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Moving a whole house to a different location safely & making it a home again: PRICELESS :thumbsup: |
If I'm not mistaken, this is a "Queen Anne" style house, typified by the porch and the round turret.
Read a story some time back about how houses were moved in the last century or 2 in the USA. Sometimes it was done with one man and a mule and a bunch of logs as the rollers; could take a week or 2. I know of at least 2 old estate houses in downtown Houston where the house was just turned 90 degrees to face a different street that may have become a new main thourougfare. Hard to imagine now adays with slab foundations to turn a house just a quarter turn. Pier and Beam was the foundation of the time and it made it much easier to do. Best to all as we head to the holidays Chris in Houston. :biggrin: |
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This is a little late, but as one of the new owners of the house pictured above I couldn't help but post a reply.
First, it is a Queen Anne. It was built in 1894 for Oscar Mandel. It had been in the family ever since - until the church bought it. The church donated the house to the Old House Society who then sold it to us. During the move I was singing "our house in the middle of the street". The neighbors made jokes about having a mobile home in the neighborhood. As for the move itself - the house was moved onto dolleys that were self-propelled. So it was neither pushed nor pulled - it just moved down the street all by itself. The picture was taken with the house moving toward it. Several trees needed to be trimmed a little to make way for the house. The route went through a parking lot, into the street, down a block, through another parking lot, and onto our lot. The entire journey (about 2 blocks) took nearly 7 hours. Thanks for the interest in the house and the support of our preservation efforts. |
Did the masonry survived the trip ok?
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Hey welcome to the Cellar and thanks for the info dp73. :thumbsup:
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Moving a house is one thing, moving a LIGHT house is a whole new game.
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Most of the masonry is okay. The bricks hadn't been tuckpointed in forever, so we had a section that pulled away from the exterior wall (now being held in place by a brace) that will need to be fixed.
The lighthouse move is amazing. The Old House Society (who was responsible for the move) actually contacted Expert House Movers - who moved the lighthouse - for a bid on this project. |
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