Captiva's Historic Houses Johnson Residence Moved; Dickey's Demolished by Steve Ruediger About 6 A.M
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Bridge On the Water Pigskin Picks What's Cooking View from Mote Tuesday, Oct. 10,1989 1B Captiva's historic houses Johnson residence moved; Dickey's demolished By Steve Ruediger about 6 a.m. Movers planned to ved rather noisy with the truck Islander staff writer resume work this week to maneuver engines revving, the chain saws the house into its final position. screeching and the tree limbs Last week saw major changes along The house, the supporting metal crashing. the gulf front near 'Tween Waters on beams and the trailer on which it rode, George Ifcrker, who arranged the Captiva: the Dickey House was combined for a 32-foot wide, 24-foot demolished on Tuesday and the Belton move, said the home could have been high mass. That was too much for the moved earlier but he wanted to wait Johnson House was moved early Fri- narrow Captiva roadways. So, tree day morning. until Flint & Doyle of Fort Myers was limbs had to be sawed off, sign posts available because he had confidence in the firm's ability to handle the project. Prior to the move, the Johnson House had been placed upon on the trailer and tree limbs that it obviously wouldn't clear were removed along the route. Sheriff's deputies, Palmer Cablevi- sion trucks and representatives of the A worker assisting the Johnson home Captiva Fire Department were stan- move, above, calls for the truck ding by as the move began. lugging the structure to stop after The first delay came when the the house struck a power pole. movers had to get the house under the power lines along Captiva Drive. One Moments later, adjustments were man from Palmer loosened the bottom made and the home was safely line at a pole while another, who was moved past the pole. on the roof of the house, lifted the lines over its chimney. Just after the house was moved onto the road, a couple, who had been stay- ing at South Seas, drove up. It turned out to be a three and a half hour wait for them. "I guess we picked the wrong time to visit friends," the man said. Almost every Australian pine along Captiva Drive ended up minus a limb or two due to the house move. A man standing on his porch roof with a chainsaw tried to cut the limbs off his tree as the caravan approached. Photos by PETE SLOSSON During the move, one of the workers quietly sang a wavering and uniden- The Dickey House, which was built uprooted, rocks relocated and power tifiable tune to himself, "A foot at a in 1906 and had been the oldest house lines lifted to get the house to its new time, a foot at a time." on Captiva, was completely demolish- resting place. 1 Soon after the house was pulled onto ed and all trace of it, except the land it During the lengthy process, several Captiva Drive, an alarm went off at sat on, was removed. late night drivers were forced to wait nearby Bellini's restaurant. Fire Chief Porter W. Godard, who bought the until the only road traversing Captiva John Bates checked the restaurant home in June, had said previously that was clear. and found it was a false alarm. were too long to clear the pole. So, he would probably have it torn down. Two couples in two of the waiting Somebody, however, needed to be welding equipment was grabbed and He intends to build a house for his cars were nervous they might miss found to turn off the alarm. Bates the beams were bobbed. family on the property. their 6:55 flight from Southwest knocked on the door of a restaurant Progress was then quick as the turn The Johnson house was spared a Florida Regional Airport to Orlando. employee who lives across the street was made onto Wiles Drive (only the similar fate and was moved to a new The couples had been staying at South and when no one answered, he turned stop sign and a few tree limbs needed site behind the Captiva Library. It will Seas Plantation. on his siren. That woke up the Bellini to be removed) and the house was be repaired and used as a home for a They decided there was nothing they employee and the alarm was turned walked toward the community center resident Lee County sheriff's deputy. could do about the delay, so they took off. parking lot. A spokesman for the sheriff's pictures of the house filling up the road Several signs and a couple small A seagrape tree, several bushes and department said last week that a depu- and they talked with local residents. trees had to be removed at the curve at some posts had to be removed for the ty has not yet been selected for the Traffic was eventually let through on Jensen's in order for safe passage of house's procession into the parking lot. assignment. Captiva Drive at about 5:30 a.m. the oversized load. The land on which the Belton The time-consuming, inch-by-inch A number of Captivans came out to A short distance further on, a power Johnson house was located is to be move began Friday morning at 2 a.m.- watch the move. Lights came on and pole stopped the progress of the house. developed by Scott Naumann, who The home reached the parking lot of people peered out of several houses Metal support beams sticking out a donated the Belton Johnson house to the Captiva Community Center at along the route. Moving the house pro- few extra feet from beneath the house the Captiva Civic Association. The historic Belton Johnson home was moved, slowly and carefully, to its new location near the Captiva Library last week. 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