Historic Trueblood House is being moved again in Kirkland

Originally published August 15, 2017 at 8:34 pmUpdated June 12, 2018 at 2:02 pm

Kirkland neighbors watch as this 55-ton home, built in 1889, is slowly moved east on Sixth Avenue on Tuesday, about a block from where it sat for the past year in the Lakeside Christian Church parking lot. The home, called the Trueblood House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

A plaque on this Kirkland house, built in 1889, designates it on the National Register of Historic Places. The 55-ton home was moved Tuesday about a block from where it sat for the past year in the Lakeside Christian Church parking lot. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

About 30 minutes before the 55-ton home, at left, is moved Tuesday, Jeremy Nickel, center, goes over all the steps needed to transport the home about a block south and a half block east. The home was built in 1889 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

Friends Karen Angell, left, and Kim Hartman watch as the Hartman’s home is slowly moved down Sixth Avenue in Kirkland. The home, built in 1889, is called the Trueblood House. Karen Angel also lives on Sixth Avenue, directly across the street from where the Hartman’s home will be installed. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

Kirkland neighbors watch as the Trueblood House, built in 1889, is moved Tuesday about a block from where it sat for the past year in the Lakeside Christian Church parking lot. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

Owner Dan Hartman, left, documents the home’s movement along First Street in Kirkland. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

On Tuesday, Nickel Bros. construction workers prepare the foundation at Sixth Avenue in Kirkland. The home was eventually installed there. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

Tawny Davis, with Nickel Bros., attaches balloons to the side of the Kirkland home Tuesday. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

The 55-ton home, built in 1889, was slowly moved east on Sixth Avenue in Kirkland on Tuesday, about a block from where it sat for the past year in the Lakeside Christian Church parking lot.

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