The Carpenter House was moved to Frostville in May of 1987. Purchased by Forest Kitson in 1946, the home on Lorain Road was soon surround by an emerging business district. When the Kitson family decided to sell their property in 1985, the home was donated to the Olmsted Historical Society. After over a year of unsuccessful attempts by the historical society to solicit funds for relocating the structure, it appeared that the Carpenter House was doomed. In 1987, the George Gund Foundation presented the organization with a $15,000 grant to help pay for the move. While only needing to travel two miles, the house had to be split horizontally into halves to avoid collisions with overhead wires and trees along the route. The top and bottom sections weighed 30 and 40 tons, respectively. | Source: Image courtesy of Olmsted Historical SocietyDownload Original File
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"Relocating the Carpenter House, 1987" appears in: Frostville
