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An Incredible Feat – Moving the Harriett F. Rees House

By Marcia Matavulj, Class of 2008

Editor’s note: Marcia’s story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home last year. In case you missed them the first time, we are posting them on The Bridge in the coming months. They are also available on the CAC website.

How do you move a 700+ ton home? Very carefully. Especially if it’s one of only eight remaining historic homes in Chicago’s Prairie Avenue Historic District.

Photo courtesy of Wolfe House and Building Movers

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  1. Pamuella

    Would love to see how the building was moved on and off the conveying platform.

  2. Joan

    Love the video and the write-up, Marcia —

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