The unique Miami Beach home known as the North Bay Road Castle located at 4462 North Bay Road in Miami, Beach Florida burned down today. The 10 bedroom, 7 1/2 bath, 9,935 sf castle is listed for sale on Trulia for $6,900,000 by Rafael Arias of Sotheby’s International Realty.
According to the Miami Herald,
” Firefighters battled a blaze Friday morning at an abandoned mansion in Miami Beach once owned by the Windjammer Barefoot Cruises family. Dispatch received a call at 8:09 a.m. about the fire at 4462 N. Bay Rd., north of Mount Sinai Hospital.
The house was once owned by the owners of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, a longtime family business born after a night of drinking in 1947. Michael Burke woke up the next morning and found himself the owner of a $600 sailboat he named the Hangover. Capt. Mike Burke’s six children were later involved in the business. ”
Source: AP - Youtube
Trulia Real Estate Blogger Ross Milroy blogged about Capt. Burke’s Miami Beach castle last October
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July 17th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Wow, that is some scene. So I guess I can’t show it this weekend?
July 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
that mansion was awesome inside and out!! i cant believe it burned down..
July 18th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
It hurts to look at disasters like this. The castle was beautiful!
August 26th, 2009 at 4:29 am
I am verry sad to watch this video. Unfortunately such bad things happen from time to time.