1823 brick home carefully moved to new foundation in Burns
BURNS — During the month of July the second oldest home in the Town of Burns was successfully relocated during a historic move. The large house is located on County Rt. 961F between Arkport and Canaseraga.
The brick home was built in 1823 by Hiriam Halliday, a doctor who moved to Burns Township from Staten Island. More recently, the Leland Kreidler Family owned it through two generations in the mid-20th century. Chuck Mann’s family connection to the Kreidlers and his many fond memories prompted Mann to purchase the historic property.
The home consists of two floors: the first floor contains a kitchen, dining room and a living room/library. The second floor holds six bedrooms. American Chestnut woodwork is throughout and a large fireplace is on each floor. Mann will restore the two imposing entrances that still retain their original Federal style design and will likewise rehab the interior.
The home sat empty and vandalized for several years until its potential strongly beckoned to Mann to save it. Since the stone foundation was badly deteriorated, Mann realized that moving it 90 feet back from the road and onto a new foundation was the most responsible way to assure permanence to the structure.
The job was taken on by Wolfe House & Building Movers from Bernville, Pa. Wrapping the home tightly with steel cables was one of the first steps. Then came removal of soil from the perimeter and underneath the 218 ton house. Section by section, as soil was removed, two 65-foot steel beams and 13 35-foot beams were inserted underneath for support. Ten huge computerized dollies were required for the move; each having eight wheels and operated through a large hydraulics monitor which in turn fed info to a hand-held remote control unit.
After extensive testing of the hydraulics which would lift and move the entire structure, doors, windows, and portico included, the actual move took place on July 21. Inch by inch the home moved at a very slow pace - finally reaching its new location at 7:30 p.m. As readers may have guessed, a large crowd of onlookers appeared for witnessing the final stage of a process that most of us do not expect to see in a lifetime. Cheers and applause erupted when the wheels finally stopped rolling and the old Halliday Place was at its new elevation and site.
Once at the new location, forms were put up and concrete walls were poured. Capping off the new foundation walls will be stone blocks that were salvaged from the original. Thus, when all is done, there will be no "modern" foundation visible. When the walls have hardened, the steel beams will carefully be removed by Wolfe and the system of computerized jacks will slowly lower the house to its new foundation.
Remarkable technology such as used on Mann’s recent project permits historic structures like this to be saved and future generations to glimpse our rich heritage: a heritage that is too often victimized by the bulldozer, short-sighted planning, and time.
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