On Sunday, July  27,  at 7 a.m., Russell Moving Company's vintage 1951 U.S. Army truck  and crew carefully  eased the  pioneer family's endangered 1916 cottage away from its home at 310 SE 11th Avenue just off Las Olas Boulevard.  Its destination was Middle River Terrace Park   at the 1300 block of North Dixie Highway,  nearly four  miles away   At  3:30 p.m. residents of  the park' s  neighborhood greeted the  procession of damp enthusiasts  who had braved a downpour and several hours of delays  on the seven and a half hour trek .

Utility crews from Florida Power and Light, Comcast and AT&T worked blocks ahead raising, lowering, pushing and pulling their wires while Fort Lauderdale Park Department crews  kept pace  skillfully pruning intruding branches. The bungalow's 90-ton "tricycle" -- a steel beam platform resting on three dollies -- eased through intersections as traffic light  experts set and reset lights at Las Olas, Broward Boulevard, Federal Highway, NE 15th Avenue and NE 13th Street.

Known for 92 years as the Annie Beck House, the craftsman -style bungalow will become the Annie Beck Education Cente. It will be administered by the Broward Trust and used by garden clubs, the Middle River Terrace Neighborhood Association. conservation groups and other non-profit organization for meetings, special events and educational functions.The historic residence was donated to the Broward Trust by Diana Heileman.