711 Broadway

The incredible Victorian mansion at 711 Broadway dated back to the very late 1800s. It was a three story building with a mansard roof and an 800sf wraparound porch. 

A beautiful elliptical staircase wrapped its way up through the center of the house, connecting all seven bedrooms. 

Each of the bedrooms on the first two stories had floor to ceiling windows and gorgeous pine floors. Most also had large, functional fireplaces. 

Several of the rooms even had large walk in closets between them.

The home was occupied into the 2020s, but had been falling into disrepair for years. 

It was sold in 2025 to an LLC who was granted permission from the town to subdivide the lot into three smaller parcels. 

The plan was contingent on the existing home being demolished.

Demolition began in spring of 2026.  The home wasn't even on my radar, but a random tip on Reddit one Friday morning let me know destruction was imminent. 

I ran up to Norwood after work the same day. Unfortunately the demo crews had already begun stripping the historic fixtures out. 

Thankfully there were still a few rooms in decent enough shape for me to want to take out my camera and give it a proper shoot. 

Im really glad that at least some of the trim and fixtures were stripped before the demoliton. It always kills me to see such a gorgeous house be demolished for some contemporary nonsense though, especially one that hasn't been heavily renovated.

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