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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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The masonry supporting the floor joist [the timber across the top of the photo with gray tape bearing black notation] is the eastern end of the partition wall between the kitchen and root cellars, which also serves as the northern abutment providing lateral support for the root cellar rubble masonry vault. The end blocks have been removed to provide access t
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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 photographic print showing a southwest perspective view. Image shows exisiting conditions immediately prior to the 2009 restoration of building. This is a low resolution image.
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Interior view of the pair of stacked “wall plates” spanning the kitchen doorway and originally providing a level bearing support for the chamfered floor joists. These timbers, approximately the same dimensions as floor joists laid flat, serve as relieving lintels discharging the loads above the doorway and window frame to the abutting masonry piers. The long
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Exterior corner (“quoin corner”) of pier to left [south] of cellar doorway after removal of later door frame and non-original jamb-plinths. View prior to removal of displaced and unstable masonry, re-alignment to original position, and re-laying of pier stonework. Darker stones at foundation level (which were below the modern grade) have been excavated an
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Description: This series of 33 photos documents the removal, restoration, reconstruction, and re-installation of the 9" x 12" "summer"{1} beam which spans from a lapped meeting with the fireplace lintel to the masonry bearing pocket in the "cross" wall between the ground-level kitchen and barrel-vaulted "root" cellar. The upper projecting segment [tenon] of
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Digital photographic image showing a southwest perspective view of the DeTurk House.
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Temporary shoring [”centering” {1}] frame supporting root cellar vault during restoration of vault abutment wall. This is the upper segment with a sheet of plywood ”scribed” to the ”intrados”{2}. FOOTNOTE {1} "Centering" (“false-work” in early usage) is the term customarily applied to the timber frame supporting an arch or vault during construction until
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Lower elements of the temporary shoring ["centering" {1}] frame supporting the root cellar vault during restoration of vault abutment wall. See DTR09PH130--1001.01.226 showing the upper portion of this shoring frame. FOOTNOTE {1} “Centering” [“false-work” in early usage”] is the term customarily applied to the timber frame supporting an arch or vault dur
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A pre-restoration view of the corner of the ground-level kitchen and original floor bricks, laid in running bond, showing the 20th-century floor level approximately 18-20 inches above the original 1767 brick floor, which was found by excavations along the east wall of the kitchen and against the eastern pier ["leg"] of the kitchen fireplace. This view shows
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Detail of DTR09PH106--1001.01.202: East kitchen cellar door and shuttered window prior to restoration and regrading. The existing grade is approximately 16 inches below the window sill and approximately 18 inches above the original grade at the kitchen-cellar entry "threshold" [top of stone door-sill]. These dimensions were established by excavating to t
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East cellar doorway prior to replacement of door-frame and masonry restoration. Restoration of the doorway and kitchen floor to their original elevations {1}, which are only marginally higher than the flood levels of the Creek and the high water table, will require diversion and mitigation measures to minimize water incursion. A stairwell from the restore
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Foundation of pier north of east cellar doorway after partial excavation prior to restoration. The displaced stones above and below modern grade [stones darkened by wet soil were below modern grade prior to excavation] are shown after removal of rotted later-period jambs. The early setting and pointing mortar, a typical lime-sand mix, applied between the
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View to the east along root cellar partition wall from inside kitchen door sill after installation of south replacement door jamb on original stone sill. The cavity to the right of the jamb [just below the horizontal mid-line of the photo] will be relaid in plumb alignment with the jamb [see lower left corner of DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for pe-restoration view
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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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The water level [“table”] evident in this photo [12/09/09] is two inches above the original stone sill, a typical level after several inches of rainfall, which occurs several times each year or more frequently [as in 2009]. This varying frequency of inundation has historically been sufficient to subject the jambs and door to destructive fungus-rot [see photo
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B&W Digital photographic image of DeTurk House showing interior view of 1st floor window in western eaves wall.
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Digital photographic print showing western grade with eroded macadam surface and slope to creek, conditions which allowed incursion of surface drainage into cellar through opening at grade as seen in photo.
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