{"id":109652,"date":"2026-01-07T22:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109652\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:53:07","slug":"iconic-annie-the-dragon-hits-market-on-floridas-space-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109652\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic \u2018Annie the Dragon\u2019 hits market on Florida&#8217;s Space Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA piece of property that was once home to a beloved dragon is now on the market.&#8221;It was sculpted in 1971 and became a big part of Space Coast mythology,&#8221; said Jamie Dandridge.&#8221;Annie,&#8221; the dragon, isn\u2019t real, although at one point she did breathe fire thanks to a gasoline tank. The sculpture sat at the edge of a more than 5,700-square-foot mansion. Over time, she became a nostalgic sight for boaters.&#8221;They were a very prominent family \u2014 the people who owned it in the \u201970s and \u201980s \u2014 and a lot of friends and family members would pull up by boat. It was really meant for kids to go in the dragon, hang out there and play,&#8221; Dandridge said.Annie was destroyed during a bad storm in the early 2000s, and for years, the property has sat in disrepair.Dandridge, the current listing agent, said the property is on the market for $4.5 million.&#8221;The current owner had plans to build a 7,000-square-foot house here, and he has offered to still do that for the buyer who wants the whole package,&#8221; Dandridge said.The raw land plus a new home would bring the price tag to $7 million.As for Annie, an artist is ready to bring her back for an additional $1 million if the new owner is interested. The buyer would also be able to provide creative input.&#8221;It\u2019s an amazing opportunity to own one of the rarest, most private and exclusive estates on the Space Coast,&#8221; Dandridge said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMERRITT ISLAND, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A piece of property that was once home to a beloved dragon is now on the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was sculpted in 1971 and became a big part of Space Coast mythology,&#8221; said Jamie Dandridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Annie,&#8221; the dragon, isn\u2019t real, although at one point she did breathe fire thanks to a gasoline tank. The sculpture sat at the edge of a more than 5,700-square-foot mansion. Over time, she became a nostalgic sight for boaters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were a very prominent family \u2014 the people who owned it in the \u201970s and \u201980s \u2014 and a lot of friends and family members would pull up by boat. It was really meant for kids to go in the dragon, hang out there and play,&#8221; Dandridge said.<\/p>\n<p>Annie was destroyed during a bad storm in the early 2000s, and for years, the property has sat in disrepair.<\/p>\n<p>Dandridge, the current listing agent, said the property is on the market for $4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current owner had plans to build a 7,000-square-foot house here, and he has offered to still do that for the buyer who wants the whole package,&#8221; Dandridge said.<\/p>\n<p>The raw land plus a new home would bring the price tag to $7 million.<\/p>\n<p>As for Annie, an artist is ready to bring her back for an additional $1 million if the new owner is interested. The buyer would also be able to provide creative input.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s an amazing opportunity to own one of the rarest, most private and exclusive estates on the Space Coast,&#8221; Dandridge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A piece of property that was once home to a beloved dragon is now on the market.&#8221;It was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56063,16369,56067,56061,25380,28,30,29,13958,56066,56064,56062,1736,8533,56065,481,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-109652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-annie","9":"tag-buyer","10":"tag-current-owner","11":"tag-dragon","12":"tag-family-member","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-florida-headlines","15":"tag-florida-news","16":"tag-friend","17":"tag-gasoline-tank","18":"tag-iconic-annie","19":"tag-jamie-dandridge","20":"tag-lot","21":"tag-market","22":"tag-nostalgic-sight","23":"tag-property","24":"tag-space-coast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}