ESTATES

MORTON MANOR

Set across 2.82 gated acres on the Gulf side of the Florida Keys, Morton Manor is less a single residence than a private waterfront compound, with 11 bedrooms, multiple guest houses, yacht dockage, resort amenities, and nearly every diversion of island life contained within its own grounds.

57733 Morton St, Marathon, FL 33050
$14,995,000

SAMANTHA GREENE

Few estates in the Florida Keys announce themselves with this much land, privacy, and waterfront presence. Morton Manor unfolds across 2.82 gated acres, with multiple residences, resort amenities, and the Gulf forming its western edge. A palm-lined drive gives way to a property of unusual scale: broad lawns, recreation areas, multiple structures, a pool, putting green, detached garage, sandy shoreline, and a long dock reaching into open water.

In an island chain where land itself is precious, acreage changes the equation entirely. Morton Manor encompasses 8,515 square feet of living space across four structures. At its center is a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath main residence, joined by two detached guest homes and a garage apartment. Together, they create 11 bedrooms and eight-and-a-half baths, allowing family and guests to gather on an exceptional scale while still retaining genuine separation and privacy.

That distinction matters. The luxury here is not simply additional square footage; it is independence. Adult children can arrive for the season, friends can stay for a week without altering the household rhythm, and extended family or private staff can occupy their own quarters rather than a bedroom down the hall. The property expands and contracts around its owners as naturally as their lives require.

Within the main residence, an open-concept plan brings living and dining spaces together on a scale suited to entertaining. Two wet bars, elevator access, multiple laundry areas, and generous guest accommodations are practical luxuries that reveal how the home is intended to function: not as a showpiece visited occasionally, but as a place capable of supporting a full house with ease. Impact-rated windows and doors, CBS construction, and a metal roof provide the durable infrastructure demanded by a substantial Keys estate.

Outside, the compound takes on the character of a private resort. Tropical landscaping creates natural divisions between recreation, relaxation, and the individual residences, while multiple tiki huts offer shaded places to gather. An in-ground pool and spa anchor the outdoor living areas, complemented by a private pickleball court and putting green that turn recreation into something available on impulse rather than by reservation.

The landscape is not manicured into submission. Mature palms and dense greenery wrap the estate in an almost tropical concealment, softening its substantial footprint and reinforcing the sense that this is a world largely hidden from the road. Beyond the gardens, the property opens dramatically to the Gulf, where the waterfront edge gives way to broad, unobstructed water views and sunsets that become part of the evening ritual.

For the boating owner, Morton Manor has the infrastructure to match the view. A 100-foot dock provides 30- and 50-amp shore power, yacht dockage, and 10,000- and 20,000-pound boat lifts, complemented by a boat ramp and protected basin. From here, fishing grounds, snorkeling coves, sandbars, and sunset cruises begin directly from the estate rather than a marina parking lot.

That ability to move easily between land and water is central to life in Marathon. The city spans a collection of islands in the Middle Keys and has long been shaped by fishing, sailing, and marine access. Its protected harbors, reefs, beaches, and access to both Gulf and Atlantic waters have made it one of the Keys’ natural boating centers.

Morton Manor adds something comparatively rare to that equation: acreage. Properties in the Keys are often defined by what must be compromised. Waterfront can mean limited land. Dockage can come without privacy. A large main house may leave little room for independent guest accommodations or recreation. Here, those elements coexist. The compound has enough land to accommodate multiple buildings, extensive parking, boat and trailer storage, outdoor sports, landscaped grounds, and waterfront amenities without compressing them into one crowded footprint.

Its location also offers unusual convenience for an island estate. Florida Keys Marathon International Airport is approximately four miles away, placing private and general aviation access within minutes of the property. Dining, marinas, and everyday shopping are similarly close, allowing owners to enjoy the seclusion of a private compound without accepting the logistical isolation that often accompanies it.

Just east of the estate, Curry Hammock State Park preserves one of the most important remaining stretches of undeveloped land in the Middle Keys. The park protects mangrove swamp, rockland hammock, and seagrass habitat and is the largest undeveloped parcel between Key Largo and Big Pine Key. Its existence gives this part of Marathon a quality increasingly difficult to find elsewhere in the island chain: substantial natural landscape alongside established waterfront living.

The area’s history adds another layer of character. The Overseas Heritage Trail follows the route of Henry Flagler’s Overseas Railroad, the ambitious early-20th-century project that helped establish Marathon as a strategic center of the Middle Keys. That combination of history, protected land, aviation access, and open water gives Morton Manor a setting that feels distinctly different from more densely developed sections of the Keys.

Ultimately, the property is compelling because of how comprehensively it supports life within its gates. Eleven bedrooms mean the whole family can gather comfortably. Separate residences allow guests to stay without being hosted every moment. A yacht can remain ready at the dock while smaller boats sit on lifts. Cars, recreational equipment, trailers, and watercraft all have room to exist without overtaking the landscape. One person can be at the pool, another on the pickleball court, another putting beneath the palms, while someone else has already left for an afternoon on the Gulf.

That is the scale of luxury Morton Manor offers: not simply more rooms, but more freedom. In the Florida Keys, where land and water are both scarce, the ability to possess this much of each within one private estate is what makes Morton Manor especially difficult to reproduce.

57733 Morton St, Marathon, FL 33050 is offered at $14,995,000.

For more information and a private showing, please contact:

Lisa Ferringo
Broker-Associate
The Lisa Ferringo Group
Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co.
T: +1 305.797.1221
E: lisaferringo@gmail.com
W: www.lisaferringo.com