Holland House moves across campus

On June 14, 2009, Holland House, Elon University's former president's house on Haggard Avenue, was moved across the railroad tracks to South Campus. Relocating the Holland House next to Holt Chapel makes room on Haggard Avenue for a plaza to be constructed at the front of the Academic Village. Crews had been working for weeks to lift the house from its original foundation. On June 13, the actual move began, with workers inching the mansion east on Haggard, then south on Antioch Avenue, to a staging area where it sat overnight. The next morning, the same teams started again, carefully navigating the house past utility poles and trees that lined the road. President emeritus J. Earl Danieley, the original tenant of Holland House, was in the crowd. Workers waited for an eastbound Amtrak train to clear the area before placing timbers across the tracks to permit the building to cross. Dozens of spectators visited campus to watch the move take place, applauding once the house perched on steel beams seven feet in the air completed its journey over the rails onto South Campus. Holland House served as the formal residence of Elons president from 1963 to 1990 before the official residency was moved to its current location near the Alamance Country Club. The building later served as the home for the alumni and parent offices, as well as the development office and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. It most recently provided space for the Department of Leisure and ...



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