Piedmont Historic Homes

A guide to the most historic, notable and distinctive 18th-, 19th- and early- to mid-20th-century homes now for sale in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region and nearby areas.

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May 11, 2026

An 1880 Farmhouse on the National Register in Chatham County, $675,000

• $675,000 (originally $1.3 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,528 square feet, 10.37 acres
• Price/square foot: $442
• Built in 1880
• Listed August 14, 2022
• Last sale: 1869 (land only, price unknown)
• Neighborhood: The property has a Pittsboro mailing address but is 8 miles east of the town.
• Note: The property includes an 1890 barn and a cabin.
  • An additional 5 acres is available for $320,000.
  • The farm has been in the Thomas family since 1869.
  • Two sides of the property are adjacent to federal property surrounding Jordan Lake.
  • No central air conditioning; heat from electricity and kerosene.

NRHP nomination: “The James A. Thomas Farm, composed of a main house built in several sections during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, and several outbuildings of log, weatherboard, and board-and-batten construction, provides a picture of the physical evolution of a small Piedmont North Carolina farm during the final years of the nineteenth century. …

“The Thomas Farm was established on the banks of the Haw River during the decade after the Civil War by small Chatham County farmer James Andrew Thomas [1842-1917]. Following Thomas’s death in the early twentieth century, the farm was occupied by his widow and later by his children and grandchildren.” A descendant is now selling the farm.

May 11, 2026

An Attorney’s 1929 Brick Georgian in Reidsville, $429,000

815 S. Main Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The McCargo-Burton House

• $429,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,176 square feet, 0.29 acre
• Price/square foot: $135
• Built in 1929
• Listed May 11, 2026
• Last sale: $60,000, August 1976
• Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
• Note: The house has had only three owners in 97 years.

District NR nomination: “Built in 1929 for attorney Walter R. McCargo, this two-story, brick-veneer Georgian Revival house was later owned by Claude S. Burton, president and owner of Burton Lines, Inc., a local tobacco hauler directly involved with American Tobacco co. transportation.”

Claude’s widow, Linda Rand Burton (1909-1985), sold the house in 1976 to attorney Robert Lee Watt III (1946-2012) and Freda Drewry Watt, who is now selling it.

May 11, 2026

A Rare and Relatively Affordable 1914 Neo-Classical House in Elkin, $299,000

246 Church Street, Elkin, Surry County
The Simmons-Whitaker House

• $299,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 1,940 square feet, 0.46 acre (per county)
• Price/square foot: $154
• Built in 1914
• Listed May 1, 2026
• Last sale: $58,000, July 2000
• Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)
• Note: Online listings show 3,802 square feet, about twice the size shown in county records.
  • “The finished basement offers a basement apartment with private access, kitchen, den and full bath.”
  • Elkin Elementary School is across the street.

District NR nomination: “”Local tradition and physical evidence suggest that the house was built, in part, from materials reused from the 1870 Methodist church (later the Elkin School), that stood across the street until it was torn down for the construction of a new school in 1914-1915. …

“The two-story frame house is one of the few in Elkin to exhibit the influence of the Neo-Classical Revival style. The exterior is dominated by a two-story central portico that projects slightly in front of a one-story porch that extends across the full width of the facade and a balustraded second-story porch above the center entrance bay.”

May 10, 2026

A Mill Owner’s 1900 House in Denton, $274,900

216 W. 2nd Street, Denton, Davidson County

• $274,900
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,270 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1900
• Listed May 5, 2026
• Last sales: $265,000, February 2025; $185,000, December 2023; $50,000, July 2013
• Note: “Select furnishings may remain.”

Online for-sale listings identify it as the Autie Morris house. Autie Ray Morris (1895-1982) was the owner of Morris Hosiery Mill and served on the Denton Town Board and Davidson County Board of Commissioners.

May 10, 2026

A Matsumoto Classic In Sedgefield, $2.59 million

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1 Chowan Road, Sedgefield, Guilford County

• $2.595 million
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 5,232 square feet, 1.73 acres
• Price/square foot: $496
• Built in 1975
• Listed May 5, 2026
• Last sale: $900,000, September 2021
• Neighborhood: Sedgefield, with views of the 13th and 14th holes at Sedgefield Country Club.
• Listing: “[T]his extraordinary Mid-Century Modern masterpiece has been completely transformed by the current owners into a stunning showcase property.” Which explains why the price is about $1.7 million higher than it was five years ago.

Designed by renowned Modernist architect George Matsumoto. The house was featured in House & Garden in 1964 and in Architectural Record in 1962 (details here).

N.C. State College of Design: “Matsumoto taught architecture at the (then) School of Design from its inception in 1948 until 1961, after which he went into architecture practice full time. He came to North Carolina from San Francisco, and, along with Dean Henry Kamphoefner and the founding faculty of the School, led the state to the forefront of the modernist architecture movement.”

May 6, 2026

A Beer Salesman’s 1941 House in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $1.39 Million

611 Woodland Drive, Greensboro

• $1.39 million
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,469 square feet, 0.3 acre
• Price/square foot: $401
• Built in 1941
• Listed May 1, 2026
• Last sale: $670,000, August 2015
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The property includes an outdoor gas-log fireplace, saltwater pool, spa and two-car garage.

Although county records give a 1933 date, the address doesn’t appear in the city directory until 1941, the first year any addresses in the 600 block of Woodland were listed. Stockbroker John T. Warmath apparently built the house and rented it out before selling it in 1944. The buyers in 1944 were Frederick C. Hitchcock and Doris B. Hitchcock (dates unknown for both). Frederick was the regional sales manager for Schlitz beer. They owned the house until 1981.

May 3, 2026

A Builder’s 1898 Queen Anne Mansion in Winston-Salem, $1.09 Million

514 W. Banner Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Christian and Emma Fogle House

• $1.09 million
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5,971 square feet, 1.44 acres
• Price/square foot: $184
• Built in 1898
• Listed May 1, 2026
• Last sale: $600,000, June 2014
• Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
• Listing: “The home was the center of the original family farm with four additional buildings on the property; the one and a half story barn is the only barn still existing in the Washington Park Historic District.

The house was built by Christian Fogle (1846-1898), co-founder of Fogle Brothers, the cities’ major lumber and building firm for 60 years. Sadly, he died before the house was completed. Christian’s early death at age 51 was not unusual in the family. His two brothers, both younger, also died young — Charles at age 42 and John at 55 (their half-brother Ernest lived to be 65. Ernest was 41 years younger than Christian and four years younger than Christian’s son, Frederick). Frederick died at age 56; his sister Agnes lived to be only 29.

District NR nomination: “On large tree-shaded hilltop; large frame Queen Anne style house with classical details and decorative use of shingles between levels; early version of German-type siding. Hipped roof is a pre-World War II replacement of the original, more complex Queen Anne roof with turrets etc.”

May 2, 2026

A 1915 Mediterranean Mansion in Greensboro with a Super-Premium Price, $3 Million

206 Sunset Drive, Greensboro
The Jarboe-Orr House
Listing withdrawn April 2024
Relisted May 1, 2026

• $3 million (originally $1,828,300))
• 4 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 6,144 square feet, 0.6 acre
• Price/square foot: $488
• Built in 1915
• Listed March 26, 2024
• Last sale: $1.55 million, September 2021
• Neighborhood: Irving Park historic District (NR)
• Note: The house is on the 14th green of Greensboro Country Club.
  • The property includes a gazebo and outdoor fireplace. Previous listings mentioned a koi pond, which seems to have been replaced with a small (non-swimming) pool.

At $488/square foot, this would be one of the most expensive historic homes now for sale in the Triad. After 53 years of ownership by the Orr family, it would be the home’s fifth sale in 19 years. The previous sale prices were $1.525 million in 2007, as the housing bubble was building; $945,000 in 2012, after the bubble burst; $1.05 million in 2015; and $1.55 million in 2021.

Greensboro: An Architectural Record: “The cleanly articulated Mediterranean Revival-style villa, designed by Raleigh James Hughes, was erected for Dr. Jarboe in the mid-teens. Its elegant entry is marked by a round-arched door and transom and an Ionic portico topped by a Chinese Chippendale balustrade. Round arches and Ionic columns are repeated at its flanking first-story bays and latticed end pavilions. Its second story features shutters with fleur-de-lis cutouts, its roof curvilinear exposed brackets.”