Building restorer Peter Knoth explains his role in putting the finishing touches on the 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday after it is dismantled, moved and reassembled in Cape Elizabeth.

Colin Sevigney of Chase Building Movers holds two trim brackets called corbels while dismantling a 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday. The home will be taken down in pieces and reassembled in Cape Elizabeth.

Chris Chase, right, owner of Chase Building Movers, gives instructions to workers while dismantling a 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday. The home will be taken down in pieces and reassembled in Cape Elizabeth.

A 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan before work began this week to dismantle it.

Workers with Chase Building Movers dismantle the back side of a home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday.

Two strap-bound sections of a brick chimney have been lowered to the ground as part of the dismantling of a 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday.

The interior staircase in a 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday.

Building restorer Peter Knoth examines a side door of a 166-year-old home on Coburn Avenue in Skowhegan on Monday.