Preservation push on Pine

Onlookers gather Oct. 8 outside Island Grub Restaurant as a 1920 cottage that had been at 106 Willow Ave. rolls along on Pine Avenue in Anna Maria. Cottage owner Lisa Knoop, real estate agent Jason Sato, builder Frank Agnelli and Roser Memorial Community Church coordinated the effort. The cottage was moved to 519 Pine and will be repurposed as a sales office for Sato Real Estate. The grounds already house the historic Roser Cottage, which will become a rental office. Islander Photos: Robert Anderson

Crews from AJS Building Moving & Leveling of Brooksville on Oct. 8 guide a 105-year-old cottage from 106 Willow Ave. past Anna Maria City Hall to a new location off Pine Avenue. The Willow property owner is building a new home on the site.

A 1920 cottage passes the corner of North Shore Drive and Pine Avenue in Anna Maria during its relocation Oct. 8.

The 106 Willow Ave. cottage passes Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria during its Oct. 8 relocation.

AJS Building Moving & Leveling workers adjust the rig after the cottage arrives at its new home behind Sato Real Estate and Vacation Rentals at 519 Pine Ave.

Using hydraulic lifts, workers from AJS Building Moving & Leveling position a cottage onto its new site behind Sato Real Estate and Vacation Rentals, 519 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.