Real Estate
Historic Pillsbury Mansion Demolished: Photos
The iconic Minnesota home was turned to dust and rubble in a matter of hours Tuesday.
ORONO, MN — One hundred years of history was torn down in a matter of hours. The Pillsbury Estate on Lake Minnetonka, completed in 1918, was turned into dust and rubble Tuesday.
The west metro city of Orono granted a permit to demolish the iconic mansion this month. It's had been on the market for more than a decade.
The Pillsbury family owned the grain producing-giant Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis. Patch profiled the Pillsbury home back in January. At that time, it was on sale for $7,900,000.
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It's not yet clear what the current owners have planned for the land.
Demolition has begun on #Pillsbury mansion #Southways, which was closed on just yesterday https://t.co/3qr3NsJuYj pic.twitter.com/T6Bzl5tcjJ
— LakeshoreWeeklyNews (@Lakeshore_Wkly) August 28, 2018
WATCH: Pillsbury mansion on Lake Minnetonka turned into rubble:https://t.co/cU3oPaFrcg pic.twitter.com/BYsfjJmzKo
— Chris Égert (@cegertKSTP) August 29, 2018
#Demolition begins on the #Pillsbury #mansion, #Southways https://t.co/k8wFyh0d96 pic.twitter.com/IAJ8roqgw8
— Lake Mtka Daily News (@LMtkaDailyNews) August 29, 2018
View photos of what the mansion looked like here.
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