Wooden platforms have been built to act as runways for the wheels under the house. The final placement of the house onto the new foundation will begin this morning.

The Providence Journal / Bill Murphy Bill Murphy

PROVIDENCE — The 300-ton Peter Green House will be placed on its new foundation at Brown and Angell streets today.

It took a little longer than planned to tug the three-story Victorian 450 feet up Olive Street, a narrow road flanked with utility poles, all of which had to be removed for the move. Last week, the building, formerly known as the Lippit-Guild house, was jacked off its foundation and rotated 90 degrees so the house would face its neighbors when it is relocated on Brown Street.

“The next step is taking the wheels off,” said Mike McCormick, the assistant vice president of planning, design and construction at Brown University. “Then they will build the foundation up to the house and we start the renovation.”

The renovations, including a new foundation, new utilities and an elevator, will total $5 million.

The move will allow the university to create a pedestrian pathway to connect the traditional Brown campus with the Pembroke campus off Meeting Street.

The four-block walk will cost $8 million and turn what was once known as “Dumpster alley” into a series of interlocking green spaces in a line that will run parallel to Thayer Street.

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