JOPLIN, Mo. —
It took 55 minutes to move the “Volunteer House’’ at 2502 S. Joplin Ave. to its new home in Schifferdecker Park on Thursday.
“It went absolutely perfectly,’’ said David Glenn, a commercial real estate broker in Joplin who volunteered to supervise the preservation effort for the city of Joplin.
“We did not have to raise any lines. We were 9 inches from the nearest wire,’’ Glenn said. “We had no damage to the shrink wrap covering the house. It could have not went better.’’
It took four days to prepare the house for the move. It was lifted off its foundation. Two steel beams were placed under it. Attached to those beams were two sets of tandem wheels.
Orren Tilton, with Tilton & Sons House Moving, of Carthage, drove the Kenworth truck that pulled the house to its new location. He drove north on Main Street to 20th Street. From there, he went west to Schifferdecker Avenue. From there, he went north to the First Street entrance to the park.
The move was delayed for a few minutes on Schifferdecker Avenue north of Fourth Street. Workers with the moving company used a chain saw extended on a long pole to trim limbs from a tree.
The house, which took a direct hit in the May 22 tornado, was a gathering place for volunteers after the storm. They left thousands of messages scribbled on the walls, windows, floors and doors of the house.
The house and other items, such as damaged cars, are being saved for possible use in the development of a museum in the future.
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Escorted by police cars and an electric company truck, the Volunteer House travels along 20th Street to Schifferdecker Park on Thursday morning. Globe/Roger Nomer
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