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Digital image from photographic print showing east elevation of DeTurk House. Details include: 20th-century braced shed-form hood over lower-level kitchen door, 19th-century slate roof, gable-end brick chimney. Original HABS caption for this image is as follows: "Historic American Buildings Survey, Cervin Robinson, Photographer August ,1958 SOUTHEAST
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Digital image of Keim Barn from original photographic print showing gable-hooded doorway. Details include: non-period door and hardware, gabled doorway hood. Origianl HABS caption for the image is as follows: "DETAIL VIEW OF HOODED DOOR." Data sheets for HABS images (KBPH1--1002.01.029 & KBPH2--1002.01.030) associated with the Keim Barn appear in
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Measured drawings accompanying Historical American Buildings Survey photographs and text. Three pages of info contains cover page, location map with historical and project info, and floor plans. Image shown is of coverpage only. For full images refer to Multimedia Links or additional images. See records DTHPH2--1001.01.024 thru DTHPH8--1001.01.030 for sep
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Background text accompanying Historical American Buildings Survey photographs. Two pages of text describe Location and Caption Information for Keim Barn. For full text refer to additional image or MULTIMEDIA LINKS. Also see MULTIMEDIA LINKS for associated HABS photographs of Keim House & Cabin. See catalog records KBPH 1--1002.01.029 & KBPH2--1002.01.
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Digital image of Keim ancillary building (formerly called a “Cabin”) from original photographic print from a HABS survey. Details include: random-rubble masonry, brick relieving arch, casement window, central chimney, two-leaf (Dutch) door, 19th century dovecote and slate roof. Original HABS caption for the image is as follows: "Historic American Buildin
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Digital image of Keim ancillary workshop building from original photographic print showing south gable elevation and eastern eaves wall. Details include: random-rubble masonry, brick relieving arches, casement window, central chimney, two-leaf ("Dutch") door, 19th century Dovecote [or Bell tower?] and slate roof Original HABS caption for the image is a
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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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Letter from Library of Congress, David C. Mearns, Chief of Manuscripts, in reply to Mrs. Hottenstein with regard to Letters of [Moravian] Count Zinzendorf. He has forwarded a 4-page list from which specific documents can be loaned via interlibrary. That list is cataloged as 1001.01.020--DTTX9.
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Letter Hottenstein to Mearns , Library of Congress, thanking for Zinzendorf manuscript list,telling of follow-up with Rdg Library for copy. Hand-written note below typed letter indicating that documents sought could not be loaned out by L of C. Press "Related" button for other documents in this letter interchange.
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List of correspondence manuscripts [4 pages, German language] by / to / for Count von Zinzendorf, 18th century leader of the Moravians, with their presence in southeastern Pennsylvania. It was sent by Mr. Mearns of the Library of Congress at the request of Mrs. Hottenstein., seeking information on Moravian use of one of the De Turk buildings. Press "Re
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Measured drawings (18 X 24 inches) accompanying Historical American Buildings Survey photographs and text. Two pages of information contain cover page, inset location map, structural plans, and floor plan drawing. Image #1 is of drawings only. For images of cover-page refer to MULTIMEDIA LINKS or additional image. For full HABS text see 1000.01.018--MJTX1 or
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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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Digital image of Keim ancillary building (formerly called a “Cabin”) from original photographic print showing northwest perspective view. Details include: random-rubble masonry, brick relieving arch, brick infill, casement window, central chimney, two-leaf (Dutch) door, 19th century cupola or ”dovecote”, 19th century slate roof, stone steps descending ban
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Background text accompanying Historical American Buildings Survey photographs. Five pages of text describe Location, Historical Information, Architectural Information, etc. of Keim House. For full text refer to additional images or MULTIMEDIA LINKS. Also see MULTIMEDIA LINKS for associated photographs.
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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 Keim House from original photographic print showing south elevation. Original structure includes two 2d story windows at left, balcony door above original kitchen door [center], chimney, and other original architectural details concealed by 1930s porch. Original HABS caption for the image is as follows: "Historic American Buildings Surv
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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
View record![Keim ancillary workshop building [right] and 1753 farm house [left]](/media/f890767b-674b-53e3-b9c4-ac1669fa54d2/thumbnail)
Digital image from original photographic print showing a southwest perspective view of the Keim House and the ancillary building to the right, which housed a wood turner’s shop and other activity associated with the farmstead; Victorian-style porch shown along house wall range, wrapping along west gable wall and south eaves wall and set on stone piers butted
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Digital image from original photographic print showing southeast perspective view. Details include: corner chimney [right of tree in foreground], gable-end chimney [right of center in background]; surviving 19th random-rubble masonry; surviving south gable and east eaves walls masonry; casement window frame in second story, south bay{1} {1} This caseme
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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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Digital image of Keim House and ancillary building that provided workshop space for wood turning and storage for farmstead activities, from original photographic print showing a southwest perspective view. Replicated Victorian-style porch, wrapping along west gable wall and south eaves wall and set on stone piers butted against original foundation masonry,
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Digital image of Keim Barn from original photographic print showing a southwest perspective view. Details include: stone gable end, gable hood over storage access door, gabled hood over ground-floor doorway, gable-end chimney, forebay. Origianl HABS caption for the image is as follows: "GENERAL VIEW. (The structure at left of photo is the Keim House,
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Digital image from original photographic print showing southwest perspective view. Details include: corner chimney [near-right], north gable-end chimney [left background], pargeted random-rubble masonry. The coverage of the remaining "stucco," a 19th-century application designed to protect the mortar joints and "modernize" the exterior with a white-washed
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Step ladder{1} to loft, interior of Keim wood-turner's shop and multiple-purpose ["ancillary"] building: Digital photographic images showing interior detail views of step ladder. FOOTNOTE:{1} The 1786 Rule Book of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia prescribed [p.22] a price "per foot lineal" for "Step ladders, made of boards." This ascending carriage
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