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18 chronological photos of the December, 2009 restoration of a distended, de-laminated, and destabilized segment of DeTurk east eaves wall above the kitchen cellar doorway. Details shown in this series include exposed end-grain of first floor joists; tiered pair of oak relieving plates, one a joist-bearing ["leveling"] plank, the other a member relieving pla
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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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Series of 9 digital photographs showing the diverse array of mortar types in the joints and beds of the exterior walls of the DeTurk "ancillary" house. The dates of the extant pointing range from the original construction in 1767 through the most recent restoration work in 2009 and 2010. These photos illustrate the variations in color, texture, and surfac
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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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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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Northern replacement outlooker over kitchen doorway in east eaves wall. The chamfered and tapered white oak hood support has been under-cut, removing one inch along the bottom of its projecting segment from the point of its emergence from the wall to the beginning of its upward taper. The top inch has been cut ["ripped"] from its embedded portion, the res
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Cantilevered, tapered, and chamfered north oak outlooker, re-cycled from another early building and cut to the presumed early form, leveled with its southern counterpart, is "checked"[split] along the grain, but structurally adequate to carry its share of the cellar-kitchen doorway hood. The wet appearance of the timber at the left edge of the photo is a res
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The cantilevered, tapered, and chamfered oak outlooker, re-cycled from another early building and cut to the presumed early form, leveled with its northern counterpart and relative to the doorway lintel, is "checked"[split] along the grain, but structurally adequate to carry its share of a replicated doorway hood. The wet appearance of the timber at the righ
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Restored wall above and to the north of the ground-level DeTurk kitchen door with replacement north hood outlooker. Details include: pegged mortise-and-tenon joint between the doorway lintel and north jamb, checked timber, filleted bead{1} molding on interior edges [“arrises”] of the door jamb and lintel. Final pointing will conceal the end-grain of the
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Restored wall above and to the south of the ground-level DeTurk kitchen door with replacement south hood outlooker. Details include: pegged mortise-and-tenon joint between the doorway lintel and south jamb; checked timber; filleted bead mouldings{1} on edges of mitered jamb and lintel of the door. Stones removed from above doorway were laid out in "mirro
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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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The door-frame jambs and lintel have been replaced with four inch square white oak timbers, with beaded corners and pegged mortise and tenon joints. The replicated outlookers are tapered and chamfered in the traditional manner and leveled to support a shed-form shingled hood over the lower ground level doorway. They pass through the walls and are anchore
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Masonry joints in random rubble piers abutting doorway were repointed in April, 2010, applying hydraulic-grade mortar to joints situated below restored final [20th-century] grade or below the high water table levels [seen here at 2 inches below top of sill about 48 hours after rainfall; the water table rises to several inches above the sill top after 2-3 inc
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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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Digital photograph showing relaid and aligned pier foundation at DeTurk interior passage doorway. Jambs have been restored by joining new lower segments to sound wood to replace fungus-rotted timber (2009). Water table just above top of stone sill is at the same level as inside and outside the kitchen entry door-sill in the east eaves wall [see DTR09PH50--10
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Interior masonry pier between kitchen doorway and window, and foundation wall below window, after restoration. This was repointed and a replacement interior oak sill installed in April & May, 2010 (See DTR09PH118--1001.01.214). The high water table seen along the bottom edge of this photo, a frequent condition saturating the foundation's mortar joints insid
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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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Exterior detail view of western [restored] segment of the low retaining wall abutting the higher retaining wall which stabilizes the upper grade along the east eaves wall. This restored wall segment is laid with bed mortar but no pointing in the exposed joints, presenting the appearance of a “dry-laid” wall. The upper surface is parged [lighter mortar coatin
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