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| Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
KEY WEST, FL -- Affectionately known
by NASCAR fans as the Pied Piper of Daytona, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is much
more than an award-winning, race-car driver, but also oversees a myriad of
businesses that would exhaust most top business-school grads, according to
One of his most successful new
ventures is restoring historical Key West houses, preserving their original
charm, adding modern features that make the homes comfortable and even
introducing whimsical features.
His latest work, designed with a hat
tip to the island’s pirate days, is in the Old Town neighborhood near the
Mallory Square and Duval Street shops, trendy bars, cool restaurants, parades
and street entertainers - priced at $3.7 million.
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| Amy Earnhardt |
Dale comes from a long line of
NASCAR drivers from his grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt; his famous father,
NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and other Earnhardt family
relations also in the fast-cars business.
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| Ralph Earnhardt was father of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and grandfather of Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
He is owner of JR Motorsports,
Hammerhead Entertainment, a signature line of eyeglass frames, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Chevrolet, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Buick-GMC-Cadillac.
He also owns two Whiskey River Beer
and Wings restaurants in North Carolina and is co-owner of an auto and
truck-filter mail-supply company.
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| Sloppy Joes Bar, Key West, FL made famous by authors like Ernest Hemingway |
In 2018, Dale and his interior-designer wife, Amy, really got into the creative spirit in Key West finding old conch houses to restore.
The first house they restored was recorded in a four-part
reality TV series for DIY Network called Renovation Realities: Dale
Jr. & Amy.
On completion, the house sold in just days. Their second
house has been completed and has recently been put on the market.
Built in 1863 during the Civil War
and full of old Key West charm that has seen its share of the country’s history
- the most southern city in the contiguous U.S. and an extended vacation town
for presidents including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight
Eisenhower.
The Earnhardts’ latest project is quite large compared to most of the Key West homes at 3,306 square feet with five bedrooms and four baths.
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| Dwight Eisenhower |
The Earnhardts’ latest project is quite large compared to most of the Key West homes at 3,306 square feet with five bedrooms and four baths.
Deceptive in size from the
gingerbread front entrance, the rooms retain most of the original architecture
along with added pirate and nautical themes.
Rope-wrapped columns, lots of wood, a ship’s wheel on the side of the large wrap-around bar in the kitchen and parrots sitting up in the rafters watching the goings on.
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Rope-wrapped columns, lots of wood, a ship’s wheel on the side of the large wrap-around bar in the kitchen and parrots sitting up in the rafters watching the goings on.
On the second floor there is even a secret floor hatch that can be
lifted to spy on the mates below. The swimming pool is huge by Key West
standards over two fathoms deep.
For non-pirates, that would be 14-feet, a perfect place to hone one’s scuba-diving skills.
Across the cultivated-jungle garden is a guest house and above the pool on the second-story, wrap-around balcony is a gate where walking the plank into the water below is a real possibility.
When the six-toed cat appears on the
front porch, it can be easily returned to Ernest Hemmingway’s house down
the street, and as a reward, stop by Sloppy Joes for a lazy-afternoon
gin and tonic.
For non-pirates, that would be 14-feet, a perfect place to hone one’s scuba-diving skills.
Across the cultivated-jungle garden is a guest house and above the pool on the second-story, wrap-around balcony is a gate where walking the plank into the water below is a real possibility.
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| Built in 1863 during the Civil War and full of old Key West charm, the Earnhardt home has seen its share of the country’s history.
(Photo credit: Andre van Rensburg. Source: www.oceansir.com)
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Dale, Jr. and Amy Earnhardt’s
pirate-themed conch house whimsically speaks to Key West’s historical
beginnings.
Now for sale at $3.7 million, the
house is listed with Bob and Debbie Cardenas of Ocean Sotheby’s
International Real Estate, Key West, Florida.
CONTACT:
Genelle C. Brown
Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone: 434-480-4504
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Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone: 434-480-4504
Twitter: @toptenrealestat
facebook.com/toptenrealestat
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