The date to relocate the historic house at 118 Wool St. in Barrington to Barrington Hills has once again been pushed back, and it appears the structure will now have to endure a two-stage move to save it from demolition.
Barrington Hills documentary filmmaker Jeff Baustert plans to move the 1870s house to his family’s property and use as a guesthouse. But he’s had problems securing the correct permits from various entities, said Greg Summers, Barrington’s director of development services.
Those companies include Union Pacific Railroad, Canadian National Railway, Illinois Department of Transportation, ComEd, Comcast Corp., AT&T Inc. and Nicor Gas.
After a June moving date fell through, the hope was to move the home July 9. But ComEd notified Baustert that, due to heat levels in July and August, it cannot temporarily reroute power to remove from service the lines that would get in the home’s way while it is in transit, Summers said.
The next available moving date is Sept. 17.
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