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Childhood Home Of Jimi Hendrix Demolished Posted: 31 Mar 2009 09:04 AM PDT The battle to save late guitar legend, Jimi Hendrix childhood home in Seattle, Washington has been lost. The house went up for auction in August of 2001 and was sold for over $44,000, but due to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, the buyer backed out. The house was bought and moved from it’s original foundation site where condominiums were going to be built. The purchaser, Pete Sikov, a real estate investor had all intentions on making it a landmark on a trailer park that he purchased in Renton, Washington. The trailer park was in need of a huge renovation and he planned on using the Hendrix house as a centerpiece. The trailer park was incidentally across the street from Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery, where Jimi Hendrix is buried. Unfortunately conditions the city set were not met and Sikov was forced to “Deconstruct” the house as he puts it. Some of the pieces of the house will be saved and pout in to storage and maybe auctioned off one day. “Can you imagine a guitar made out of wood from Jimi’s house? Who wouldn’t want that?” Sikov said. You can read more on this story at Seattletimes.nwsource.com. The photo above was probably taken about 8 or 9 years ago, before the house was moved and in much better shape. Image: Newscom Tags: Hendrix Home, jimi hendrix Share This

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