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“Amazing Grace,” the former Southlake home of the late legendary NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall, was destroyed by a pre-dawn fire Friday morning.
The Southlake Fire Department said it was called to a fire at the home just after 5 a.m. and arrived to find the multimillion-dollar mansion engulfed in flames.
Firefighters began searching the home to see if anyone was inside and quickly determined it was unoccupied.
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Friday afternoon, fire officials said that nine hours after the first call, firefighters were still putting out hot spots.
The home, along the 700 block of South White Chapel Road, was named “Amazing Grace” by Summerall and his wife when they built it in 1996, according to real estate blogger Candy Evans.
Summerall, who is buried at DFW National Cemetery, died in 2013 at age 82. That year, in an obituary for Summerall, Evans described the 9,000-square-foot home as a 5.1-acre piece of paradise that was beloved by the broadcaster.
Since his death, the estate has had a number of owners, according to documents obtained by KXAS-TV (NBC5).
The fire marshal’s office is investigating the fire’s cause.