For The New York Times: The Fight to Save a Decrepit Pink House by the Sea
The 99-year-old house on Boston’s North Shore is battered and uninhabited. And yet, it is beloved by artists and locals — so much that they helped pause its demolition.
Read the full story here | Writer: Jenna Russell | Photo editor: Heather Casey
The Pink House was built on a marsh on the coast of Massachusetts in the summer of 1925.
Edith Heyck and Sandy Tilton are advocating for the house’s preservation.
Ms. Heyck has been painting the house since 1978.
The house sits at the edge of Plum Island, a barrier island just south of the New Hampshire border.
The Pink House has been vacant since 2011.
The house didn’t receive any bids when it went to auction in August.
Christopher Husgen, a retired ranger with the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, supports the removal of the home so the land can be repurposed.
Artists, locals and summer visitors to Plum Island are drawn to the beauty and mystery of the Pink House.