A historic mansion perched on a picturesque bluff overlooking the Massachusetts North Shore is on the verge of being swept away by its new owner, the co-creator the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner. The Loring House, built in 1881 by a civil war general, was purchased two years ago for $3.75millon by Helen Greiner, of Roomba fame, who is now preparing to tear it down after failing to reach a compromise with preservationists. The Historic District Commission in the City of Beverly has spent two years trying to convince Ms Greiner, the co-founder of iRobot Corp that manufactures Roomba hoovers, to update the rundown mansion without drastically altering its look.
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The Loring House was built in 1881 by General Charles G. Loring Jr on a bluff overlooking the Massachusetts North Shore in the City of Beverly
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Co-founder of iRobot Helen Greiner bought the mansion in 2012 for $3.75million intending to remodel it
Interior design: Activists working to save the mansion have accused Greiner of planning to gut @placeholder