Staff photo / R. Michael Semple An addition to the Yellow House is being dismantled by Murphy Contracting Co. of Youngstown. Laborer Michael Harmon of Canfield dismantles the interior Thursday ahead of the planned move set for next month.

HOWLAND — Workers with Murphy Contracting Co. of Youngstown braved the heat this week to dismantle parts of the historic Yellow House off state Route 46.

Howland Historical Society members plan to have the house moved next month to a new permanent location.

Work crews on Thursday were removing exterior wood trim from windows in the back of the house and bricks from the interior of the back addition, and also dismantling some of the house’s other additions.

The deck, steps and non-historical aspects are being removed first in preparation for the moving of the entire house.

Cindee Mines with the historical society said she has been informed the house will be moved in the early morning of July 24 to its new location across from Howland Middle School off South Street.

She said most of the house will be moved that day onto state Route 82 and then onto state Route 46.

Mines said because of heavy traffic at the intersection, the house will have to be moved on a Sunday morning — starting at 6:30 a.m.

Parts of the house are being detached and removed prior to the actual relocation.

The Yellow House is the oldest house in Howland at 186 years old, and the historical society members have worked to save it in recent years.

It needs to be moved as the diverging diamond highway project to enlarge the intersection of routes 82 and 46 will begin in a few years.

The Ohio Department of Transportation had given the society a deadline to remove the house from the location because the intersection project expands onto the area where the house is located.

Mines has said she’s been in talks with Stein House Movers in Cortland and the relocation will cost more than $25,000 plus $5,000 to Ohio Edison for moving the utility lines. She said the house will need to be moved up and then down the Route 82 ramp at Route 46 that Sunday morning, and then north to the site across from the middle school behind the Giant Eagle plaza.

Last summer, Realtor Jason Altobelli decided to give the house to the historical society for free.

“When I realized their situation, I wanted to be part of the solution to help benefit the community. There is so much outpouring from the community for this house. This is the best positive outcome that everyone involved could have,” Altobelli said last year.

The home was owned by the Brown family in the 1800s.

The house needs to have parts dismantled, moved and then rebuilt at its new site.

Mary Jane Vennitti, president of the Howland Historical Society, said community has offered a lot of support toward saving the house.