CALGARY- One of the most historic homes in the city is being painstakingly moved to a new location, brick by brick.
The McHugh House was built back in 1896, and has sat across from St. Mary’s High School on 18 Ave. and Centre Street South.
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It was owned by the Calgary Roman Catholic Diocese and was slated for demolition, before the city approved a $450-thousand grant to preserve it as a historic site.
It’s being partially disassembled, before crews move it two blocks, to Humpty Hollow Park along 17 Avenue S.W.
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