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    Kristin Deighan and her 2 year old son Jackson laugh outside their new home near Terrell, which recently arrived from Kannapolis. Kristin Deighan is a 29-year-old single mom who could never have gotten the home she's about to move into on Mathis Church Road without the help of a few Good Samaritans. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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    This old farm house stood on the Nelson's property and was due to be torn down. When the new house for Kristin became available, the old one was offered to the local fire departments for practice.
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    The old farmhouse went up quickly.
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    The new home where it sat on NC73 in Kannapolis. It had to be removed to make way for a storage facility being developed on the site.
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    Before it could be moved, the brick had to be removed, along with the carport and front porch.
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    Before it could be moved, the brick had to be removed, along with the carport and front porch.
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    Before it could be moved, the brick had to be removed, along with the carport and front porch.
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    At one end of the house, the chimney housed a huge rock fireplace inside the house. Care was taken not to damage the massive structure.
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    Kristin Deighan's new house leaves it's old home in Kannapolis, bound for Catawba.
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    The house makes it's way along Buffalo Shoals Road in Catawba county.
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    The last tenth of a mile up Mathis Church Rd., the end of a 54 mile, 8 hour trip.
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    2 year old Jackson, in the arms of his grandfather Paul Nelson, looks at the inside of his new home near Terrell, which recently arrived from Kannapolis. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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    Paul Nelson and his grandson Jackson Deighan talk inside Jackson's new home near Terrell, which recently arrived from Kannapolis. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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    Kristin Deighan and her 2 year old son Jackson explore their new home. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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    2 year old Jackson Deighan walks past the huge stone fireplace. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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    Kristin Deighan and her 2 year old son Jackson sit inside their new home near Terrell, which recently arrived from Kannapolis. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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