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The long process of reconstruction has started for a historic Old Strathcona landmark dismantled brick by brick two years ago to save it from demolition.
Owner Sam Prochazka hired a team of 10 workers in 2014 to save everything salvageable from the 110-year-old Arthur Davies mansion when the property at 10606 84 Ave. was bought for a condo project.
That included hardwood floors, window trim, wainscotting, the main oak staircase, interior doors and 23,000 bricks, which were stored on 46 pallets in a city works yard.
Following years of planning and design work, digging the foundation began last week at the home’s new Riverdale location backing on to the North Saskatchewan River.
“The limitations of rebuilding are hard because you have to maintain the architectural character while meeting building code,” Prochazka said Wednesday.
“The house was a beautiful home in Old Strathcona … I had ridden my bike by for many years. I attended the school across the street. I loved those old houses.”
Full Story (Edmonton Journal)