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I'a uc (> Tlii' Clarmgiim/Courtivc Independent. Bowmanvillc, Saturday. May 9, 199S Courtice Family is Willing to Relocate Historic Home Needs New Location by Laura J. Richards Stall Writer Got some good advice on how to restore a century century home? Are you willing to share it? Free of charge? If so. Lvntla and Tom Harlos would like to hear from you. Lynda and Tom have found the house of their dreams, hut the two-storey Queen Anne Revival home needs to he uprooted and moved. And that's just the beginning of their story and budget. Lynda and Tom really want this house. You ean see the passion they have j Y'.T MISSING MANTLE -- Lynda Harlos shows where one of the marble fireplace mantles used to sit in the Queen Ann Revival style building. MmUKer 11 ! Bay (QelelbraHinii M 133 KING ST. E„ y BOWMANV1LLE ¥ TO ALL KIPS. 12 YEARS AND LINDER ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ .¥ COME TO OUR STORE AND DECORATE. 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HOURS: Mon. - 1-ri. « - 8 Sat. 8 - 6; Sun. 9 - 5 KÂMSTRA GARDEN CENTRE 8^T46(HauntonjldJ^ for this home whenever they talk about it. For them, it's more than just the romantic idea of raising their children in a century house that has driven driven the Courtice couple to find a spot where it can finally rest. Lynda came across the house she wants to restore in May of 1997, as she drove home, after a househunting househunting trip in the Orono area. "I was out driving -- and that's when I saw the abandoned house," she said. The beautiful Queen Anne Revival styled building building currently sits on properly properly zoned industrial. She told her husband Tom as soon as she could and he went off to look. He was equally impressed. He came back and said: "Did you sec the inside of the house -- it's gorgeous!" And it still is, even though people have picked through the house and taken a number of fixtures, including the marble faces of two fireplaces, a set of glass French doors to the dinning room, the bannisters bannisters of the front and back stairwells, gingerbread from the veranda and «the newel posts. Another feature that has disappeared since the cou ple took an interest in the house is ornamental cast iron sunflower pieces from the roof peaks. Janie Dodds of LACAC (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) says once the house is moved and set on a basement, LACAC is willing to designate the home as a historical building. building. The beautiful Queen Anne Revival styled building currently currently sits on property zoned industrial Dodds said according to information she has, the Queen Anne Revival style of building has "steep hip roofs, tall chimneys, a broad veranda and double hung windows - with a large one on the bottom and six over top." Dodds noted that the designation of this building building would include the flooring, wood trim, and some other interior fea tures. It has been discovered that the itousc the Harlos family wants was built in 1887 as a copy to a Itousc in south Courtice, west of Trulls Road on Bloor St. The original house no longer exists. Now, Lynda and Tom Harlos have to figure out a way to get the Itousc moved at a nominal cost, since 200 ion, 3,200 square loot home needs to be moved 2.3 kilometres from where it is. And they would like to do that as soon as possible -- before any more damage damage is done. As for the damage that has occurred, Tom is hoping hoping that with pictures that have come their way from a relative of the original owners, there is a chance to recreate the bannisters. "Tom just loves woodwork. woodwork. Someone lie knows is letting him borrow a lathe so lie can make the railings," Lynda said. The Harioscs would like to be able to move the house soon. 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