After unsuccessful attempts to sell forced the owners of Wareham Feed to shut its doors after more than 50 years in business, the much-loved supply store is being demolished.

Workers began dismantling the building, which is tucked away at the back of Merchants Way in downtown Wareham, this week. The store closed late last year.

The store stands on pillars of stone and brick, making a hollow space under the floor that has necessitated some creativity on the part on the demolition men.

According to one of the men, who only identified himself as Richie, the first remnants of the building were piled up to be used as a ramp on which the machine used to tear the building down could stand.

Wareham Feed's Dick Butler said the cost of the installation of town sewer at the building, necessary in order to sell the it, "was prohibitive."

"We have hired a dismantler to remove the building and save as much of the timber as possible," Butler told Wareham Week in January. "We will then see if there is any interest in the property."

Butler, along with his father and brother, purchased the store in 1992 from his grandfather, Lyndon Butler. Lyndon Butler ran the store for 30 years, after purchasing it in 1962, when it was called Wirthmore Feed Co.