Ivey-Ellington House Relocation

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Cary, NC / February 2023

The Ivey-Ellington House was built around 1870 in Cary, North Carolina, on the corner of two dirt roads in the small railroad town. Built in the Gothic Revival style usually reserved for churches and rail depots, the house has had a distinctive presence over the past century as the town grew up around it. Plans to develop the downtown area led the Town of Cary to proceed with relocating the Ivey-Ellington house to a lot 1500′ from its original location. After the non-historic additions to the original 43’x50′ house were demolished, Wolfe set steel beams and dollies and used the Buckingham Smartsteer® System to drive the house down the street and into its new location. The Town of Cary plans to use the house for office space and perhaps a welcome or historic center for the town.