverse of photo.
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Photos 1001.01.037
Southeast perspective view from postcard
Digital image of a tinted postcard print created from photograph by H. Winslow Fegley, showing a perspective view of the east [right] and south [left] elevations of house. Details shown include: pent roofs, gable hood, gable-end chimney, 19th-century slate roof, doors with later glazed sash, window sash, paneled shutters, stone stoop. Full text on fron
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Photos 1001.01.119
Southeast perspective view showing outlooker remnants
Digital image from original photographic print showing southeast perspective view. Note on reverse side of photo reads "BEFORE RESTORATION" Details shown in this image include: gabled pent hood over attic door, brick gable-end chimney in south gable-end wall, Victorian slate roof, clay-tiled shed-form pent hood over ground level kitchen door in east ea
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Photos 1001.01.120
Southeast perspective view showing restored outlookers
Photographic print showing southeast perspective view with restored outlookers. Note on reverse side of photo reads "NEW ROOF OF CLAY TILE, OUTLOOKERS FOR PENT ROOF" Details shown in this image include: brick gable-end chimney, clay tile roof, pent hood, restored outlookers.
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Photos 1001.01.025
southeast perspective views
Digital image of perspective from the southeast of DeTurk House from original photographic print. Brick Oculus, currently "blind", was possibly originally a vent for the "granary" [ dry storage attic ]. Gabled hood framing is presumed to be original. Other details include: horizontal timber plate-ties at eaves line, outlooker remnants and masonry pockets
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Photos 1001.01.027
southwest perspective view
Digital image from photographic print of DeTurk House showing a perspective view from the southwest. Details include: 19th-century slate roof; connecting door (since removed) from 19th-century masonry addition to first floor; pedimented granary-door hood; remnants of pent roof “out-lookers” {n} cantilevered through gable wall to support pents; coursed mas
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Photos 1001.01.021
Southwest perspective view
Digital image from photograph print of DeTurk House showing perspective view of south & west elevations and 19th-century addition to left, and related detail photos showing the original door, its original hardware, and the original door with remaining red paint on stiles and rails, and white paint on panel fields; the panel moldings were blue [microscopic an
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Photos 1001.01.070
Southwest perspective view
Digital image of real photographic postcard showing southwest perspective view. Details inlcude: slate roof, oculus vent, pedimented attic door hood with wooden shingles, original paint-decorated shutters, pent roof with wooden shingles, attic door with later glazed sash, first floor door with later glazed sash, eight-over-eight- window, 19th-century doo
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Photos 1001.01.071
Southwest perspective view
Digital image of photographic print showing southwest perspective view. Details include: 19th century slate on main roof; original oculus vent; pedimented attic door hood with wooden shingles; pent roof with wooden side-lap shingles; attic door with later glazed sash; first floor door with later glazed sash; eight-over-eight ground floor window; 19th-cent
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