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The Property The Site... Landscaping... Outside Design... The Natural Environment... |
TheCape Gentle Demolition... Moving the Barn... Moving the Cape... Reconnecting the Cape... The Cape Renovation... Becoming a B&B... |
The Farmhouse
Prepping for the Farmhouse...Modular Farmhouse & Stick-built Garage...Farmhouse Interior... |
The Homer Jones Barn The original Homer Jones Barn...The new HJ Barn...Homer Barn Interior...Owner's Quarters |
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Project 8a: Preparing to Move the Barn... Project 8b: Moving the Barn... Project 8c: Moving the Stuff... |
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Project 8b: Moving the Barn |
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Once the barn was pulled out into the driveway, the men could turn it and adjust it more easily for pulling south towards the foundation. |
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Slowly, day after day, the men and machines gently pulled the barn towards its new home. |
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When branches got in the way, they moved them gently aside...and in this case, the lamp was saved. |
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The barn needed to be jacked up even higher to miss the garden fence...and then turned slightly toward home. |
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As the barn left the ridge, the view became spectacular. |
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And here's a summer view of that vista. |
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Clearly, the apple tree branches were threatening the skin of the barn. The men knew what an environmentalist and tree-lover I am, so I was called to prune the branches! And the barn slid slowly by. |
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The views became very confusing, as the barn moved past stationary trees and buildings.....something very odd about these pictures! |
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Finally, the barn hovered over its new foundation, ready to be let down. The building movers had done a great, efficient job to this point, but they had other clients and the barn stayed hovering for another four months!! |
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Late in April, they returned to lower the barn onto its new foundation and to backfill around the foundation with the dirt from the foundation hole. |
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Press here to continue the Maine adventure---Moving the Stuff |