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Show Park Record Thursday, February 1 1 ,1988 Page A3 Relocated barn is christened by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer It's not everyday that a barn gets christened- that kind of thing is ' usually left for boats and ships. But the recent preservation of one of Park City's old houses was cause for celebration. The "Red Barn," at 712 Norfolk Ave., was one of three old town homes that had been set for the chopping block in mid-1987, when the Park City Ski Area developed plans for the extension of a ski run below the Town Lift. But efforts were formulated for-mulated to save the homes, in which the owners agreed to give the houses to anyone who would pay the moving costs and find a place in the historic district to relocate them. There wasn't a lot of time left in 1987 for prospective new owners to move the houses and find a new place for them, but Ted Larremore jumped at the chance and took the old barn at 712 Norfolk Ave. under his wing. That house a pre-l930s vintage building thought to have been a stable converted to a residence : had been owned by the ski area. In ernest last fall Larremore made arrangements ar-rangements to pour a foundation for the building and move it to a lot not far from its original location. Through the winter he remodeled the building into three apartments, and he's now finished with it. He said he had to straighten walls, change the electricity and plumbing in it, fill in the hay loft door with a real one, paint, recarpet and do the usual fix-up fix-up things. It was he who broke the bottle of champagne on the old barn recently, and although he said the preservation preserva-tion costs were more than he figured on, he said he wouldn't want to discourage anyone from moving the other two. . "I really think I preserved a piece of history," said Larremore, a 40-year resident of Park City. "It's been a lot of work but I think we've saved something that's kind of valuable." A step inside the top floor of the barn brings you into what once was the hay loft, and you can see where Larremore has filled in the doorway with pine lumber around a new door. He also left the hay pulley in tact, which used to bring hay in and out of the loft. This summer, he plans to add the finishing touches by landscaping land-scaping the yard. Larremore's work is a shining example ex-ample of what could be done with the other two to be moved. According to city planner Nora Seltenrich, plans -V' 'ft ilr . I r a r ' .if v. j in. . ' i Ml II 'SI v :I!UI!;IIV Ik ! & A it r izu it 'I t ' I . , , i i j I If v; ru'j c .1 " .1' I" i . A.-"-' SenaTaylof Pat Sweeney, Suzanne Mclntyre, Nora Seltenrich and house owner, Ted Larremore, from left, celebrate the completion of the relocated old barn, now converted to apartments. for their adoption are underway and they should be moved in May. The other two houses are still located at 705 and 713 Woodside Ave. Seltenrich said the 713 Woodside home, known as the "Buck House," was built in 1889, before the great fire which destroyed most of the town. It is listed on the National Historic Register, and is owned by the ski area. Seltenrich said that although it is fairly small and in poor shape, its prospective new owner is experienced in the type of refurbishing refur-bishing it will require. Seltenrich said the taker, a Salt Lake City man, is presently negotiating for the purchase of an old town lot and has been in contact with house movers. "The man who will probably take it has done a couple cou-ple of other renovations in Salt Lake City and is glad it's in bad shape so he can just gut it and completely redo re-do the inside," she said. The third house, 705 Woodside Ave., is presently owned by the Sweeney family. It was built sometime between 1889 and 1900, and with a few modifications, could qualify for the National Historic Register. "The house recently had quite a bit of interior work, and is currently rented," noted Seltenrich, who said a local couple will likely take it. Seltenrich said if plans to move the two last houses don't materialize by spring, the city will again advertise adver-tise for prospective new owners. "It's pretty expensive to move the houses, and the renovation costs are high. It has to be a labor of love to do this," she said. The incentives are that the houses are free, the city waives the building permit and water connection fees, and most importantly, im-portantly, the new owners preserve a chunk of history. "I think it's working out and I'm really pleased with the progress," said Seltenrich. "I hope things go as planned in the spring I think it's really important to preserve the houses and keep them in the historic i district,". 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