A stunning Georgian estate in Greensboro, North Carolina, is making waves online — but not for the reasons one would hope.
A viral Reddit post has ignited heated debate after news broke that the newly purchased 1937 estate, featuring six bedrooms, eight and a half bathrooms, a carriage house, and three acres of lush greenery, is set to be demolished to make way for three “McMansions.”
The culprit? A local developer, Roy Carroll, who bought the property for $4.5 million with plans to tear down the historic home. The backlash has been swift, with commenters decrying the destruction of a well-preserved piece of architectural history in favor of what one Redditor called “soulless, cookie-cutter builds.”
Beyond the loss of history, the environmental impact of demolishing a home like this is staggering. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation , building reuse almost always yields less carbon pollution than new construction. The energy and materials already embedded in this home — think wood, brick, and stone — would be wasted, adding to landfill overflow and unnecessary carbon pollution…