Actor Richard Gere’s historic Connecticut mansion has been razed to make way for a subdivision, months after he sold the home once owned by Paul Simon and Edie Brickell and decamped to Europe.

Architectural salvage expert Reggie Young, who worked to save some of the home’s stunning details from when it was built in the 1930s, confirmed the demolition to People.

“We recently checked in, and the house has been taken down,” Young told the outlet. “We are grateful that the buyers allowed us time to salvage and get everything out.”

The proof was in the aerial view that People obtained showing a bare spot scraped down to the dirt where the 8,525-square-foot mansion once stood.

Gere bought the six-bedroom, seven-bath home from the musicians for $10.8 million in 2022 after it had bounce

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