# Historic US house for sale at $1 but must be moved 2026-08-09T15:44:06+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 125-year-old historic house in Bath, Maine, is being offered for just $1 by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The catch: the buyer must move the entire building to a legally permitted site by November 20, 2027, or risk seeing it demolished. The Deering House, built around 1900 and once owned by prominent shipbuilder Gardiner G. Deering, stands on land the company needs for a new facility. The house is sold "as is, where is" with no warranties, and the buyer bears all relocation costs, permits, structural movers, transportation, foundations, and utilities. Moving a large historic house can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. A similar project in Augusta, Maine, cost over $500,000. The company hopes someone will preserve the property, but the financial hurdle is steep. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: General Dynamics, historic house, Maine, preservation, relocation, shipbuilding Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/historic-us-house-for-sale-at-1-but-must-be-moved/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/historic-us-house-for-sale-at-1-but-must-be-moved/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.