Special Structures

Keast & Hood Co. has extensive experience in the permanent and temporary relocation of historic structures and objects. The North Entrance Building of the Fairmount Waterworks in Philadelphia was temporarily relocated during construction of the Old Mill House deck. A rigging frame was designed to move the 25-foot marble Statue of Religious Liberty to the National Museum of American Jewish History. The relocation of the Gruber Wagon Works was featured in the publication Moving Historic Buildings (John Obed Curtis, 1979, American Association for State & Local History). The brick Free Quaker Meeting House was permanently moved during the Independence Mall project.