I would like to ask about 'however'.

[sykang97]

Hi, teachers. Could you please take a look at this sentence below?
Is 'however' in the sentence fine?

Thank you ^^

Hundreds of residents signed a petition in order
to save the historic building, but unfortunately
the structure was demolished , however.

 

[Raymott]

No, you've already used 'but'. You could remove 'but' and put 'however' there, or you could simply remove 'however'.

 

[Tdol]

If you removed but and started a new sentence with unfortunately, it would be OK, though it would be better if you started the sentence with however..