曾是明尼蘇達州最貴待售屋皮斯伯利(Pillsbury)豪宅，求售十年無人問津，在8月最後一周被拆除。

這棟3萬6000平方呎的宅第位於歐洛諾市(Orono)，名為Southways莊園，它曾是名人皮斯伯利(John S. Pillsbury Sr.)的避暑別墅，並且一直由這家人擁有，直到1992年。

這個物業占地13英畝，2007年初次上市時喊價高達5350萬元，但在2013年大幅降價至2400萬元，後來再分拆為五塊地，逐一出售。

此宅位於明尼亞波利斯市中心以西20哩，坐落在明尼東卡湖(Lake Minnetonka)一個半島上，最初由林登柏格(Harriet T. Lindeberg)設計，建於1918年，莊園內有7個建築，包括溫室、泳屋和看守人的小屋，主屋有7間臥室和13間浴室，外面有1個游泳池和1個網球場，還有415呎長的私人湖岸。

屋內有1個可以存放6000瓶酒的酒窖，並有2個主浴室、日光浴室、健身房和9個壁爐。

房地產公司「Coldwell Banker」的古斯塔森(Daniel Gustafson)說：「這是明尼蘇達州最富有的房產，在1890年代後期，這裡是明尼亞波利斯名人聚集的地區，遍布避暑別墅，除了皮斯伯利家族外，還有德頓家族(Daytons)，後者靠連鎖百貨公司起家，後來創立目標折扣店(Target)。

投資者容特(Jim Jundt)在1992年以500萬元的價格購買這棟湖畔豪宅，並大事整修。容特在2007年試圖高價出售，但未能脫手。結果，這棟全州最昂貴的房屋在10年內價值急劇下降。

古斯塔森認為，該豪宅的生活開支是其最終被拆除的原因。他說：「巨宅外表非常華麗，但維護費用昂貴。」每月的水電費、維護費和房產稅(根據初始上市價格5350萬元計算為16萬7855元)，加起來與許多美國人購買的房屋價格相當。

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The city of Orono issued a demolition permit this month for Southways, the massive brick and stone Pillsbury estate that has been seeking a buyer for more than a decade.

A member of the Lake Minnetonka Fan Club, Leone Akins McGlone, said she was on the lake about 4 p.m. and saw dust filling the air on Bracketts Point. “What a sad day. Two huge cranes working both sides of the house. Within seconds, only the chimney was standing,” she wrote.

The estate, originally built as a summer house for John S. and Eleanor Pillsbury and their six children, has seen its price slashed several times in recent years. When listed in 2007 at $53.5 million, it was the most expensive house in Minnesota. After it failed to attract a buyer, the price was reduced to $24 million. Still no takers.

Woodbury resident Tim George, who has breathed new life into three endangered Twin Cities properties and turned them into stylish venues for weddings and other events, was hoping to do the same for Southways.

George had approached the Orono City Council about a last-ditch effort to save the mansion but it apparently didn’t go anywhere.

Recently, the original 13-acre site was subdivided into five homesites. The 32,461-square-foot house and its remaining 3.3 acres and 415 feet of prime shoreline on Brown’s Bay was relisted at $7.9 million.

The mansion was extensively renovated by owners James and Mary Jundt, who now live in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to Hennepin County property records. James Jundt, a former hedge fund manager and onetime Minnesota Vikings co-owner, bought the mansion in 1992 after Eleanor Pillsbury died at age 104. Jundt then invested years in a multimillion-dollar renovation that included converting the house for year-round use.