La Center Community Library
Photos of the August 17, 2001 Building Move
This community project was made possible by Friends of La Center Community Library
and the Colf Family Foundation.
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| Zumwalt Building Movers readies building at old site. |
Front of building, which was built in approx. 1905 as a doctor's home and 6-bed clinic. |
Building set up for backwards ride to new site. |
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| The building was rescued from being burned as a fire-fighter training exercise. |
The back of the building, where add-ons were removed for the move. |
The move begins! |
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| Burr McCutcheon of The Reflector interviews Friends President Margaret Colf Hepola. |
Will it clear the fence at the first turn? |
Not quite. The moving crew freed things up with a bit of fence surgery. |
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| On the road, with a parade of onlookers fore and aft. |
Another tight squeeze on 4th Avenue. |
Brief hang-up on the fence. |
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| Ray Summers of Channel 6 interviews Margaret Colf Hepola. |
Clearing aerial cable lines. |
Arrival at the new site on Lockwood Avenue, next to the city park. |
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| The future library in its new home. |
Rose and Greg Smith (Friends of the Library), their daughter, and Margaret enjoy the day's success. |
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