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Image #1 [photo #5579, 11/11/13] and the attached drawing dated 2/18/15, revised 3/12/15 [folder dated 4/14/15] show the two adjacent arch-form masonry vaults in the cellar of the 1765 George Douglass House against the below-grade foundation of the southern gable wall of the kitchen. Photo # 5773, 11/18/13 depicts the shared pier and triangular impost from w
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Sites & Structures Report for November 13, 2013 meeting of the Board of the Directors of the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County Description: The following is a summary of stabilization, preservation, restoration, and related work planned, completed, and in-progress, including requested Board approval or other action on pending work and projects
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Photo #21 shows a stone arch in the cellar aligned diagonally to support the corner fireplace in the room above that served as the original "Amity Store" starting in the late 1760s [photo #15, 2/23/22, shows the fireplace arch as recently restored by setting replacement "voussoirs" (arch-stones) at the proper radius on a "centering frame", in place until the
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