I
will bet you that a lot of potential house buyers who have been
scouring the Key West Association of Realtors mls website have seen the
listing at
1120 Curry Lane and have no idea where it is. If you do a
Google Search
and see an aerial view you will quickly learn that it is located on a
one-way lane that runs parallel between Fleming Street to the north and
Southard Street to the south. You enter from White Street - about 100
feet to east and exit at Frances Street at the west. Curry Lane truly is
one of the slow lanes of
Key West because so few people know where it
is or have any reason to go there other than to go home. That means is
it
quite. Some may think it is too far from Duval Street. Nay, I say. I
think a normal person could walk to Duval in 8 to 10 minutes or be at
the historic seaport in 7 minutes or so. There are normal people in
Key West - sometimes it may not look like it, but there really are
some.
I searched the Historic Sanborn Fire Maps to determine the approximate age of 1120 Curry Lane. It first appeared on the 1899 map. The Frank Harris Livery stable and sheds were located across the lane. The earlier Sanborn maps and the 1899 map showed several large open spaces between Curry Lane and Barracks Lane which was later renamed Stump Lane. This entire area was located just west of the ARMY Barracks and Parade Grounds which dates back to before the Civil War. In more recent times that area was federal government housing. The black and white photo above shows the house as it appeared in 1965. The aerial photo below was taken in the 1920s. I added a notation to show the location of 1120 Curry Lane. By the time this photo was taken, the horses had been replaced by cars. The livery was razed and four cigar maker cottages were built at the location at Fleming and White Street. Those cigar cottages were replaced by the mid-century Sunbeam Grocery store.
The home and guest cottage offer 1922 sq ft of living space under air which includes two bedrooms on the second floor and a separate guest cottage at the rear which includes a small kitchen, bath, living and sleeping loft.
The main house and guest cottage are oriented toward providing direct access to the outdoor spaces as well as being recipients of the abundant daytime light which comes thru the glass paneled French doors.
CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet and more photos of
1120 Curry Lane. Then please call me,
Gary Thomas,
305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at
Preferred Properties Key West. I took the little logo photo below of a nearby Curry Lane cottage a couple of years ago. This lane has several absolutely adorable little homes on it.
