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.
May 2, 2024
A 1907 Queen Anne in Yadkinville, $425,000
321 Virginia Drive, Yadkinville, Yadkin County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,852 square feet, 0.41 acre
- Price/square foot: $149
- Last sale: $45,000, June 2023
The original owners appear to have been local businessman Benjamin F. James Shore (1852-1913) and Mary Louise “Mollie” Steelman Shore (1866-1946). The house remained in their family until 2019. The house was sold again in 2023 to a restoration company, which has more pictures of the house on its Facebook page (which is the source of the colorized photo above, said to be Benjamin and Mollie with their two children, Ethel Mae and son Rossie; the other older picture is from Google Street View in 2016).
May 2, 2024
A Large 1910 House in Alamance County, Formerly the Home of a Wholesale Cheese Business, $170,000
8756 N.C. Highway 87 S., Eli Whitney, Alamance County
- Number of bedrooms and bathrooms unknown, 4,302 square feet, 3.21 acres
- Price/square foot: $40
- Built in 1910
- Last sale: $35,000, April 1985
- Neighborhood: South of Saxapahaw and Eli Whitney. The property has a Graham mailing address.
Formerly occupied by Cornucopia Cheese and Specialty Food Company. It appears to have gone out of business several years ago. The property is still in the company’s name. Listing: “The house has a commercial cooler installed adjacent to the house. The house is full of personal property that will not be removed.”
April 30, 2024
A 1905 Queen Anne in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic district, $375,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,950 square feet, 0.16 acre
- Price/square foot: $192
- Last sales: $218,000, October 2016; $210,000, July 2006
County records date the house to 1905, but the address was first listed in the city directory in 1901.
April 30, 2024
A 1924 Bungalow in Mebane’s Residential Historic District, $325,000
504 S. 4th Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,637 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $199
- Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
The house was sold in 1941 to Dewitt Albright Pender (1903-1991) and Dora Mildred Stone Pender (1012-1994), and it has been in their family ever since.
April 28, 2024
Today’s special: Small-Town Bungalows Under $300,000
6851 Siloam Road, Siloam, Surry County
- $280,000
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,884 square feet, 3.36 acres (per county)
- Price/square foot: $149
- Built in 1910
The house needs some work, but it has a lot of unpainted woodwork, an increasingly rare quality in older homes. Siloam is in southern Surry County, about 18 miles south of Mount Airy and 30 miles northwest of Winston-Salem.
518 Church Street, Gibsonville, Guilford County
- $235,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,440 square feet, 0.92 acre
- Price/square foot: $163
- Built in 1927
Red flag: No interior pictures are included in the listing.
505 Atwater Street, Burlington, Alamance County
The Wingfield-Cox House
- $290,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,355 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $214
- Built in 1928
The original owners may have been Charles T. Wingfield (1887-1954) and Susanne Miles Wingfield (1891-1963). Charles was the proprietor of Wingfield’s Barber Shop.
April 28, 2024
An Eclectic and Relatively Affordable 1920 Home in troy, $259,000
202 W. Main Street, Troy, Montgomery County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,868 square feet, 0.54 acre
- Price/square foot: $51
- Neighborhood: Downtown
Originally a residence, it was later a funeral home. 2005 Historic Architectural Survey Report, N.C. Department of Transportation: “Daniel Hurley in the 1920s built a substantial two-story, brick residence that combined nationally popular Italian Renaissance Revival and Prairie Style elements. This eclectic design blends the horizontality of the Prairie Style with the arched openings of the Italian Renaissance Revival, and is unique for Troy and Montgomery County.”
April 27, 2024
A Mill Owner’s 1897 Home on 3 acres in Glencoe, $625,000
2402 N.C. Highway 62 North, Burlington, Alamance County
The Robert Holt House, aka the Holt-Green House
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,569 square feet, 3.39 acres
- Price/square foot: $243
- Last sale: $27,000, June 1995
- Neighborhood: Glencoe, just outside the mill village
The home was built by Glencoe Mill owner Robert Lacy Holt (1866-1923). Robert bought the Glencoe mill and village in 1897; it had been started by his father and an uncle. A successor in running the mill was a grandson, James Holt Green, who likely lived in the house before becoming one of North Carolina’s great heroes of World War II, fighting behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia and Slovakia.
April 26, 2024
A Nice Little Bungalow in Mebane with a Nice, Round Price, $1 Million
301 S. 5th Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,799 square feet (per county; see note), 0.69 acre
- Price/square foot: $357
- Built in 1922
- Last sale: $257,000, August 2008
- Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
Mebane is a hot market, and, occasionally, there are still houses in the region being sold far beyond the going rate. So it’s not impossible. But it is a real reach.
April 25, 2024
A Circa 1930 Colonial Revival in a Mount airy Historic District, $359,900
528 Country Club Road, Mount Airy, Surry County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,596 square feet, 0.53 acre
- Price/square foot: $137
- Neighborhood: Country Club Estates Historic District (NR)
The Mount Airy Country Club golf course is across the street.
April 25, 2024
A 1978 Octagonal House in Elkin, $166,000: Affordable, But Only 1 Bedroom
164 Johnson Ridge Road, Elkin, Surry County
- 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 1,233 square feet, 0.70 acre
- Price/square foot: $135
- Last sale: $61,000, October 2014
An unusual octagonal house with an open floor plan upstairs and the lone bedroom downstairs.
April 24, 2024
An 1850 Italianate Home in Alamance County, $699,900, Recently Sold for Far Less
1100 Reatkin Lane, Swepsonville, Alamance County
The Quackenbush House
- $699,900
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,180 square feet, 1.47 acres
- Price/square foot: $220
- Last sale: $475,000, September 2023
When the house was sold in September 2023, it was in very good condition. Now it costs $225,000 more, almost a 50 percent increase. Click here to compare pictures from the 2023 listing.
April 18, 2024
One the Piedmont’s Grandest Homes, Double Oaks in Greensboro, $1.5 Million
204 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro
Double Oaks Bed & Breakfast
The Harden Thomas Martin House
Blog post — One of Greensboro’s Most High-Profile B&B’s, the Iconic 1909 Double Oaks, $1.795 Million
- $1.5 million (originally $1.795 million)
- 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, 6,700 square feet, 0.54 acre
- Price/square foot: $224
- Built in 1909
- Neighborhood: Westerwood
The house has been for sale, on and off, for two years. It was relisted again on April 18. Listing: “This is a turnkey business sale with all furnishings, fixtures and equipment included.” NRHP nomination: “The dominant exterior feature of the Martin residence is the broad front porch with Tuscan columns and a turned balustrade which carries across the full facade and the forward bays of each side elevation. The centerpiece of the porch — and of the entire house — is the bowed, two-story portico supported by four fluted Ionic columns with large terra cotta capitals. The portico shelters a bowed, second story balcony with a turned balustrade.”
April 16, 2024
Note the Unpainted Woodwork in this 1918 House in Winston-Salem’s West End
1218 W. 4th Street, Winston-Salem
- $598,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,663 square feet, 0.38 acre
- Price/square foot: $225
- Built in 1918
- Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
District NR nomination: “The Sullivan House is one of the most handsome of the ‘Dutch’ Colonial Revival houses in the West End.” The Sullivan family owned the property from 1917 to 2009.
April 16, 2024
A 1910 House in the Reidsville Historic District, $459,900
211 Lawsonville Avenue, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,190 square feet, 1.91 acres
- Price/square foot: $144
The property includes a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom guest house, an in-ground pool with a two-level pool house and a two-car garage with storage space.
April 15, 2024
An elegant Italianate Mansion in Reidsville, Only $250,000
803 S. Main Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The Andrew Jackson Boyd and Isabella Richardson Boyd House
- 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,840 square feet, 1.7 acres
- Price/square foot: $65
- Built in 1870
- Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
“The most elaborate of the several important Italianate houses in the district, this elegant frame residence is said to have been built in the mid 1870s by Robert Payne Richardson, Sr., for his daughter Margaret Isabella [1847-1911] and her husband Col. Andrew Jackson Boyd (1836-1893).” There are only four photos in the listing, and what they show of the house is in very good condition. It’s priced like a fixer-upper, though, so you have to wonder what the photos don’t show.
April 15, 2024
A Classic 1953 Mid-Century Modern in Winston-Salem, $799,000
1801 Georgia Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,655 square feet, 0.64 acre
- Price/square foot: $483
- Neighborhood: West Highlands
The home’s original owners were Floyd Smith Burge Sr. (1903-1998) and Vivian Mildred Saylor Burge (1903-1977). N.C. Modernist: “Designed and built by their son, J. Kenneth Burge [1926-2017], based on classes he took with George Matsumoto at the NCSU School of Design.”
April 15, 2024
An eclectic 1923 Cottage in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic District, $495,000
701-703 5th Avenue, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,136 square feet, 0.75 acre (two lots)
- Price/square foot: $232
District NR nomination: “This eclectic cottage draws from a number of late nineteenth and early twentieth century styles,” including Richardsonian Romanesque, Shingle, Tudor Revival and Craftsman.
April 12, 2024
A 1968 Mid-Century modern in Reidsville, $499,000
1828 Trentwood Circle, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,706 square feet, 1.12 acres
- Price/square foot: $184
- Last sale: $245,000, March 1999
- Neighborhood: Pennrose Park
The lower level contains an office, bedroom and kitchen.
April 9, 2024
An 1893 Queen Anne Mansion in Graham That Needs Much Work, $425,000
312 N. Maple Street, Graham, Alamance County
The Bain-Thompson House
- 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,676 square feet, 1.89 acres
- Price/square foot: $91
- Last sale: $18,700, November 1966
- Neighborhood: North Main Street Historic District (NR)
Being sold by an estate. The house has been owned by only three families in its 131 years. This one is listed on the website twice, as a mansion and as a restoration project.
April 8, 2024
A 1914 Queen Anne in Mebane on a Spacious but Unusual Lot, $460,000
103 W. Lee Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,316 square feet, 0.48 acre
- Price/square foot: $199
- Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
Sitting at the corner of West Lee and South 4th streets, the lot has an unusual shape, and the house is positioned on it a bit oddly. Most of the yard is to either side rather than in front or to the rear. It would be more typical for it to face 4th Street rather than Lee Street (as the photos and the GIS image above show).
April 8, 2024
An Impeccable 1915 Colonial Revival in Winston-Salem’s West End, $879,900
1105 Glade Street, Winston-Salem
- 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,873 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $306
The house includes an indoor endless pool. The lower level is “a contemporary transition to rest of home” that can be used as a separate apartment. District NR nomination: “The Walker-Skinner House is a typical Colonial Revival dwelling of the 1910s. The house is simple in form but has several decorative details.”
April 5, 2024
An 1880 Winston-Salem Home, Scene of the ‘Bitter Blood’ Triple Murder, $689,999
3239 Valley Road, Winston-Salem
Blog post — Four Houses with Infamous Pasts, Including a Triple Murder
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,168 square feet, 4.05 acres
- Price/square foot: $217
- Neighborhood: Old Town
Something the for-sale listing doesn’t mention, understandably: The house was the scene of an infamous 1985 triple murder. The owner, her son and daughter-in-law were shot to death in the house by Fritz Klenner. Jerry Bledsoe wrote a best-selling book, Bitter Blood, about the killings and the relationship between psychopath Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch, daughter of the son and daughter-in-law.
April 4, 2024
A 1902 Developer’s Home in Burlington, $1 Million
623 W. Davis Street, Burlington, Alamance County
- 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,913 square feet (per county), 1.18 acres
- Price/square foot: $204
- Built in 1902
- Last sale: $37,000, November 1985
- Neighborhood: West Davis-Fountain Place Historic District (local and NR)
District NR nomination: “Standing on a large elevated lot at an important corner in the West Davis Street neighborhood, this frame Tudor Revival house is associated with two locally prominent businessmen significant for their roles in Burlington’s late nineteenth and twentieth century development.”
April 4, 2024
A Cadillac Salesman’s 1915 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $649,000
1315 Brookstown Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,366 square feet, 0.24 acre
- Price/square foot: $274
District NR nomination: “Perched high atop a terraced hill with a stone retaining wall, the Thomas-McClung House reflects a combination of influences from the Craftsman, Prairie, and Colonial Revival styles.” The original owner was Gilmer Charles Thomas (1880-1977), a salesman at Carolina Cadillac Company. Many years later, his son, Gilmer Jr., was vice president of Thomas Cadillac in Charlotte.
April 4, 2024
An Intriguing 1899 Restoration Project on 2-Plus Acres in the Uwharrie, $129,000
593 Cedar Creek Road, Biscoe, Montgomery County
- 3 bedrooms, no bathrooms, 1,782 square feet, 2.79 acres
- Price/square foot: $72
- Built in 1899
Located in the Uwharrie National Forest, about 2 1/2 miles southwest of Biscoe and 7 miles southeast of Troy. No heating or air conditioning systems or bathrooms. Several outbuildings. Listing: “One in a million find.”
April 3, 2024
Hillsdale Farm, a Guilford County Landmark on 28 Acres, $3.59 Million
6043 Lake Brandt Road, Greensboro
- 7 bedrooms, 6 full bathrooms, 2 half-bathrooms, 13,625 square feet, 28.56 acres
- Price/square foot: $263
- Built in 1929
The Colonial Revival house overlooks Lake Brandt. The property includes a 1/6 ownership of the private, 26-acre Richardson Lake. The driveway runs a half-mile from Lake Brandt Road, across the Richardson Lake dam to the house. On a square-foot basis, the house is far less expensive than many less remarkable properties for sale in Irving Park, Sunset Hills and other Greensboro neighborhoods.
April 2, 2024
A distinctive 1922 Home in Mount Airy, $449,000
1010 N. Main Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,302 square feet, 0.53 acre
- Price/square foot: $136
- Neighborhood: Lebanon Hill Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: “Oversized cornice brackets in exceptionally deep eaves, classical porch columns, and a pergola treatment of the one-story side wings are some of the refinements of this two-story frame house … Wood-shingle siding covers the two-story core and flanking wings; the right wing encloses living space, perhaps originally a music room or conservatory; the left wing is a porch with classical columns in antis between wood-shingled piers.
April 2, 2024
A Simple Queen Anne in Winston-Salem’s West End, $539,000
156 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,351 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $229
- Built around 1905 (see note below)
The National Register nomination for the West End lists the date of the house as circa 1905. The county property listing says 1921. NRHP district nomination: “The Taylor House is an example of one the more simple Queen Anne-influenced houses built in the West End in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.”
April 1, 2024
A 1900 House in on 2 Acres in Pine Hall, $110,000
1691 Pine Hall Road, Pine Hall, Stokes County
- 1 bedroom (per listing; see note), 1 bathroom, 1,014 square feet, 2.74 acres (two lots)
- Price/square foot: $108
- Built in 1900
- Listed April 1, 2024
- Last sale: $25,000, July 2020
Another case of a property owner buying a house, letting it deteriorate for years and then jacking up the price to sell it. Something the listing doesn’t mention: A right-of-way cuts through the property right behind the house, providing a driveway for an adjoining property that has no road frontage.
March 31, 2024
A Classic 1961 Mid-Century Modern in high Point, $999,999
1073 Sweetbriar Road, High Point
- 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 7,128 square feet, 1.38 acres
- Price/square foot: $140
- Neighborhood: Emerywood Forest
- Last sale: $2,200, July 1961
Designed by Voorhees and Eccles. The property was bought and the house built by Edward S. Silver (1929-2010) and Suzanne Weiss Silver in 1961. The deed is still in Edward’s name. The house has an elevator and tennis courts.
March 29, 2024
An Essentially Perfect 1913 Craftsman Bungalow in Greensboro With an Impressively High Price, $635,000
204 E. Hendrix Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,820 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $349
- Built in 1913 (per county, possibly a bit later; see note)
- Last sale: $365,000, July 2015
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
The house has quite a remarkable set of built-ins and is in impeccable condition.
March 28, 2024
A Huge 1910 House in Awful Condition in Burlington, $199,999
604 W. Webb Avenue, Burlington, Alamance County
- 10 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 5,108 square feet, 0.53 acre
- Price/square foot: $39
This one is especially appalling — the owner has let this property deteriorate almost beyond the point of no return and now wants almost seven times what he paid for it in 2011. The listing says the house was divided into seven units.
March 27, 2024
A 1928 Home in Winston-Salem’s buena Vista Neighborhood, $974,900
784 N. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem
The Pinkney and Nannie Fulton House
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,529 square feet, 0.37 acre
- Price/square foot: $276
The property includes an attached two-car garage and a detached garage converted into a rather extraordinary office/studio space. Something you don’t see every day: “Even a bedroom custom painted by local artist Laura Lashley!” Something else you don’t see every day: A built-in beer tap in the kitchen.
March 26, 2024
Two 1910 Houses, Both in Wretched Condition, in Greensboro and Franklinville
- $149,900
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,370 square feet, 0.27 acre
- Price/square foot: $109
- Listed March 24, 2024
- Last sale: $16,500, June 1980
Located across Spring Garden Street from the Lindley Park neighborhood.
223 Holly Street, Franklinville, Randolph County
- $95,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,856 square feet, 3.29 acres
- Price/square foot: $51
- Last sales: $75,000, June 2023; $79,764, September 2019 (foreclosure auction); $96,100, August 2002
The property includes an in-ground pool.
March 24, 2024
A 1915 Mansion In Greensboro, $1.8 Million, For Sale by Owner
- $1,828,300
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (per listing; see note), 6,144 square feet (per county), 0.6 acre
- Price/square foot: $298
- Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
I think this is the most expensive for-sale-by-owner house I’ve seen. The listing includes only four small photos (amateur mistake). This would be the home’s fifth sale in 17 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.
March 24, 2024
A Modest 1970 Mid-Century Modern in North Wilkesboro, $229,900
407 Coffey Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 2 half-bathrooms, 1,943 square feet, 0.41 acre
- Price/square foot: $118
Located in the Finley Park neighborhood. Last sold in 1989.
March 23, 2024
A 1932 Farmhouse on 10 Acres in southern Guilford County, $719,000
7055 Old 421 Road, Guilford County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,172 square feet, 10 acres
- Price/square foot: $331
- Last sales: $237,500, September 2017; $227,000, March 2016
Located about 3 miles north of Liberty, 20 miles south of Greensboro. The house has a Liberty mailing address but is in Guilford County. Old 421 Road forms the boundary between southern Guilford and northern Randolph counties. The property is 3 1/2 miles east of the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, the 1,800-acre industrial park where Toyota is building a battery plant.
March 23, 2024
A Relatively Affordable 1930 Log Cabin in Greensboro, $250,000
2506 Pinecroft Road, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,886 square feet, 0.37 acre
- Price/square foot: $133
- Neighborhood: Lamrocton
One of at least four log cabins in the 2500 block of Pinecroft Road. All date from 1923 to 1930.
March 21, 2024
A 1900 House in Bonlee in Chatham County, $249,300
37 Bonlee School Road, Bonlee, Chatham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,122 square feet (per county), 0.50 acre
- Price/square foot: $117
The house has a Bear Creek mailing address but is in the Bonlee community, about 3 miles northwest of Bear Creek and 7 miles south of Siler City.
March 19, 2024
An Unusual Combination: A 1905 Bungalow and a 1967 Office Building, $1.1 Million
749 Summit Street, Winston-Salem (house)
747 Summit Street (office building)
- $1.1 million
- House: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 half-bathrooms, 1,850 square feet, 0.99 acre
- Office building: 3,670 square feet, 10 parking spaces, Building Class C
- Price/square foot: $199 (5,520 square feet total)
- Built in 1905 (house), 1967 (offices)
- Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
The house is now being used as an office, too. Grover Cleveland McNair, comptroller for R.J. Reynolds, bought the house in 1925. His family owned it until 2019. Grover Jr.’s construction company most likely built the office. Online listings show the company still being there.
March 16, 2024
A Nice Little 1926 Bungalow in Greensboro With an Audacious Price, $699,900
1606 West End Place, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,577 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $443
- Neighborhood: College Park
This is a bafflingly high price for a house in this neighborhood and an audacious money grab. To compare, one of the grandest mansions in Irving Park was recently sold for $402/square foot.
March 16, 2024
Four Houses in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District
2314 Elizabeth Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $650,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,684 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $386
- Built in 1925
The property has a detached guesthouse (800 square feet), built in 2023. The listing calls it “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” but this would be the third time the house has been sold in seven years.
2396 Maplewood Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $369,900
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,460 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $253
- Built in 1925
District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. Side facing jerkinhead roof; one and a half story; wood shingles; six-over-six, double-hung sash; asymmetrically gabled entry pavilion with recessed door in arched opening; stuccoed, facade chimney.”
2069 Elizabeth Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $448,500
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,876 square feet, 0.10 acre
- Price/square foot: $239
- Built in 1923
District NR nomination: “Foursquare. Two story, pyramidal roof with wide eaves; hip porch roof; asbestos shingles; Tuscan columns; Craftsman style, six-over-one, double-hung sash (single and flanking narrow, multi-light over large single light window); exposed rafter tails; side passage entry with multi-light door.”
1521 Seneca Street, Winston-Salem
- $420,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,822 square feet, 0.15 acre
- Price/square foot: $231
- Built in 1912
District NR nomination: “Dutch Colonial Revival. One and a half story; cross-gambrel; weatherboard and decorative shingles; two-over-two, double-hung sash; hip roof porch; Tuscan columns; porch partially enclosed (may be original).”
March 16, 2024
Restoration Projects in Reidsville and Mount Gilead
708 S. Main Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- $200,000
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,630 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $76
- Built in 1910
- Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
Yet another restoration project being abandoned. District NR nomination: “A standard, but well-articulated example of the Colonial Revival.”
110 E. Ingram Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County
- $140,000
- 5 bedrooms (per county), 2 bathrooms (per county), 5,096 square feet, 1.56 acres
- Price/square foot: $27
- Built in 1927
“Home needs full extensive renovation including roof and AC.”
March 16, 2024
An Unusually Expensive 1900 Bungalow in Mount Airy, $310,000
236 Orchard Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,386 square feet, lot size not listed in county records
- Price/square foot: $224
- Neighborhood: Lebanon Hill Historic District (NR)
Pretty steep price for a house whose historic character on the interior has been renovated away. Probably a flipped house (short-term, out-of-town owners), caveat emptor.
March 15, 2024
A 1922 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Southside Neighborhood, $355,000
409 McAdoo Avenue, Greensboro
The John and Ruby Sparrow House
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,580 square feet, 0.12 acre
- Price/square foot: $225
Although county records date the house only to 1935, the address appears in city directories as far back as 1922. The original owners were John Ward Sparrow (1891-1967), a brakeman, and his wife, Ruby Juanita Bain Sparrow (1896-1969).
March 12, 2024
A 1920 House in Winston-Salem’s Holly Avenue Historic District, $599,900
214 N. Spring Street, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,824 square feet, 0.11 acre
- Price/square foot: $212
The house has some unpainted woodwork that will knock your eyes out. The backyard is relatively small, and there’s an asphalt parking lot behind the property and to the right side.
March 11, 2024
An Unlisted Sale Worth Noting: A Curious 1920 House in Greensboro, $265,000
500 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro
- Sold for $265,000 on March 4, 2024
- The buyer is a Greensboro LLC that owns other properties in the neighborhood.
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,604 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $165
- Built in 1919 (per county, but probably a bit later; see note)
- Not listed publicly for sale
- Last sale: $9,500, June 1978
- Neighborhood: Westerwood
The property had only four owners from 1919 to 2024, but it has been empty for many years. With its unusual design — it doesn’t have a conventional front side — distinctive masonry and wood-shingled roof, it has a striking presence on a prominent corner in one of Greensboro’s most notable historic neighborhoods.
March 10, 2024
A 1930 Brick bungalow in High Point, $289,900
208 Woodrow Avenue, High Point
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,212 square feet, 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $131
- Neighborhood: Sherrod Park Historic District (NR)
- For sale by owner
District NRHP nomination: “1 1/2 story brick Craftsman style house … with overhanging bracketted eaves, a stuccoed shed dormer across the rear, and a side front porch with heavy brick posts.”
March 10, 2024
A Condo in Greensboro’s Historic Wafco Mills, $239,000
801 W. McGee Street, Unit 3, Greensboro
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,080 square feet
- Price/square foot: $221
- Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District (local and NR)
For sale by owner.
March 9, 2023
A Million-Dollar Mansion in Greensboro’s Irving Park, Sold in 1 Day
2321 Kirkpatrick Place, Greensboro
- $1.195 million
- 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,783 square feet, 0.39 acre
- Price/square foot: $316
- Built in 1926
The house was listed for sale on March 7, and the owners had accepted an offer by the next morning. They had listed it in 2021 at $1.25 million, without a sale. A renovation gutted the house down to the studs, replacing the electricity, plumbing and, sadly, the windows.
March 9, 2024
A 1925 Quadriplex in Mounty Airy, $500,000
135 W. Church Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
The Hatcher Apartments
- 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5,298 square feet, 0.36 acre
- Price/square foot: $94
- Built in 1925
- Last sales: $125,000, February 2022; $155,000, September 2002
- Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)
A classic 1920’s apartment building in one of Mount Airy’s historic districts.
March 9, 2024
A 1931 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Lindley Park Neighborhood, $449,900
412 Northridge Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,413 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $186
- Last sale: $332,000, July 2020
There’s not much to say abut this one except “beauty,” “charm,” “gorgeous,” “exquisite,” “stunning,” “delights,” “spacious,” “perfect,” “cozy,” “serene,” “charm” (again), and “charming.”
March 9, 2024
A 1920 Restoration Project in Reidsville, $90,000
524 Boyd Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,160 square feet, 0.12 acre
- Price/square foot: $42
No heating or air conditioning system.
March 8, 2024
A 1920’s House Overlooking a Park in Greensboro, $699,900
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,740 square feet, 0.28 acre
- Price/square foot: $255
- Built in 1923 (per county, but probably later)
- Neighborhood: Westerwood
The property overlooks Lake Daniel Park across the street. It includes a detached cottage being used as a short-term rental. Oddly, the house was listed in the 1927 city directory as vacant, but then disappeared from the directory until 1938.
March 8, 2024
A 1923 House in Greensboro’s College Hill Neighborhood, $399,999
200 S. Tate Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,607 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $153
Single-family home divided into two apartments in the 1960s. In the 1905-06 city directory, long before this house was built, 200 Tate Street was the address given for St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, an African American institution. 200 S. Tate didn’t appear in the city directory again until 1924, when it was the home of Horace Gash Alexander, chairman of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
March 8, 2024
A 1923 Condo in Winston-Salem’s West End, $255,000
72 West End Boulevard, Apartment 3, Winston-Salem
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 825 square feet
- Price/square foot: $309
- HOA: $199/month
The Shenandoah Apartments building “is one of the most handsome of the early apartments in the West End.” The condo has been used as a shirt-term rental for five years. Three of the building’s six condos are owned by LLCs.
Also Worth Noting: A 1937 Condo in Greensboro, $119,900
1700 N. Elm Street, Apartment K4, Greensboro
- Studio apartment, 1 bathroom, 422 square feet
- Price/square foot: $284
- Built in 1937
- Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
The complex is a Guilford County Historic Landmark.
March 8, 2024
A 1924 Bungalow in High Point’s emerywood Neighborhood, $380,000
320 Otteray Avenue, High Point
- 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,082 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $183
Located in the Emerywood neighborhood and Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR).
March 8, 2024
A 1913 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s West End, $399,000
258 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,465 square feet
- Price/square foot: $272
Nation Register district nomination: “The house is a one-story pebbledash cottage characterized by irregular massing, a central pyramidal roof with intersecting gables which correspond with the various projecting bays and wings, tall interior chimneys, and a wrap-around porch with slender Tuscan columns and a plain balustrade. Typical of the setting of many West End houses, this one is located on a slight hill above the street and has a terraced yard with a handsome cut granite retaining wall and front walk steps.”
March 8, 2024
An 1880 church in Moore County, $60,000
151 Hammond Road, Pinebluff, Moore County
Free Liberty United Christian Church
- 1,448 square feet, 0.31 acre
- Price/square foot: $41
Located near the Addor community, about 10 miles south of Southern Pines and Pinehurst. It has a Pinebluff mailing address. The property is protected under preservation covenants held by Preservation North Carolina. Little, if any, history of the historically African American church can be found online, apart from a news report of a racist vandalism attack 21 years ago.
March 6, 2024
A Restored 1892 Queen Anne in Mount Gilead, $385,000
502 W. Allenton Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County
The Scarborough House
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,840 square feet (per county), 3.77 acres
- Price/square foot: $136
- Last sale: $60,000, November 2021
The owner is an LLC based in Charlotte, which apparently has done a massive restoration job on it. Sadly, the online listing has only one photo with it (at least initially). Before and after photos are above. The house apparently was owned by the Scarborough family until 2020, when the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina bought it for $35,000.
March 6, 2024
A 1926 Bungalow on 40 Acres in Rockingham County, $675,000
381 Huffines Mill Road, Rockingham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,376 square feet, 40.08 acres
- Price/square foot: $284
Located about 12 1/2 miles east of Reidsville, just off N.C. 65, and about 20 miles north of Greensboro. The house has a well-preserved original section and a newer addition, which includes an attached two-car garage. The property includes a log cabin and an RV-size garage with workshop.
March 6, 2024
A Fire-Damaged 1914 Foursquare in Burlington”s Historic District To Be Auctioned
612 W. Davis Street, Burlington, Alamance County
- Online auction through Monday March 25, 2 p.m.
- Opening bid: $200,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,712 square feet, 0.50 acre
- Price/square foot: $74 (at $200,000)
- Neighborhood: West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District (local and NR)
Listing: “This house was damaged by fire and smoke and has been gutted to the studs. The original floors and fireplaces are there. … Bids must be submitted on listing broker’s website.”
March 5, 2024
Today’s Special: Relatively Affordable Houses
211 S. Payne Street, Lexington, Davidson County
- $203,500
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,370 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $149
- Built in 1933 (per county, but probably earlier; see note)
- Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
The house is currently a short-term rental (“Can be sold fully furnished.”). “One-story German-sided bungalow with a clipped-front-gable roof and a wraparound porch supported by tapered posts on brick piers spanned by a brick railing … The house appears on the 1929 Sanborn map.”
808 Barnes Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- $149,000
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,168 square feet, 0.6 acre
- Price/square foot: $128
- Built in 1925
The listed price is three times the amount paid for the house seven years ago. Last sales: $89,000, February 2021; $49,000, December 2017.
207 N. 6th Avenue, Mayodan, Rockingham County
- $195,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,600 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $75
- Built in 1931
The condition of the interior is unknown. The listing has just one interior photo and says only that the house needs “a little TLC.” Online listings give the wrong address. Zillow has it as 207 S. 6th Street; others have 207 6th Street.
March 4, 2024
A 1958 Mid-Century Modern in High Point, $275,000
226 Pine Ridge Drive, High Point
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,305 square feet, 0.72 acre
- Price/square foot: $119
“Pool is inoperable but could be restored.”
March 4, 2024
A Business-Owner’s Much-Expanded 1927 Mansion in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista, $1.5 Million
620 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem
The Bert and Corinna Bennett House
- 6 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,736 square feet, 0.36 acre
- Price/square foot: $317
The original owners, Bert Lester Bennett Sr. (1890-1941) and Corinna Johnston Bennett (1896-1966), were listed at 620 Arbor in 1931. Bert was president of the Bennett-Lewallen Company, a wholesaler of cigars and candy, and vice president of Quality Oil Company, which operated five Shell service stations.
March 4, 2024
A Rambling 1892 Farmhouse on 11 Acres in Forsyth County, $199,000
3592 Spainhour Mill Road, Tobaccoville, Forsyth County
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,568 square feet, 11.04 acres
- Price/square foot: $77
The property was last sold in 1936. Something to ask about: The property appears to have no road frontage. Access appears to be via a driveway cutting through another property to Spainhour Mill Road.
March 3, 2024
An extraordinary Restoration Opportunity: The 1880 Merry Oaks Hotel, Post Office and More In Chatham County, $500,000
283 Old Christian Chapel Road, New Hill, Chatham County
The Merry Oaks Hotel
- 7 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 3,272 square feet (per county), 3.50 acres
- Price/square foot: $153
The property consists of the Merry Oaks Hotel, the Yates Thomas General Store and post office. There’s also what appears to be a modern house on the property, which isn’t mentioned in the listing’s description. The sale of the property in 2020 included the Merry Oaks rail depot, which also isn’t mentioned in this current listing but may still be there.
March 2, 2024
Today’s Special: Restoration Projects
2625 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem
- $117,000
- 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,500 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $78
- Built in 1927
- Last sale: $9,900, June 1951
The house was bought in 1951 by William Owen Calloway (1904-1990) and Flora Angeline Hanks Calloway (1909-1993). William operated several Esso gas stations (later Exxon) from the late 1940s until his retirement in 1970. It is being sold by their descendants.
3495 Bowens Road, Tobaccoville, Forsyth County
- Auction scheduled for Saturday April 27, noon
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,457 square feet (per county), 3.08 acres
- Built in 1930
- Last sale: February 1961, price unknown
The house is an unusual mix of old and new. The front-facing gable appears to be the only original part of the house visible on the front. The wing on the left, the front porch and the porte-cochere on the right appear to date from 1971, when the owners received a building permit for an “addition to front, rear, left and right sides of dwelling on Bowen Road.”
1292 Pine Hall Road, Pine Hall, Stokes County
- $99,900
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms, 1,647 square feet, 1.21 acres
- Price/square foot: $61
- Built in 1935
- Last sales: $67,000, January 16, 2024; $6,500, June 2013
The price is a large markup from the $67,000 the sellers paid in January. Compare the photos in the current and previous listings and see for yourself whether they’ve made much of an investment: Current listing, 2023 listing
March 2, 2024
A 1910 Farmhouse on 4 Acres in Yadkin County to be Auctioned
3529 Price Road, Hamptonville, Yadkin County
- Auction scheduled for April 4, 11 a.m., Yadkin County Courthouse, Yadkinville (Case 21 SP 51)
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,248 square feet, 3.98 acres
- Built in 1910
- Last sale: $45,000, March 2005
County property records, which could be outdated, describe the property as wooded with a barn, stables and a miscellaneous building. The building grade is listed as D-. The house is about 2 1/2 miles east of Hamptonville and 10 miles west of Yadkinville, just off U.S. 21 north of U.S. 421
february 29, 2024
A 1920’s Colonial Revival Bungalow in Greensboro’s Fisher Park Historic District, 335,000
406 W. Bessemer Avenue, Greensboro
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,253 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $267
- Built in 1926 (per county, but probably earlier; see note)
It’s an Aladdin kit house. District NRHP nomination: “Colonial Revival bungalow, 1920-23. Gable-end structure with full facade, engaged, columned porch.”
February 29, 2024
A Merchant and Mayor’s 1920 House in Gibsonville, $150,000
313 Alamance Street, Gibsonville, Guilford County
The J. Garland Steele House
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,884 square feet, 0.54 acre
- Price/square foot: $80
The Guilford-Alamance county line runs through the property, through the house, in fact. The property was acquired by James Garland Steele (1893-1962) in three transactions in 1924, 1935 and 1952. He opened Steele Hardware in 1924 and Steele Motor Company in 1935. He served as mayor 1933-37 and 1939-41 (his father, H.W. Steele, was first mayor of the town, elected in 1883).
February 29, 2024
A Flipped 1890 Bungalow in Yadkin County, $225,000
105 Fairground Road, East Bend, Yadkin County
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,154 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $195
- Last sales: $48,500, November 2022; $52,000, April 2020
Caveat emptor — flipped house with a pretty huge markup. A lot of the historic character on the interior appears to have been lost, although, to their credit, they kept the wooden siding.
February 28, 2024
A Grand 1900 Mansion in Mount airy, Fallen on Hard Times, $300,000
707 N. Main Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4,616 square feet, 1.13 acres
- Price/square foot: $65
- Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (local and NR)
Listing: “Has roof damage and water damage to interiors main and upper floor.”
February 28, 2024
A 1928 House in Winston-Salem, Relisted After It Failed to Sell in 2023, $475,000
1004 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,052 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $231
- Built in 1928 (per county, but probably a few years later; see note)
- Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
The house has been sold five times in the past 20 years. It’s now listed for less than the current owners paid in 2021.
February 28, 2024
A 1937 Tudor Cottage in High Point’s Sherrod Park Historic District, $365,000
221 Woodrow Street, High Point
- 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,815 square feet
- Price/square foot: $130
District NR nomination: “1 1/2 story brick Tudor house, with side gable roof and front cross-gable and extremely simple detailing consisting of exposed heavy timber window lintels and door framing and eave brackets.”
February 26, 2024
A Notable Lawyer’s 1925 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District, $299,000
2108 Queen Street, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,249 square feet, 0.14 acre
- Price/square foot: $239
The original owner was lawyer William Graves, who became well-known as co-counsel for Libby Holman in North Carolina’s crime of the century, the killing of her husband, Reynolds heir Z. Smith Reynolds, in 1932.
February 26, 2024
‘A Nice Income-Producing Property’ in High Point, $89,900
1312 Bencini Place, High Point
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,142 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $79
- Built in 1914
- Neighborhood: McLewallen
For sale by owner, an out-of-town LLC. Pretty audacious mark-up on a house that sold for $30,000 in 2021 and doesn’t appear to have seen much investment, if any, since then.
February 25, 2024
Just Beyond the Triad, 3 Notable Houses
1505 Pendergrass Road, Sanford, Lee County
- $625,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,908 square feet, 1.66 acres
- Price/square foot: $215
- Built in 1900 (per county)
If there’s any history of this house online, it’s well hidden. It hasn’t been documented with the State Historic Properties Office or the National Register. Local historic landmarks don’t appear to be listed online, though there’s no indication that this house has been designated as such. What do you make of those ceiling lights?
298 E. Salisbury Street, Pittsboro, Chatham County
- $700,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,033 square feet, 0.40 acre
- Price/square foot: $344
- Built in 1900
The Architectural History of Chatham County, North Carolina: The home is believed to have built by contractor Bennett Nooe for his chief carpenter, Thomas Hackney. It’s “representative of the late nineteenth-century triple-A style,” with “a modestly classical theme.”
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820 Pine Street, Danville, Virginia
The Woodward-Davis House
- $325,000
- 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,584 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $126
- Built in 1903 (per city; see note)
- Neighborhood: Danville Historic District (NR), Old West End Historic District (local)
The yard sign in the photo above dates the house to circa 1885; the National Register nomination says circa 1890. The city says 1900. The property is being sold by the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
February 24, 2024
An Unusual 1928 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District, $549,900
432 Lockland Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2,867 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $192
District NR nomination: “Bungalow. Unusual form.” Most of the historic character of the interior has been eliminated. For a house this expensive, a buyer should expect better than cheap vinyl siding and replacement windows. County property records indicate it had been divided into four apartments.
February 24, 2024
A 1906 Restoration Project in Southern Rockingham County, $49,000
310 Mizpah Road, Rockingham County
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,008 square feet, 0.89 acre
- Price/square foot: $49
Located abut 5 miles south of Reidsville, just off U.S. 29 Business. “Condition of the house overall is unknown. Number of Bedrooms, utilities unknown, and location of the fireplace unknown. ,,, Please do not enter the property without professionals. It may not be safe!”
February 24, 2024
A 1940 (?) Restoration Project on a Half-Acre in East Bend, $139,900
228 Pool Street, East Bend, Yadkin County
- 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,232 square feet, 0.56 acre
- Price/square foot: $114
The 1940 date in county records isn’t impossible, but the house looks considerably older. There are no interior photos included in the listing. The price is relatively high for restoration projects.
February 23, 2024
A School Teacher’s Striking 1926 Bungalow in Winston-Salem, $465,000
1837 Elizabeth Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,876 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $248
- Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
County records show a 1937 date; the district’s National Register nomination says circa 1926. Craftsman bungalow originally owned by Lansing Womble, a high school teacher, and wife Phoebe Womble.
February 23, 2024
Two More Grand Houses in the Old South Mebane historic District
607 S. 5th Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- $1.325 million
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,666 square feet, 4.49 acres
- Price/square foot: $361
- Built in 1950
- Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
The unusually large in-town property includes a 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom guest house with a kitchen and living room, and a large outbuilding with a covered parking area.
205 S. 4th Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- $584,900
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,957 square feet, 0.54 acre
- Price/square foot: $198
- Built in 1955
- Last sale: The property was bought by the church in 1951.
The parsonage of the Mebane United Methodist Church, which is across the street.
February 22, 2024
The Home of Poet, Novelist and Professor Fred chappell, $525,000
305 Kensington Road, Greensboro
The Fred and Susan Chappell House
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,418 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $217
- Built in 1933
- Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)
The home of the late poet, novelist and critic Fred Davis Chappell (1936-2024) and Susan N. Chappell. They bought the house in 1973. Fred taught at UNC Greensboro, served as poet laureate of North Carolina and won the prestigious Bollingen Prize for poetry in 1985.
February 22, 2024
The Spring Deluge of New Listings Is Under Way with 4 Recently Sold Houses Now For Sale Again
308 W. Church Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
- $399,900
- 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, 3 half-bathrooms, 3,360 square feet, 0.28 acre
- Price/square foot: $119
- Last sales: $380,000, August 2023; $267,000, May 2019
- Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)
Built in 1885, but much of the historic character has been stripped away — vinyl windows and siding, plank flooring on the porch. The 2019 listing said all the interior walls were torn out and replaced in a 1996 renovation.
927 Apple Street SW, Winston-Salem
- $295,000 (originally $229,500, later as low as $210,000)
- 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,130 square feet
- Price/square foot: $138
- Last sale: $142,500, February 2021
- Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District (NR)
Built in 1885, but it has vinyl siding and replacement windows. Now a boarding house. The house was sold in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2021.
329 W. Main Street, Thomasville, Davidson County
- $164,900
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4,021 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $41
- Built in 1904
- Last sale: $80,000, February 2022
- Neighborhood: Colonial Drive School Historic District (local)
Another owner abandoning a restoration project.
110 Fisher Park Circle, Greensboro
- $451,560
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,378 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $190
- Built in 1938
- Last sale: $565,000, January 2024 (foreclosure auction)
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
Until a foreclosure in January, the house had had only two owners.
February 21, 2024
A Strikingly Unusual 1917 Bungalow in North Wilkesboro, $330,000
312 D Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,380 square feet, 0.34 acre
- Price/square foot: $139
The property is next door to the Benton Hall Community Arts Center, a former elementary school that has been turned into the home of the Wilkes Playmakers. It’s said to be haunted (“This location is wildly active at all hours of the day.”).
February 20, 2024
A 1949 Period Cottage in the West Salem Historic District, $369,000
801 Washington Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,742 square feet, about a half acre (see note)
- Price/square foot: $212
District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. Large example. One and a half story; side gable; steeply-pitched, front-gable projection; brick facade chimney and entry surround with stone accents; round-head door; picture window; eight-over-eight, double-hung sash; vinyl siding.”
February 19, 2024
A 1925 Colonial Revival Mansion in Mebane, $900,000
618 S. 5th Street, Mebane, Alamance County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,963 square feet (per county), 2.72 acres
- Price/square foot: $227
- Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
A “substantial, formally-designed Georgian Revival-style” home, a bit cheapened by vinyl siding and inexplicable popcorn ceilings.
February 14, 2024
A 1900 House on 89 Acres in Eastern Guilford County, $2.975 Million
5530 Linch Road, Whistett, Guilford County
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,538 square feet, 89.65 acres
- Price/square foot: $841
Although it has a Whitsett mailing address, it’s well to the southeast, about midway between Forest Oaks and Piedmont Dragway, “the DoorSlammer Capitol of the World.” Previously listed without a sale at far lower prices in 2012 ($1.4 million) and 2013 ($1 million). Oddly for such an expensive property with a large, well cared-for house, there are no interior pictures of the house.
February 14, 2024
An 1828 Farmhouse on Almost 2 Acres in Clemmons, $415,000
8174 Hawkins Road, Clemmons, Forsyth County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,892 square feet, 1.81 acres
- Price/square foot: $143
Located about 4 to 5 miles north of Tanglewood Park. The State Historic Preservation Office lists the house as “c. 1828,1868,1910.” It’s on the study list for the National Register.
February 12, 2024
A 1940’s Stone Cottage in high Point, $320,000
709 Forrest Street, High Point
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,543 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $126
- Built in 1945 (per county; see note)
The original owners appear to have been Thomas J. Moran (possibly J. Thomas Moran) and Viola Moran (dates unknown for both). They were listed at the address in 1940. Both worked in textile mills. Thomas later sold real estate. They sold the house in 1962.
February 10, 2024
An Intriguing Cabin on 20 Acres in Stokes County, $168,000
1218 Frye Road, Westfield, Stokes County
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, square feet not recorded, 20.12 acres (per county)
- Built in 1940 (per listing; see notes)
- Last sales: $110,000, February 2, 2024; $85,000, February 2022
Located about 11 miles east of Westfield. Listed for sale seven days after it was last sold. Although the listings say the cabin was built in 1940, county records show no building on the property (there does appear to be one, though). Listing: “The cabin contains a minisplit for HVAC, a sleeping and storage loft, bathroom with shower, and a kitchen with wood burning fireplace.
February 9, 2024
A 1910 Queen Anne Cottage in Mount Gilead, $40,000
200 S. Main Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County
The Haywood-Taft House
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,074 square feet, 0.75 acre
- Price/square foot: $19
- Last sales: $30,000, March 2021; $5,000, January 1973
2021 listing: “The Haywood-Taft House requires a comprehensive rehabilitation including all new systems (HVAC, plumbing, and electrical), significant carpentry repairs, and updates to the kitchen and baths.” It doesn’t look like anything has changed since then.
February 9, 2024
A 1924 Apartment in Greensboro’s Cannon Court Condos, $165,000
828 N. Elm Street, Apartment A6, Greensboro
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 992 square feet
- Price/square foot: $166
- Built in 1924
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
Top-floor unit in an apartment house designated as a Guilford County Historic Landmark.
February 7, 2024
An RJR Executive’s 1928 Tudor Mansion in Winston-Salem, $1.79 Million
280 Halcyon Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 5,360 square feet, 0.63 acre
- Price/square foot: $334
- Neighborhood: West Highlands
The property has been determined to be eligible for consideration for the National Register (2019). William Thomas Smither (1890-1969) and Minnie Gray Marshall Smither (1893-1970) bought the property in 1925 and owned it for 45 years. Thomas was advertising manager for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco from 1937 until he retired in 1957. Minnie chaired the first Forsyth County Christmas Seals campaign for tuberculosis in 1941 and was active in the effort for the rest of her life.
February 6, 2024
A Bit Far Away: An 1840 Greek Revival On the National Register in Martin County, $108,000
12346 N.C. Highway 903, Hamilton, Martin County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,724 square feet, 2.47 acres
- Price/square foot: $29
Just north of the town of Hamilton in northwest Martin County, Hickory Hill is “significant for the excellence of its craftsmanship and elaborate Greek Revival finish … further enhanced by a picturesque Victorian porch with graceful sawnwork features in the late nineteenth century. Also during the early twentieth century, its interiors were refurbished in the Colonial Revival style including such notable details as handsome oak wood graining, an Eastlake spindle screen, and decorative pressed tin ceilings.”
February 5, 2024
A 1920 West End Classic in Winston-Salem, $897,900
1228 Glade Street, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,206 square feet, 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $280
- Last sales: $542,000, July 2020; $520,000, September 2016; $46,250, June 1983
From 1983-2016, the home of architect Rence Callahan, senior partner with Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects. “Like the other houses along this stretch of Glade St., this one is situated on a hill with a terraced front lawn, long flights of steps, and a stone retaining wall. The well-preserved English cottage-influenced house is a two-story dwelling with a pebbledash first story, a wood shingled second story, and a gabled roof with widely overhanging braced eaves.”
February 4, 2024
A 1915 Craftsman Bungalow in Winston-Salem, $409,000
703 West Street, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,197 square feet, 0.11 acre
- Price/square foot: $186
- Last sale: $200,000 on May 25, 2023
- Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District (NR)
Flipped house with a huge markup.
February 3, 2024
A Doctor’s 1936 Home in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista Neighborhood, $795,000
403 Springdale Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,690 square feet (per county), 0.51 acre
- Price/square foot: $215
- Last sales: $539,000, March 2021; $353,000, December 2014
The listing says the house is “over 5500 square feet”; a 2018 listing said 5,351. County records show 3,690. The original owners appear to have been Dr. Orpheus Evans Wright (1897-1977) and Anne Violet O’Flaherty Wright (1895-1967). Orpheus was a physician and a graduate of Emory University medical school.
February 3, 2024
A 1920 Craftsman Foursquare in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic District, $389,900
810 Cypress Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,398 square feet
- Price/square foot: $163
In 1952, Benjamin Wilson and Kay Wilson bought the house. They owned it for 60 years. Benjamin was a salesman for Winchester-Ritch Surgical. He also was a woodworker and “an outspoken contributor to the editorial pages of the Greensboro News and Record.” Kathleen was a founding member of the Greensboro Arts and Crafts Council.
January 31, 2024
A Remarkable 1930 Craftsman Bungalow in Hamlet, $279,900
538 W. Main Street, Hamlet, Richmond County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,509 square feet, 0.71 acre
- Price/square foot: $112
Unusual Craftsman design with porte-cocheres on both sides of the house. The interior appears to be in very good condition with much period detail intact. Oddly, the house was put up for sale the day after it was sold.
January 31, 2024
Also in Hamlet, a 1910 Restoration Project, $169,900
526 Rice Street, Hamlet, Richmond County
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,952 square feet, 0.98 acre
- Price/square foot: $87
- Last sale: $8,000, March 1968
The house needs work but has some excellent detail, including unpainted woodwork and doors.
January 30, 2024
An Iceman’s House in Burlington, $450,000
408 Fountain Place, Burlington, Alamance County
The listing was withdrawn two days after it went up.
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,388 square feet, 0.27 acre
- Price/square foot: $188
- Built in 1910 (per county, but likely much later)
- Neighborhood: West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District (local and NR)
District NR nomination: “[T]his is an unusual two-story square frame house clad in German or novelty siding and capped by a hip roof.” The listing calls it a “fixer-upper,” but that’s not how it’s priced. Online listings show 4,776 square feet, which doesn’t look likely; that’s about twice the size shown in county records.
January 25, 2024
A Mayor’s Home in Greensboro’s Sunset Hills, $1 million
2214 & 2216 Pinecrest Road, Greensboro
The Rawlins-Nussbaum House
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,541 square feet, 0.42 acre
- Price/square foot: $231
- Built in 1927
The Colonial Revival/Craftsman house was the home of Vic Nussbaum from 1951 to 1974. Nussbaum served a mayor from 1987-93. He was a prominent business owner and with his wife, Terry, was active with many civic organizations. The Greensboro chapter of the American Red Cross named the Nussbaum Blood Center in honor of Vic and Terry. Room at the Inn named its maternity home for Terry.
January 25, 2024
Yet Another Condo in Greensboro’s Country Club Apartments, $165,000
1700 N. Elm Street, Unit N1, Greensboro
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 815 square feet
- Price/square foot: $202
- HOA: $323/month
- Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
For months now, there have been almost no historic condos for sale in the Triad. Except for the Country Club Apartments. It would be worth asking why.
January 24, 2024
A 1917 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s West End, $399,000
123 S. Sunset Drive, Winston-Salem
The Arthur and Alice Cassel House
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,044 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $195
District NR nomination: “Even though the Cassel House was sheathed with aluminum siding in recent years, it remains a good representative example of a basic bungalow house type.”
January 23, 2024
An affordable 1924 House in Winston-Salem, $155,500
2826 N. Patterson Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,136 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $73
Remarkably affordable price, assuming there are no surprises in the inspection.
January 23, 2024
An Unusually Well-Restored 1920 Bungalow in Eden, $369,000
510 Patrick Street, Eden, Rockingham County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,372 square feet, 0.38 acre
- Price/square foot: $156
- Neighborhood: Central Leaksville Historic District (NR)
Flipped house with a difference — this one has refinished hardwood floors and restored original windows. One of three “exceptionally well-preserved one-and-one-half story frame bungalows, constructed between 1910 and 1920 and ornamented with a variety of decorative elements,” located side-by-side-by-side in the 500 block of Patrick Street.
January 22, 2024
A 1900 Restoration Project in Liberty, $175,000
213 N. Asheboro Street, Liberty, Randolph County
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,076 square feet, 0.53 acre
- Price/square foot: $84
Listing: “GRAB YOUR TOOLBELT!”
January 22, 2024
A 1934 Bungalow in Greensboro, $200,000
1410 Garland Drive, Greensboro
The Jennings-Hines House
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,692 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $118
- Neighborhood: Lake Daniel
Listing: “This home needs total renovation including all systems replaced”
January 20, 2024
A Huge 1918 Bungalow in Reidsville, Next to the Penn House, $212,420
312 Maple Avenue, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,192 square feet, 0.30 acre
- Price/square foot: $67
- Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
The seller is a mortgage company that acquired the property in a foreclosure auction in December. Next door is the Penn House, a National Register mansion now owned by the city and operated as a wedding and event venue. The house has “a secret entrance to the attic in an upstairs room” (according to a previous listing).
January 18, 2024
A Quickly Flipped 1911 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $465,000
1124 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,545 square feet (per county), 0.22 acre
- Price/square foot: $183
- Last sale: $280,000, August 2023
Flipped in five months. Wall-to-wall carpeting upstairs. The seller is an LLC based in Utah.
January 16, 2024
A 1900 House in Winston-Salem’s Holly Avenue Historic District, $419,900
112 S. Poplar Street, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,371 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $306
Caveat emptor — flipped house with a huge price mark-up. The historic character has been mostly been renovated away on the interior.
January 13, 2024
A Shoe-Store Owner’s 1922 Bungalow in Burlington, $365,000
909 W. Front Street, Burlington, Alamance County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,929 square feet, 0.46 acre
- Price/square foot: $189
The listing says the house still has its original front-yard light at the sidewalk. It’s quite striking, but none of the photos show it. The original owners most likely were Walter Allen Mebane (1881-1948) and Lena Garrison Mebane (1884-1973). Walter was president of the Mebane Shoe Company, retailers of Star Brand Shoes and Hosiery and “one of the city’s oldest stores,” according to his obituary.
January 12, 2024
A 1900 restoration Project Near Asheboro, $85,000
1544 Hopewell Friends Road, Randolph County
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,744 square feet, 0.81 acre
- Price/square foot: $49
Although the house needs a lot of work, much of its historic character is intact (no vinyl floors, windows or siding). It has no heating or air conditioning systems. The house has an Asheboro mailing address but is about 8 miles southeast of town.
January 10, 2024
A 1913 Restoration Project in Greensboro, $99,000
902 Douglas Street, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,676 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $59
- Neighborhood: Asheboro Community
County records give a 1928 date, but the address appears in the city directory from 1913.
January 8, 2024
An 1850 Mansion on 11 acres in Yadkin County, $1.3 Million
4416 Holly Springs Road, East Bend, Yadkin County
- 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 5,950 square feet, 11.67 acres
- Price/square foot: $228
The interior hasn’t retained as much historic character as some others. The property includes circular driveway, a three-car detached garage with guest quarters, a shop and two barns (one new).
January 7, 2024
A Spectacular 1890 Victorian in Danville, $573,500
161 Holbrook Avenue, Danville
The Judkins House
- 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,479 square feet (per city records), 0.22 acre
- Price/square foot: $165
- Neighborhood: Old West End and Millionaires Row Historic District (local), Danville Historic District (NR)
The listing calls it an American Picturesque Victorian with a Colonial Revival roof, turret, bay and palladian windows, a dozen 1892 stained glass windows, parquet flooring, eight fireplaces, original pocket doors, screened-porch, fenced yard and off-street parking. “3rd floor could serve as income producing apartment (City Approved)- with separate entrance.” The listing shows 5,096 square feet ($113/square foot).
January 6, 2024
An 1877 Restoration Project in Cameron, $175,000
519 Carthage Street, Cameron, Moore County
The Kennedy-McDonald House
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,530 square feet, 0.24 acre
- Price/square foot: $69
- Last sale: April 1943, price not recorded on deed
- Neighborhood: Cameron Historic District (NR)
“This house may have been on this tract in 1887 when M.V.C. Kennedy purchased the 2.65 acres from the Goodmans for $162.50.”
January 6, 2024
An 1887 House on 1.75 Acres in Moore County, $475,000
2661 Niagara Carthage Road, Moore County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,630 square feet, 1.76 acres
- Price/square foot: $181
The house has a Carthage mailing address but is about 6 1/2 miles southeast of town, just north of the Whispering Pines development.
January 2, 2024
A 1927 Craftsman Cottage in Sedgefield, $459,900
3020 W. Sedgefield Drive, Greensboro
The Sidney and Bessie Alderman House
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,494 square feet, 0.47 acre
- Price/square foot: $308
For sale by owner. The property includes a swimming pool. The Sedgefield Country Club is across the street. The house is one of the oldest in Sedgefield. Development of the community began in 1923.
January 1, 2024
An Odd Little Sort of Proto-Modernist House in Mount Airy, an Affordable $149,900
210 Patterson Avenue, Mount Airy, Surry County
- $149,900 (originally $199,000)
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,416 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $106
- Built in 1947
- Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)
Currently a short-term rental. District NR nomination: “One-story Modernist house of stuccoed concrete block construction with a parapet shed roof. The parapet jetties slightly over the walls below and has a ceramic tile coping. … The site has granite outcrops, one of which is inside the ‘garage’ which would have rendered the space too small to park a car … The 1948 Sanborn map identifies the building as a garage, though that may have been an educated guess on the part of the mapper.”
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