Historic parsonage moving update, Orange

As I mentioned recently, the 1901 Victorian parsonage at Immanuel Lutheran Church will be moved through the streets of Orange tomorrow morning, beginning at 5am. From it's current site on Pine St. (just south of Chapman), it will travel to 372 Cleveland St., where it will again serve as a private residence.

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Our chief Orange correspondent, Katie Schroeder, went over this morning to see the prep work and take the photos I posted above. She writes, "...They were moving the house to the end of the block so they can get it moving right away tomorrow. All the school kids were lined up on the side of the street, chattering, squealing and giggling. Members of the church lined up with cameras and video cameras, and a few members were up in the bell tower [getting] an arial view..."

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If you join the crowd watching the move tomorrow, the route will take you "west on Chapman, through the Plaza, up North Glassell, and hang a right on East Walnut to Cleveland. This route has the fewest problems with [utility] wires, and the streets are wider and don't have as many trees."

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Personally, I'd have to set my alarm clock for 4am or earlier to see this, so it ain't gonna happen. I'm reminded of the words of Mike Neun: "4:00 a.m. is a terrible time. Hunters and fishermen get up at 4:00 a.m. That's why they want to kill things."

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But I'm sure many of the die-hard Orange folk will be out there early, with cameras.