Queen of Soul's Detroit mansion sells for $300,000
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 photo shows a historic Detroit mansion owned by late singing legend Aretha Franklin, which was recently sold. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
A historic Detroit mansion owned by late singing legend Aretha Franklin has been sold.
The Detroit News reports that, according to public records, the 5,600-square-foot brick home adjacent to the Detroit Golf Club fetched $300,000 in a sale last month. It was built in 1927.
The newspaper reports Franklin bought the home in 1993, but nearly lost it in 2008 due to unpaid property taxes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Franklin estate personal representative Sabrina Garrett-Owens says "there are no other Detroit properties" that were owned by the Queen of Soul.
Her 4,148-square-foot Colonial-style house in suburban Detroit's Bloomfield Township still is listed for $800,000.
Franklin died of pancreatic cancer in August in her Detroit riverfront apartment. She was 76.