This post has nothing to do with manufactured homes. This, being Holy Week, my intent was to write the 1909 story of moving Sacred Heart Church to a different location, i.e. making it “mobile.” Numerous structures, locally, and mainly residential were moved from one location to another. This practice to this day, goes on nation wide.
How it works today. A property owner has an old house, which is in the way of a planned development. Instead of a paying costs for demolition, offers the house for sale, usually one dollar. Of course, there is a catch. To buy the house at that price, one has to pay the cost to move the structure to a new location.
Happy Easter to my friends, Hannah who lives in a 1920s mobile home and my friend Scott, with his architectural expertise, has to deal with my definition—eye roll please. Not intentional, but it may torment Scott, since I send a occasional message with a photograph of such structures.
Tim
Hah! I actually love this play-on-words – and am always grateful when old structures are moved rather than demolished!!
I sincerely hope, though, that these ‘moved’ homes are fully exempt from the plight (tornadoes) that seems to target the ‘pre-fab’/mobile variety!!