Visit to John Horr's old house

Photo: LESLIE WILLIAMS / Staff

Hector Sostre, left, and his boss, Peter McFarland, check out a Strangler Fig growing up one corner of the old house. McFarland's company, Quality Tree Services, helped remove some of the growth Monday morning in an effort to preserve the structure. The tree roots are both tearing the walls apart and holding them up, so they cut away live growth and treated the roots with weed killer to keep them in place but stunt their growth.