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A series of 23 digital photographs showing restoration of the displaced and unstable central segment of the east cellar wall foundation. This wall had been severely destabilized and displaced [several inches into the cellar] by long term saturation of the bed and pointing mortar. Eventually persistent hydrostatic pressure from ground water, augmented by peri
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Series of 33 digital images depicting the masonry restoration work at the George Douglass House. The Trust’s Board of Directors resolved at its May, 2011 meeting to restore the three components of the George Douglass mansion and store structures to their historical and architectural ”period of significance” [”period”]. The consensus of historians and cons
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Series of five sheets containing drawings prepared by Ortega Consulting, Structural Engineers prior to the 2010 masonry stabilization project at Michael Fulp House. Drawings were created to define the scope of work for the masonry contractor performing the restoration. Plans are numbered and titled as follows: 1) CS--Cover Page/Cover Sheet 2) SD1-- Sel
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Black and white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after restoration, c.1969 [See additional image for notes written in blue pen on verso, which includes a restoration completion date of 1969]; doorway remains in 19th-century location close to the northern gable-end, but sheathing has been removed, and door and fra
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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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