PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO - HISTORICAL PROJECTS

Here are some of our Past Historical Projects.
	This 1935 two story brick home was purchased along with the acre of property on the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach, Florida. The home was then donated to the Victory Children’s Home in Ft. Pierce. Bob and Nancy Honchar purchased the home and relocated it by barge to the Historic El Cid neighborhood in November of 2002. The home measures 40’ X 55’ and weighs 200 tons.

	This 1906 2 story frame house was built along the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida. The accompanying office/studio was built in the 1970’s. The 3000 square foot main residence is constructed of Dade County pine framing, with cypress sheathing and singles, and the built in cabinetry of teakwood. The main house measures overall 49’ X 80’ and weighs 112 tons. 7 ½ feet of the side porch had to be removed to facilitate the 50’ width of the St. Lucie Lock in the Okeechobee Waterway. The office/studio measures overall 40’ X 40’ and weighs 50 tons. These homes were relocated for Michael Burdette.

	This 1885 three story home was built along the Indian River in Cocoa, Florida as a hunting lodge known as the Palmetto Lodge. The frame home was built from timbers that came from a 400 year old church in England. The original inscriptions in some of the beams and the stained glass windows are still intact. The structure overall measures 45’ X 80’ and weighs 220 tons. This home was relocated to make way for riverfront condominiums by Henry and Judy Parrish in March of 2002.

	This 1927 home was in the way of the Norton Art Gallery expansion in West Palm Beach. The clay tile structure, measuring overall 36’ wide and 54’ long at 240 tons, was moved 1 mile on land, then 3 miles by barge to the historic Northwood neighborhood for Loretta Gardener of Green Fields and White Doors, Inc., in 1993.

	This 1930’s home was relocated from the site of the new Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee. The frame structure, measuring overall 40’ wide and 51’ long at 110 tons, was one of three historic homes relocated from this area for Rosemarie O’Shawnessey in 1998.

	This is the third and largest section of the 1927 Addison Mizner mansion, “L’Encantada” (the enchanted one). This 8,000 square foot clay tile structure was relocated by barge from Manalapan to storage at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce in 2000. In 2001, the three sections, measuring (#1) 66’ wide and 67’ long at 400 tons, (#2) 31’ wide and 54’ long at 220 tons, and (#3) 30’ wide and 66’ long at 300 tons, were then moved again by barge to their final destination oceanfront in Palm Beach for Jim Moran of Maryland.

	This 1930 era home was one of two historic homes removed from commercial property in West Palm Beach. This frame structure, measuring overall 32’ wide and 60’ long at 150 tons, was moved to historic downtown area for Lawrence Corning's’ Downtown Neighborhood Group in 1996.

	This 1927 home was removed from commercial property in Fort Lauderdale. This clay tile structure, measuring overall 50’ wide and 55’ long at 263 tons, was moved to the historic downtown area for Jay Adams in 1997.

	This 1927 home was in the way of the Norton Art Gallery expansion project in West Palm Beach. This frame structure, measuring overall 42’ wide and 55’ long was relocated 1 mile on land to the Intracoastal Waterway, then 12 miles by barge to Delray Beach, and then 2 miles by land to Historic Swinton Avenue for David and Andrea Harden of Delray Beach in 1992.

	This 1920 era home was in the way of new commercial development in Orlando. This frame structure, measuring overall 40’ wide and 45’ long at 110 tons was moved 1/4 mile for the Orlando/Winter Park Junior League to use for their office in 1982. In 1990, we relocated this structure for the second time from the path of the Rosalind Avenue re-alignment project for Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood.

	This 1920’s home was in the way of commercial development in Apopka. This brick structure, measuring overall 34’ wide and 60’ long at 160 tons, was once the home of racecar legend Fireball Roberts. This home was relocated 1 mile to a residential area for Marshall Howard in 1990.

	This 1930’s home was in the noise abatement buyout for the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach. This frame structure was moved in two sections, measuring, (1) 28’ wide and 60’ long at 110 tons and (2) 24’ wide and 40’ long at 60 tons, 4 miles across West Palm Beach to the historic Northwood neighborhood for John and Denise Carter in 1994.

	This 1930’s home was in the middle of a large lot on exclusive Jupiter Island. This frame structure, measuring overall 45’ wide and 65’ long at 220 tons, was relocated 200’ to allow the large lot to be split into 4 lots. The home was placed on one of the four lots and refurbished to its original grandeur by James Dunworth in 1994.

	This 1920’s home was at one time the Rectory for a Delray Beach church. This frame structure, measuring overall 30’ wide and 50’ long at 100 tons, was moved from its original location forward 80’ to remove and replace the foundation, and then moved back 80’ to the original location and aligned over the new foundation for the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency in 1997.

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