We’ve been keeping you up to date on plans to move the historic Olds-Sweet-Norman house from West 7th Street to West 6th Street, and Monday September 22 is the day.
The more than 140-year-old home will make the big move around 10:00 a.m. Monday, thanks to the worker of Kidder Jeffreys Construction and the specialists Wolfe House & Building Movers from the Harrisburg area.
As Erie News Now has documented, they’ve jacked up the Queen Anne-style house originally built for Clark Olds (1850 – 1922) and his wife Livia Elizabeth Keator Olds (1855-1919). Olds was a prominent attorney for more than 46 years with expertise in maritime law. The property’s legacy continued with the family’s son Irving Sands Olds (1887-1963) who rose to national prominence as chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel and a noted authority on naval history…