Moving Day for Ladd Carriage House

Be sure to look both ways crossing Columbia St. tomorrow. You might get run over by a 267-ton house.

Saturday, October 25 is a literal homecoming for the Ladd Carriage House. The house William Ladd built in 1883 for horses, carriages, coachmen, and hay storage will rumble down Columbia St., back to its foundation on Broadway. The structure was originally moved last June to facilitate the construction of underground parking for the Ladd Tower.

The move starts around 7am and should conclude by mid-afternoon. The Friends of the Ladd Carriage House have lots of details about the house and the moving ceremony. Here, too, is some advance coverage by the Oregonian.

Ladd Carriage House on Columbia Avenue, PortlandSqueezing by on Columbia St. Image courtesy of Daniel Friedman. Thanks Dan.

I will post links to videos when they become available. You can see last year’s coverage here.

UPDATE: Video coverage from the Oregonian.

Moving Day
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October 24, 2008 · Filed Under Diversions

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3 Responses to “Moving Day for Ladd Carriage House”

  1. Ladd Carriage House moves back home Saturday on October 24th, 2008 3:00 pm

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  2. Portland Real Estate Network on October 24th, 2008 6:21 pm

    That’s pretty amazing, I’ve only seen a multi-story house moved once before and it was impressive. I look forward to seeing the video.

  3. Ron Ares on October 25th, 2008 7:05 am

    I am taking my kids down to see it this morning. The scale of the project in context to the city streets and surrounding buildings is what makes it so interesting.

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