Lakeshore Advance, 2012-06-06, Page 288 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
Hope for Lambton's oldest home
Lambton County may take a
second look at saving an 1830s -
era brick home by moving it from
the lakefront at Hillsboro to the
Lambton Heritage Museum.
That option was abandoned in
May when county council backed
a plan to save as much of the
material as possible from the
demolition of "'She Moorings" and
use it to build a replica at the
county museum in l.ambton
Shores.
But then Robert Tremain, the
county's cultural services general
manager, heard from a Pennsylva-
nia company that saw an online
story about the project.
"They contacted us and said,
'Maybe we could help," he said.
"'they specialize in brick struc-
tures in Pennsylvania, and espe-
cially historic structures. So that
was interesting for us."
That led the county to issue a
formal call for moving companies
interested in moving the home to
the museum grounds.
They heard from two by Tues-
day's deadline, including one
from Ontario and the Pennsylva-
nia company.
The submissions still have to be
examined, 'Tremain said.
"We don't know if we've got a
viable plan until we hear from the
contractors about their specific
method ... and the costing to go
with it"
"The Moorings" was built by
Thomas Lediie Crooke, a retired
British naval officer and veteran
of the War of 1812, who took up a
land grant on the shores of lake
Huron in what is now the 'limn of
Plympton-Wyoming.
It's sitting vacant and is believed
to be the county's oldest surviving
house.
County officials were
approached by the home's owner
a year ago about a possible pres-
ervation effort.
Crooke built the home in 1834
out of 88,000 clay bricks made on
site.
The outer walls are four bricks
thick and building movers county
officials talked to said it couldn't
be relocated safely,
But, efforts to come up with a
way to preserve the home have
already attracted $105,000 in
unsolicited donations, according
to county officials.
"It's not a simple process and
the whole project we're proposing
is probably a fairly radical treat-
ment," 'Tremain said Wednesday.
But, he added, there is a defi-
nite advantage to having the origi-
nal building on the museum
grounds, instead of a replica,
It just won't be easy, Tremain
said.
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