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By Jill Kelley, Staff Writer Updated 9:42 PM Sunday, July 12, 2009

DAYTON — Other than a few anticipated tree-trimmings causing the procession to pause along the way, the relocation of four historic buildings from Kettering-Moraine Museum in Kettering to Carillon Park in Dayton moved steadily Sunday, July 12.

“It’s going good,” said Willie Sanford of Edwards Moving and Rigging during the move. “We wanted to do as little tree trimming as possible beforehand, to keep that at a minimum.”

The endeavor, which began on time at 9 a.m. and reached Carillon Park at a little after 1 p.m., involved the Deeds Barn, the Miller House, the Newcom-Greer House and the Hetzel House — in that order.

“It was intentional to lead with the largest building,” said Brady Kress, executive director of Dayton History at Carillon Park. “That way we knew if that one got through, the rest would make it as well.”

Many entities worked together to ensure that the massive undertaking would succeed.

“It took a lot of planning to lower and raise wires — electric, telephone, cable,” said Elise Hafenbrack, director of community development for Dayton History.

The move was being led by bagpipe music from the local St. Andrews Pipes and Drums, and hundreds came out at many points along the route from Moraine Circle to Patterson Boulevard to watch the houses go by.

Kress said he involved the bagpipers to add a ceremonial touch.

“It’s kind of like an eternal flame,” he said, “that the spirit of the Kettering-Moraine Museum will continue at Carillon.”

For one face in the crowd, the move was personal. Rus Kindrick of Centerville used to live in the Newcom-Greer house.

“I am just thrilled with the move,” said Kindrick, who donated the house to the Kettering-Moraine Museum in the late 1970s. “It makes sense to have all the history together.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7325 or jikelley@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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According to Brady Kress, executive director of Dayton History, the houses were moved as part of a management agreement that involved the cities, the Kettering-Moraine Museum and Dayton History. It was decided that the best course of action would be to move the houses to Carillon, where the Dayton History folks have been able to consolidate and protect many aspects of area history. The land they were on belongs to the city of Kettering.

Jill Kelley
2:23 PM, 7/13/2009

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If anyone has contact information on St. Andrews Pipes and Drums please e-mail it to me at: rgable1@woh.rr.com

Ron Gable
10:31 AM, 7/13/2009

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Anyone know why they were moved?
Did GM take back the property they were on?

ChileGrower
10:06 AM, 7/13/2009

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It would have been nice if they had posted detours to get to I-75 from Kettering. They closed most of the routes to 75. A friend had to back-track to the Far Hills to Brown to 35 to get to 75 because so many roads were closed - roads that werent even going to have the houses on them!

Poor Planning
7:22 AM, 7/13/2009

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