Steve Jobs bought a 30-room California mansion in 1984; when it was torn down in 2011, workers saved its pipe organ and other fixtures

After Steve Jobs’s 2011 demolition of the historic Jackling House, its pipe organ, architectural details and other relics were salvaged. (Wikimedia Commons)

Deconstruction includes careful dismantling of a building so that its components can be salvaged for reuse and recycling. One of the most closely followed examples in California was a Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in Woodside, a wealthy town south of San Francisco. Steve Jobs bought the property in 1984. He spent years fighting in court … Read more