One-time presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee sold this waterfront property on the Florida Panhandle recently. According to public records, the property closed at $9.4 million around the middle of last month.

The contemporary Mediterranean beach house is located east of Pensacola, and sits on a quarter-acre lot. It rises three stories above terra firma, and contains six bedrooms and nine baths in its 8,277 sq. ft.

From the street, the home presents an imposing façade, steep and possessed of a vaguely medieval Italian personality; a pair of third-floor balconies lightens it up a little. On the beachfront side, the home blossoms into a soaring indoor/outdoor living style, with seven private balconies, a pair of smallish covered patios, and a lap pool squeezed in between the house and the narrow strip of green that foregrounds the sand and water.

Amenities in the home include a commercial elevator, generator, geothermal, a home theater, and a top-floor observatory offering stunning Gulf views.