While I have been involved in adaptive use of historic barns, I have not had to relocate them. My most relevant experience was to move an historic house in close proximity to a busy thoroughfare up an adjoining hillside approximately 300 ft., which involved most of the considerations I suspect are involved in your project. I recommended that my client, a prominent attorney in Dandridge, TN, hire a "housemover" from Kentucky who was experienced with such projects. He simply jacked the two-story-house up, removed the foundation, threaded steel beams under the structure as a cradle, and moved the structure in steps up the slope. The move was successful and the plaster did not even crack. You will know, I'm sure, if this has any application to your project. If it does and you need assistance in locating such an experienced "housemover", I would be glad to give it a try.
Good luck! Gene Burr, AIA, AICP, 3621 Maloney Rd., Knoxville, TN 37920
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Eugene Burr AIA
Eugene E. Burr, AIA, AICP Architect-Planner
Knoxville TN
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-28-2017 10:24
From: Daniel Stephans
Subject: Deconstruction of an historic building and reconstruction of that building
I have been asked to help save a treasure.
I am working on a rough budget cost to deconstruct a house-barn that is
listed on the National Register, transport the building to a site about
180 miles away, and reconstruct the building.
I am doing this at no charge to a non-profit organization and could use
any help I can get.
Resources for cost data are needed.
Daniel Stephans, AIA