2024-12-25T23:32:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/145000395/a-house-for-spite-and-haunting Nam Henderson 2016-01-05T13:35:00-05:00 >2016-01-05T13:35:16-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/t7/t7xu1m08aug7eajq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>While a dream house tells us what we want, and a haunted house tells us what we fear, a haunting house sits somewhere in between: seductive rather than spooky, suggesting an alternate reality that is more adventurous or transgressive or fulfilling than the one actually being lived.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Kate Bolick writes about the&nbsp;Pink House, located&nbsp;on the road to Plum Island, overlooking a vast flat landscape of pristine salt marsh Massachusetts. Rumored to be a "spite house", it served&nbsp;as personal real estate fantasy, as well as inspiration for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/newburyportart/the-pink-house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">artists</a>, <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/old-pink-house-and-full-moon-newburyport-massachusetts-jim-fenton.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photographers</a> and now <a href="http://savenbptpinkhouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">preservationists</a>.</p>