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| Capen on Interlachen |
Back in June I wrote about preserving historic Winter Park, Florida homes.
The Capen House, named for one of the first movers and shakers in Winter Park was sold a while back and the new owners promptly announched that it would be torn down.
The Capen, while beautiful and historic, is not a particularly large house for the area. It sat on amazingly eclectic, Interlachen Avenue where, in a span of about six blocks we can find a golf course, old mansions on huge lots, condos, normal size houses, and three large churches. Interlachen Avenue borders Lake Osceola. The church I attend sits right in the middle of Interlachen on the opposite side of the street.
Naturally, when the Winter Park folks got wind of the Capen tear down they got busy. They ended up deciding to move it to the lawn of the majestic Polasek Museum.
But how will we get it there? Picture in your mind a bunch of twelve year old boys sitting around trying to come up with ideas.
Should we drive it down the street and around the block? Or float it across the lake?
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| One half of the Capen on Lake Osceola |
This is kinda how these well heeled, creative Winter Park folks think. So naturally they decided to cut the house in half and float it, one half at a time, across the lake on barges. To my knowledge, there was never any doubt in the minds of those in charge that this plan would work.
And it did. The Capen is now safe and sound in its new surroundings.
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