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Detail of replacement kitchen doorway lintel and jamb. The northern replacement outlooker{1} was fabricated to project from the wall plane at an elevation one inch higher than the outlooker remnant appearing in the upper right corner of this photo, in order to level the two restored outlookers{2}. The recycled white oak frame is anchored in the traditi
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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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View looking north from kitchen doorway after removal of pier between doorway and window and removal of wooden window sill. Foundation stones under masonry sill are displaced [see DTR09PH71--1001.01.155] and will be re-laid in plumb alignment using hydraulic mortar where the joints are under the high water table or below the restored floor level. The rem
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Pier segment between east kitchen doorway and south jamb of window frame [upper portion of pier shown in DTR09PH54--1001.01.138]. Pegged corner-joint tenon ["ear"] of the door frame is pocketed at its original level, 4 inches below its 20th-century position, which was level with the bottom of the outlooker remnant visible in the upper center of the photo.
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Interior view of the kitchen window in the east eaves wall of the DeTurk ground-level kitchen. The interior oak sill has deformed due to deflection and lateral movement in the masonry wall and timber framing, as discussed in DT0R9PH71--1001.01.155. The degraded mortar and distended masonry pier and wall segments under and to the right [south] of the windo
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Series of 3 digital photographs of the award ceremony held on September 30, 2011 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Representatives of the Trust attended the awards ceremony in order to accept a Construction Project Award for Restoration of a Special Historic Property. Preservation Pennsylvania's award recognizes work completed on the DeTurk House in 2010 by t
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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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Exterior detail of south replacement jamb in kitchen doorway. The original stone sill, moved north 2-3 inches from its original position to accommodate the replacement door jambs, now extends 8.5 inches south [toward the upper left corner of this photo] from this jamb, terminating under the restored south door-abutment pier [masonry corner in upper-center
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Detail of north replacement jamb in east kitchen doorway. The stone sill, moved 2-3 inches to the north during restoration, now extends 5.5 inches north from the jamb under the restored pier north of the doorway and about 8.5 inches south of the south jamb. The replacement jambs are anchored into the original stone sill through traditional method of drivi
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Digital photograph showing restored kitchen-door jambs with water table above sill. Water table level, seen after 24-36 hour [2-3 inches] rainfall, is 2 inches above the door sill. [See mitigation plans in DTR09PH42--1001.01.126, DTR09PH66--1001.01.150, and DTR09PH74--1001.01.163]. This "pool" level is a function of a high ambient water table soaking the
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Restored view of exterior foundation segment shown in DTR09PH66--1001.01.150. Lower foundation stones of this pier have been re-laid in setting ["bedding"] mortar, and will be repointed with hydraulic-grade mortar [see note {2} to DTR09PH66--1001.01.150]. The foot of the northern oak replacement jamb seen in the upper left corner, and its southern counte
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Excavated exterior view of east foundation wall of kitchen after masonry restoration. Surface runoff raised pool level in excavation above door sill, saturating jamb-feet and temporary door. Re-grading and restored drainage facilities will be implemented to avoid or minimize such incursion and inhibit saturation of joint mortar. A sub-grade impervious mem
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Digitial photograph of realigned and reconstructed masonry pier abutting the north jamb at the DeTurk kitchen doorway. The joints were repointed in the traditional convex double-struck “V” method{1}, using sand from the adjacent Little Manatawny Creek, mason’s lime, and a small percentage of Portland cement. A higher proportion [about 20%] of Portland cement
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Post-restoration view of east doorway sill and lower abutments flanking oak replacement jambs. Water table is 5 inches below sill after 2 inches of rain in 48 hours. Temporary door is in place until water mitigation plan is implemented, after which the restored masonry joints will be pointed. Hydraulic mortar [see note {2} to DTR09PH66-1001.01.150} will b
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Restored interior view of abutment pier foundation north of replacement door jamb. Base blocks and the pier between east entry door and window in the east wall have been reset with new bed ["setting"] mortar. Pumping did not materially accelerate reduction of the water table after heavy rain primarily because of the large sub-grade "reservoir" recharging
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Face [green] of east-west retaining wall at intersection with masonry pier south of kitchen doorway. See DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for discussion of possible earlier "battered" retaining wall and its relationship with the door abutment pier and interior partition wall. This photo shows the [green] north face of the retaining wall seen along the left edge of p
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South jamb foot of later frame of east kitchen doorway. Rotted and apparently termite-damaged oak jamb foot and mortise for anchor-pin in a later stone plinth-block ["pedestal stone"], which is 18-20 inches higher than original sill, which served as the plinth for both jambs [see DTR09PH43--1001.01.127 for view of original sill, millstone stoop, and 20th
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Digital photographic print showing perspective view of southern gable end and eastern elevation.
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B&W Digital photographic image of DeTurk House showing detail of cellar fireplace timber lintel and temporary shoring.
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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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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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Black & white photographic print of DeTurk House showing a a south elevation view. Note on reverse of photo says "copyright [symbol] Steve Myers Studios 1990." Details shown in this image include: gabled pent hood, hyphenated pent roof, oculus, replicated two-board attic door with moldings applied to simulate a paneled door, the centered door at ground le
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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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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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