вЂњThereвЂ™s not a lot to do to the actual inside,вЂќ Drake said.

Drake said he hopes to have the Longboat Key Historical Museum running by the first quarter of 2021. It will cost about another $6,000 to have the cottage set up on a permanentВ foundation. вЂњAgain, thatвЂ™s why you call somebody thatвЂ™s done it before.вЂќДrake said the move itself cost about $8,000. вЂњEvery time any Whitney house or Whitney structure has been moved since 1953, the Johnson homemakers have done it, so I think the family has moved this particular structure, this is either the fifth or sixth time that itвЂ™s been moved,вЂќ Drake said. The entire operation of moving the structure down Gulf of Mexico Drive took less than an hour. The truck moved the cottage 6.3 milesВ at about 30 mph.

вЂњI know IвЂ™ve made that comment before, but I think this oneвЂ™s going to hold for, hopefully, a very, very long time.вЂќДrake said he trusted the experience of the Parrish-based movers, and the town police escort. вЂњIвЂ™m feeling just absolutely delighted that we finally can say that this wonderful historic cottage is going to have its permanent home once and for all,вЂќ said Longboat Key Historical Society President Michael Drake. in the Longbeach Village neighborhood to the northeast part of the Town Center site. 13 early-morningВ move of the cottage from 521 Broadway St. movers are expected to permanently move the cottage to permanently rest on 12 slab piers in the coming days. The Longboat Key Historical SocietyвЂ™s cottage is nearly at its final resting place at the Town Center site.ДЄs of Monday morning, cribs held up the historic cottage at 555 Bay Isles Parkway, which sits between the Public Tennis Center and the Shoppes of Bay Isles.

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