NEWBURY, MASS. (WHDH) – Newbury’s Pink House will be demolished after it received no buyer during an auction that could have given it a second life, a government spokesperson said.
The iconic home was built in 1925, according to a history by the organization Support the Pink House. The US Fish and Wildlife Service bought the home and its property on a larger salt marsh in 2011.
Officials hoped to renovate the structure but soon found it was contaminated and flooded.
Officials then announced plans to demolish the home, prompting outcry from defenders who value its identity as a North Shore landmark, standing in isolation on the south side of the Plum Island Turnpike.
After years of efforts by advocates to save the home, the fish and wildlife service said it would list the Pink House for sale at auction.
A buyer could step in to save the structure. But they would be required to relocate the Pink House to a new property.
Bidding on the home opened on Wednesday of last week at $3,000. Six days later, Paul Hughes from the US General Services Administration confirmed there were no bids during the auction and will be torn down.
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