Remember Edith Macefield's house?

Macefield bequeathed her property to the construction manager who built the thing around her house, Barry Martin. He sold it to a company called Reach Returns, which plans to keep it "identical"—only not. From a company statement:

Reach Returns plans to remodel the home, keeping the outward appearance identical. Once remodeled, plans are to elevate the home to the height of the surrounding commercial building, and underneath the home create a two level open space that will be available to the public during business hours.

Macefield will be that much closer to home, if you believe in all that heaven stuff (because, if you do, you certainly believe that an old lady who refuses to sell her house to developers, thereby forcing crews to build on all three sides while she waits to meet her maker and then gives her house to the construction chief totally goes to heaven).

Photo via Great Beyond on Flickr.