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political career. Sen. Romney

didn’t respond to a request for

comment.

Located near the ski resort of

Deer Valley, the mountain lodge-

style property is in a community

of 12 homes, each with its own

large parcel of land. It spans

about 13,000 square feet with six

bedrooms on roughly 16.5 acres.

The Prewitts said they spent

millions improving the property,

redoing the kitchen and adding

heated outdoor decks and a 20-per-

son hot tub. They said they intend

to sell most of the furniture and

especially their home with its con-

tents,” said Mr. Prewitt, a retired

race car driver, farmer and a vi-

sual artist who formerly worked in

the technology industry. “People

try to spin him up as an out-of-

touch person, but he was com-

pletely down to earth.” The Pre-

witts and Sen. Romney have kept

in touch since, Mr. Prewitt said,

and the couple has supported his

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art with the

home, since it

integrates so

closely with

the style of the property.

The Prewitts, who are both in

their 60s, said they are selling be-

cause the house is too big for the

two of them since their children

grew up. They split their time be-

tween Park City and Miami, Fla.,

and intend to buy a smaller house

in the area.

Paul Benson of Engel & Völkers

has the listing.

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pick up some final

things from the prop-

erty, including some art,

he drove his own U-Haul

truck, Mr. Prewitt said. He

also left them a note welcoming

them to the house and saying how

special it had been to his own

family.

“You can learn a lot about a

person by buying their home and

Hal and Corinne Prewitt said
they were political independents,
but they developed a rapport with
Sen. Mitt Romney through their
Utah mountain home, which they
bought from him and which still
contains many of his original fur-
nishings.
Now, the Prewitts are selling
the property, which is located at
the edge of Park City, overlooking
the Uinta Mountains. They said
they haven’t settled on a final
price, but estimated they will list
for around $15 million.
When they bought the house
from Mitt and Ann Romney in
2009 for roughly $5 mil-
lion, the Prewitts were
surprised when Sen.
Romney offered to
give them a tour of
the home, which he
and his family had built
in the late 1990s or early
2000s. At the time, Sen.
Romney had recently come off his
first unsuccessful bid for the pres-
idency in 2008, losing out on the
Republican nomination to the late
Sen. John McCain.
CHRISTOPHER SMITH/ADMEDIA/ZUMA PRESS (ROMNEY); PAUL BENSON/ENGEL & VÖLKERS (2)When Sen. Romney came to

Mitt Romney’s Onetime Park City Home

FOR SALE

$15

MILLION*

13,000 sq. ft.,

20-person hot

tub, heated

outdoor decks,

pond

(*Estimated)

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