Update: 4 Free Houses in Cedar Rapids, IA
4 FREE Houses
Per homegrowniowan.com four homes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, are FREE. The homes are scheduled to be demolished to make room for a tennis facility unless they are moved from the property.
The Cedar Rapids Country Club will raze the houses at numbers at 418, 424, 430 and 444 Fairway Terrace SE.
A fifth house (shown below), at 359 27th St. Drive SE, has already been scheduled for demolition.
UPDATE:
Save CR Heritage toldIowa’s News Now Tuesday that they tried to get the homes moved, but no one came forward to move the homes. CR Heritage says they worked to salvage items from the homes, but the homes were demolished. See demo photos below.
Update: 
The homes are lovely in excellent condition, most are currently occupied, and all were constructed between 1938 and 1940.
430 Fairway Terrace SE
Number 430 features a brick and clapboard exterior, stunning staircase, fireplace with flanking bookcases, a sunroom and original kitchen cabinets.
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444 Fairway Terrace SE
Number 444 offers a fake stone facade with vinyl siding, fireplace, a sunroom and newer kitchen cabinets and a stone focal wall.
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424 Fairway Terrace SE
Hardwood floors, built-ins, newer kitchen cabinets and a fireplace are the highlights of number 424.
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418 Fairway Terrace SE
Number 418 offers a gabled entrance, bay window, lovely staircase, hardwood floors, country kitchen with original cupboards, and a fireplace.
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6 Comments
George Bahr
Someone destroys these beautiful homes for crappy tennis courts?
Debby Taylor
Please tell me more. Beautiful old houses are my “To live for” moto.
George Bahr
To move 4 houses would cost close to a million, plus the cost of buying g the land, building foundations, looking up complete electrical and plumbing to them.
As much as I would like to save a really cool old house or 4 from an early demise, costs involved are so prohibitive, that unless you are saving a national monument and can get a grant to preserve the building, the average Joe can’t shoulder this kind of cost.
Elizabeth Stebbins
I agree. Its unfortunate. They are nice homes and well built.
Ms. F.
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