Maher Moving Company moved a variety of houses and buildings over several decades. Photos courtesy of Gerald G Maher.

 William Maher (center, back) founded the company in 1899

Gerald L Maher

Kennedy playhouse at Fort Walla Walla Museum

Ayer houses moved

Kelty Auto quonset hut moved

Prospect Point Grange

VA Hospital gate house

Vollmer house

 

Harvey Shaw bridge near Lamar was realigned by Maher Moving Company in 1948 to coincide with construction of new wider Northern Pacific railroad underpass. Photos courtesy of Gerald G Maher

Old NP underpass in distance to be removed & replaced with new one of 30 foot width

Bridge over Touchet River moved and aligned for a straighter shot at underpass.

Harsha Bridge

Gerald L Maher and Ernest Aylward

 

Maher Moving Company moved the Jaymar Mill sawdust burner past the Sky-Vue Drive-In Theatre on East Melrose in 1954, the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in 1947, and the Fort Walla Walla Museum blockhouse in the 1960s. Photos courtesy of Gerald G "Jerry" Maher.

How the Chapel got from the McCaw Hospital site to its new home on the Veterans Hospital grounds in 1948. Thanks to Jerry Maher for sharing the first five photos here of the Maher House Moving Company in action.

How the United Air Lines Terminal got moved from the airport to the new Veterans Memorial Golf Course to be its club house. Maher House Moving Company towed it in the snow in January 1949. Thanks to Jerry Maher for sharing these photos.