Historic Home Will Be Moved Three Blocks
To make way for new Marquette sorority building, 1885 home at 16th and Kilbourn moving to lot on 19th St. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 15th, 2021 08:23 am //end headline wrapper ?>House at 853 N. 16th St. Awaits Relocation. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
The sisters of Pi Beta Phi are getting a new sorority house near Marquette University.
But the location they’ve selected to build a new structure on already has a house on it. At least for now.
Instead of demolishing the house, property developer Cedar Square is relying on a tactic that was much more common a century ago. The two-story, 1664-square-foot house at 853 N. 16th St. will be rolled three blocks west onto a new foundation at 950 N. 19th St.