From the Windsor Daily Star – August 30, 1956:
So last time a highway was built through Windsor, they moved six houses to a new location, rather than demolish them when the 401 came to town. How many houses were moved when the parkway came to town? When did it stop becoming feasible to move buildings? Seems like building got moved fairly often in the past…
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The house being moved looks like it has about 5 rooms. Don't think they build 'em like that anymore.
Don't forget they moved a few of the houses on Lens (across from Met Hospital) when they wanted to make more parking. I was a kid at the time, but I still remember that. Two of the houses moved on Memorial Drive... one on Gladstone and the other on Windermere.
They've moved bigger homes in even earlier times. I'm sure they can find a way to move homes still. Maybe not large brick homes, but look at the old farm houses on Pilette near the river... they were moved from Riverside drive in 1916.
There's also another near there on Wyandotte that was moved from the early days.
Shawn, lets not forget the houses in Walkerville that awere where the original post office is situated today. They were moved to Chilver beside Willistead Park.
Yes indeed, small frame houses like that, typical of the turn of the century that fit on 30-40 foot lots would be practical moving candidates. I saw a big garage (or workshop?) going down county road 8 on Sunday with OPP escort. Surprising, it was a tight squeeze even out there.
They just moved a house off Riverside Dr E near Tecumseh to Lesperance Rd across from the fire hall. It was placed on a lot where a house had been demolished a couple of years ago due to a fire.
My friend's familys house was moved to make way for the Parkway. The house was between Cabana and the college, across from Heritage Park church. It was a long ranch and was moved in 3 pieces. The province paid them out, and then it was someone else who bought the house and moved it to Lasalle.
A good friend of mine's parents live at 555 Ducharme. They always said that their house was moved from another location before they bought it. They have done extensive renovations on the house in the last couple years but it looks like it could be it.
They still move houses. I know a guy that works for Desjardins House Movers. I think hose construction has a lot to do with it. Houses are larger and have basements. That makes moving them a lot harder.
I seem to remember that Dougal was the start of the 401. Talk was hwy 3 was to give access to a new bridge that was to be built heading west just south of Cabana. This was decades ago and now we have an overpaid road to nowhere. Thanks that Ron Wagenberg couldn't say “Expropriate!” like he did with our world class Checker Flag Expressway. Which reminds me, why is there no off ramp heading west at Jefferson, and what brainchild had the idea to have entrance ramps at the top of an overpass?