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Beal House: The Beal House was moved during the Lanark Construction, on Town Block 8 E/W on Main Street to 611 Church Street. The Beal house was constructed around 1829 by John Beal, who was a carpenter in the Owen and Maclure community. Beal constructed the house from lumber and timbers from an older horse barn. The new location would be the site of the Beal House and 1850s Doctor's Office (The Doctor's Office was a remodel of the Kemmerling House, which was also moved to this site). Elmer Buchta Moving Engineers was contracted for this and many other building moves during the 1970s. This photo was probably taken from the roof of The Mews building facing toward the east. The house is sitting on the plat waiting to be towed over to the new foundations, which can be seen on the left side of the photo just in front of the Texaco sign. The red building in the center of the photo was Owen's Garage which had been converted to a residence but is no longer present as of 2021.