Miami Beach “Castle” Listed For Sale Burns to Ground
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 17, 2009
According to Miami’s Justnews.com, a well-known mansion on Miami Beach burned to the ground this morning. Located at 4462 N Bay Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33140 (above), the 10-bed, 7.5-bath home was listed for sale for $6.9 million. It was built by Capt. Michael Burke, the founder of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.
The house has a bit of a weird history. According to justnews.com:
In 1997, a man accused of posing as a wedding planner was arrested after he claimed to own the home and accepted two checks worth a total of $5,000 from a couple so they could be married there.
The home has been rented out for events, but mostly sits empty, which is a source of concern for neighbors and law enforcement officials.
“I call it the devil house and I’m very happy to see it goes up in flames. Obviously, no one was living there so nobody’s hurt. So I’m very happy to see it go bye-bye,” said neighbor Christian deBerdouare.
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Mark Jacobs on July 17, 2009 5:19 pm
6.9 million for that?
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MiamiCondoShop on July 20, 2009 1:19 pm
The castle will be missed. It was one of those places you could take your clients that they would never believe.
abe vigoda on July 21, 2009 7:43 am
Shocking. An empty mansion burned down. I hope the police investigate for arson.
janet on November 2, 2009 10:37 am
this was the most amazing castle ever my freinds and i would walk through it and just get lost in the castles beauty i have never seen anything like it. It being burnt down is defintly a great lost