Save the Pink House
There is a movement afoot to save this iconic house in the middle of the marsh with a notorious history. The romance of the decaying Newburyport Pink House on Plum Island was revived in a recent essay in the New York Times. Situated in what is now the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, the lone house was built after a divorce. According to the piece, in 1925, a wife agreed to separate from her husband on the condition that he build her an exact replica of their current home. But she didn’t specify where it should be built, so the ex-husband chose a spot he thought would be the most unhappy—in the middle of a salt marsh, removed from fresh running water.
Save the Pink House
There is a movement afoot to save this iconic house in the middle of the marsh with a notorious history. The romance of the decaying Newburyport Pink House on Plum Island was revived in a recent essay in the New York Times. Situated in what is now the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, the lone house was built after a divorce. According to the piece, in 1925, a wife agreed to separate from her husband on the condition that he build her an exact replica of their current home. But she didn’t specify where it should be built, so the ex-husband chose a spot he thought would be the most unhappy—in the middle of a salt marsh, removed from fresh running water.