Two weeks before the new year starts at Evanston Township High School, a project from last year’s Geometry in Construction class was delivered on Monday.
Crews loaded the two floors of the single family home onto a truck bed separately and drove them half a mile away to their new location.
Teacher Maryjoy Heineman has co-taught about 100 students in the class each year since 2013.
Incoming Sophomore Walter Wen was one of them and came back to watch movers set the home on a foundation on Darrow Avenue.
He says he’s thinking about a career in engineering or architecture now.
His mom Stephanie was impressed by the skills he picked up. Skills she says he put to use in helping her build a tomato trellis this summer.
Greg Andruss watched a crane lift the home above trees on his block and onto a formerly empty lot across the street from his house.
He and his wife are thrilled there will be more affordable housing on the block that has seen two $1M homes go on the market recently.
The two-story home will now be sold, through a program with the city of Evanston and Community Partners for Affordable Housing.
Applicants must meet income requirements and register for a Community Land Trust Homeownership workshop.
