Whenever you are in downtown Key West, visit or stay at the Curry Mansion, and tell them RexCurry.net sent you (directions below). The Curry family has lived in Florida since before 1857 and was also one of the first families to settle Key West, Florida, and to develop Key West back when Florida’s government was nearly non-existent.  You'll love the libertarian lifestyle of the Keys.  There is a tour of historic Key West that includes the rich history of Curry Capitalists.  Enjoy the famous Key Lime Pie as it was first created in the mansion's kitchen at the turn of the century by the Curry's cook, Aunt Sally! And try to see Curry Key near the Everglades at the south end of Florida.

The grand manor was named for William Curry, a penniless Bahamian immigrant who made his fortune reputedly as a salvager -those heroic fellows who rescued shipwrecked travelers in Florida's pirate-infested waters. It was an example of private police and rescue. Curry attained status as Key West's first millionaire and began building the Mansion in 1855.

The architectural details of the Curry Mansion are common to wreckers, incorporating elements of many ports-of-call: the widow's walk of New England, the ornate trellises and balustrades of New Orleans and the columns and colonnades of the Deep South. Curry's son Milton completed the Mansion in 1899, furnishing it with the 18th-century antiques and Victorian pieces gracing the parlor today.

The imposing entry is paneled in bird's-eye maple, handwrought spindles and Tiffany glass sliding doors. A formal dining room is staged with Haviland china and faux replicas of the Curry family's original solid-gold Tiffany flatware. An 1853 Chickering piano, reputedly most recently of Henry James's Newport home, sits in the music room.

The Curry Mansion Inn is adjacent.