Panzer House moves back home
A historic house in Schaumburg that's being restored and incorporated into a new row house development was moved back onto its foundation Thursday.
The Panzer House at 133 E. Schaumburg Road was moved off its foundation and rotated 90 degrees this spring so that its best side now faces the street.
The house built in 1907 was rolled back to the northeast corner of the site just east of Waterbury Lane as the rest of its property prepares to become the Waterbury Lane subdivision.
Construction Manager Michael Pentland said there will be 15 row houses divided among buildings of different sizes.
The remainder of this construction season will be spent on the first four-unit building on the western edge of the site as well as the restoration of the Panzer House, Pentland said.
The project received a historic buildings restoration grant of $27,986 from the village this week, splitting the cost of the exterior restoration work specifically.
The original barn behind the Panzer House was disassembled earlier so that its parts can be used to build a garage. Abandoned for years, the barn was in poor condition as it was.
A chicken coop and outhouse that dated from the same time were demolished.
The first row house building will include a model unit. The market will dictate how quickly the rest of the project is built, Pentland said.
In addition to the four-unit building, there eventually will be six-unit, three-unit and two-unit buildings, he said.