ORONO, MN — One hundred years of history was torn down in a matter of hours. The Pillsbury Estate on Lake Minnetonka, completed in 1918, was turned into dust and rubble Tuesday.

The west metro city of Orono granted a permit to demolish the iconic mansion this month. It's had been on the market for more than a decade.

The Pillsbury family owned the grain producing-giant Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis. Patch profiled the Pillsbury home back in January. At that time, it was on sale for $7,900,000.