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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September 19, 2026
Blog Post: Three In-Town Homes with Extraordinary Acreage
Even among the grandest mansions in Piedmont cities and towns, big properties tend to top out at a couple acres, maybe three. But right now, through a random quirk of timing, there are three homes listed for sale in the region with extraordinary acreage within their towns, in one case an astonishing 54 acres.
It’s not unusual for historic homes to be found on properties far smaller than when they were built. Many have had towns grow out around them. Usually, though, the land surrounding the homes has been almost entirely sold off. Here are three properties where, for whatever reasons, that never happened.
September 18, 2026
A High-Style Dutch Colonial in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista, $995,000
2403 Buena Vista Road, Winston-Salem
The Hutcherson-Fragakis House
- $995,000
- 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,633 square feet, 0.31 acre
- Price/square foot: $274
- Built in 1925
- Listed September 18, 2026
- Last sale: $65,000, January 1982
- Neighborhood: Buena Vista, on the corner of Buena Vista and Roslyn roads.
A stylish Dutch Colonial with a gambrel roof, a long shed dormer with a full run of windows in the front and a flared roof line in the side gable.The house was built by Watt Hutcherson (1874-1944) and Mattie Elizabeth Shelton Hutcherson (1878-1940), who bought the property in 1923. Watt was president of J.E. Shelton Box & Lumber Company, a business started by his father-in-law.
In 1982, the house was bought by John George Fragakis (1948-2025) and Sophia Toompas Fragakis (1949-2026). John founded American Wholesale Beverage in 1973 and Broad Branch Distillery in 2014. The house is being sold by their heirs.
September 17, 2026
A 1910 House on 2 Acres in Saxapahaw, $455,000
1406 E. Main Street, Saxapahaw, Alamance County
- $455,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,584 square feet, 1.95 acres
- Price/square foot: $176
- Built in 1910
- Listed August 26, 2026
- Last sales: $440,000, February 2025; $65,000, February 2016
Little is known of the earliest owners. In 1905, Johnson Baker and M.A. Baker sold the property to a company called Long & Hurdle. By 1914, J.M. Cranford or Crawford and Mary J. Cranford or Crawford (hand-written and nearly illegible deed) owned the house. They sold it that year to brothers Charles Maynard Horner (1875-1951), Thomas Jefferson Horner (1889-1939) and Needham Walsie Sparrow (1886-1966).
Charles Horner had operated a general merchandise store in Burlington and was a founder of the Pearson Remedy Company (its two most popular products were Baseball Liniment and Indian Blood Purifier). He also served on the Burlington school board for 15 years. His Burlington home is on the National Register. Thomas Horner worked for Pearson as well until leaving to spend 20 years with the state Department of Revenue. Needham Sparrow operated a grocery store in Elon.
September 17, 2026
An 1875 Farmhouse on 6 Acres South of Greensboro, $170,000
1056 Sutton Road, Guilford County
- $170,000
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,640 square feet, 6.02 acres
- Price/square foot: $104
- Built in 1875
- Listed September 16, 2026
- Last sale: 1931, price not recorded on deed.
- Neighborhood: About 9 miles south of Greensboro, just west of Pleasant Garden and just east of Interstate 73. It has a Greensboro mailing address.
The seller doesn’t think much of the house. The listing refers to it “being conveyed at no value,” which is interesting because it’s currently being rented. No pictures of the interior are included in the listing.
The property has been in the family of Garland Daniel Eaton (1900-1979) and Cynthia Ann Southern Eaton (1904-1981) since 1931. Garland was a machinist with Residents Development Company. Cynthia worked for Dick’s Laundry.
September 16, 2026
After Three Generations, a 1913 Home on 11 Acres in Tobaccoville Will Be Auctioned
4455 Tobaccoville Road, Tobaccoville, Forsyth County
The Watts House
- Auction scheduled for Saturday October 3, 2026, noon
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,072 square feet, 11.63 acres (two adjacent parcels)
- Built in 1912
- Last sale: The property has been in the Watts family since at least 1913.
- Note: This will be an estate auction, as opposed to a judicial auction, so there will be no 10-day period for upset bids.
- Listing: “public water, septic, barn, multiple outbuildings”
- The listing includes no interior pictures, but the house can be visited by appointment.
A classic “Mount Vernon” style of Colonial Revival: full-height porch with square pillars, symmetrical facade, dark shutters on white siding, classical decorative details around the door, and simple, formal two-story rectangular form with a shallow roofline.
The house probably was built by farmer Richard Thomas Watts (1850-1931) and Martha Alice Long Watts (1861-1917). In 1918 Richard passed ownership to Charlie Ross Watts (1884-1959), one of his six sons. Charlie was a farmer and also operated the Watts Grocery Store. Charlie’s son Carl Willis Watts (1916-1994) inherited the house. He owned Watts Distributing Company. The property is being sold by his widow’s estate.
September 15, 2026
Restoration Project: A 1916 Farmhouse with a Great Big Tree in Front of It, $248,000
207 N. Payne Road, Davidson County
The Julius and Katie Nifong House
- $248,000
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,132 square feet, 1.81 acres
- Price/square foot: $219
- Built in 1916
- Listed September 12, 2026
- Last sale: $70,000, October 2017
- Neighborhood: In the Union Grove community in northern Davidson County, about 11 miles south of Winston-Salem near Arcadia and Midway. The property has a Winston-Salem mailing address.
- Listing: “Enter the property at your own risk.” It includes no pictures of the interior.
The house most likely was built by Julius E. Nifong (1859-1940) on what was then a 33-acre tract he received from his parents in 1889 (I think; look at the hand-written deed and see what you think). Julius was a farmer. He and his wife, Chloe Dulcina “Della” Bodenhamer Nifong (1852-1942), lost the house to foreclosure in 1940.
In 1978 the property was sold to Jerome W. Transou (1954-2006), and it still remains in his name. He worked for R.J. Reynolds and Reynolds American. He was an active volunteer with the United Way, American Cancer Society and the National Black Theater Festival, among other organizations.
September 15, 2026
A Classic 1958 MCM, Owned by a Dean, an Aviation Executive and an Ex-POW, $725,000
105 Falkener Drive, Greensboro
- $725,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,574 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $282
- Built in 1958
- Listed September 14, 2026
- Last sales: $312,000, August 2018; $197,500, June 2017
- Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
The first known owners were Junius A. Davis and Peggy M. Davis (dates unknown for both). Junius was dean of the graduate school at the Women’s College from 1958 to 1961. By 1963, Kenneth Vaughn Brugh Jr. (d. 2004, age 87) and Mary Alice Dungan Brugh (d. 1991, age 73) had bought it. Kenneth was president of Greensboro High Point Air Service at the Greensboro High Point Airport on Winston-Salem Road, a general-aviation company and dealer for Beechcraft airplanes.
Kenneth and Mary sold the house in 1976 to Irwin Stovroff (1922-2018) and Sterra Stovroff (1924-2008). Irwin was a salesman for Thomasville Furniture. He served as a bombardier during World War II. On what was scheduled to be his final combat mission, his plane was shot down. He spent 13 months in a German POW camp, including six months in an all-Jewish barracks.
September 14, 2026
A High-End 1950 ‘Colonial Ranch,’ the Former Home of an Olympic Athlete, $950,000
3400 Starmount Drive, Greensboro
The Percy and Grace Barber House
- $950,000 (originally $974,567)
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,786 square feet, 0.63 acre
- Price/square foot: $251
- Built in 1950
- Listed August 6, 2026
- Last sale: $74,500, January 1985
- Neighborhood: Starmount Forest
The house was built as architects were adapting traditional styles to the newly popular ranch form. This “Colonial ranch” or “Williamsburg ranch” has the classic ranch footprint, but broken up for a distinctive look. The original owners were Percy Oren Barber (1894-1973) and Grace Truman Goldston Barber (1896-1969). Percy was a general contractor and, presumably, built the house.
He sold it 1970 to Sally Ann Z. Eichhorn and C. Richard Eichhorn (dates unknown for both). Richard was an executive with Cone Mills before going into real estate development. He played the organ and had a pipe organ installed in the house (photo above) after buying a console that First Presbyterian was replacing.
The Eichhorns sold the house in 1976 to Guy Trent Troy (1923-2023) and Winifred “Wynne” Charles Troy (1925-2007). Guy was a West Point graduate and served 30 years in the Army, retiring as a colonel in 1976. He was also an Olympic athlete. In the early 1950s, he was assigned to manage the U.S. modern pentathlon team for the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. He also competed as a member of the team.
September 14, 2026
The 1926 Home of Two Prominent Preachers in Winston-Salem, $650,000
1612 Lynwood Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Jester-Herring House
- $650,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,676 square feet, 0.29 acre
- Price/square foot: $243
- Built in 1926
- Listed September 12, 2026
- Last sale: $492,000, May 2022
- Neighborhood: West Highlands
The first known owners were the Rev. Dr. John Roberts Jester (1875-1965) and Annie Perry Jester (1878-1970), listed in the city directory in 1926. John was pastor at First Baptist Church for 13 years.
After they left Winston-Salem in 1935, the Jesters sold the house to John’s successor at First Baptist, the Rev. Ralph A. Herring (1901-1972), and Mary Willeen Tull Herring (1899-1999). Ralph served as president of the Baptist State Convention, 1944-45. Willeen was a Latin teacher. She graduated from Baylor University and earned a masters degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. The Herrings lived in the house until 1962.
September 13, 2026
A 1937 Brick Tudor in High Point, $549,900
221 Woodrow Avenue, High Point
- $549,900 (originally $564,900)
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,447 square feet (per county), 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $160
- Built in 1937
- Listed August 22, 2026
- Last sales: $365,000, April 2024; $256,000, November 2020
- Neighborhood: Sherrod Park Historic District (local and NR)
- Note: “Semi-updated bathrooms”
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.”
The lot was bought in 1931 by May Renfrow Shuford (1899-1993); the deed indicates there was no home on the property. May and her husband, Forrest Herman Shuford Sr. (1897-1954), lived nearby on Hamilton Avenue. He was High Point’s juvenile court probation and parole commissioner, or “boys commissioner.” They may have built the house, although there’s no indication they ever lived there.
September 13, 2026
A Politically Active Grocer’s 1907 Cottage in a High Point Historic District, $420,000
907 Johnson Street, High Point
The Robert and Jessie Brockett House
- $420,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,492 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $169
- Built in 1907
- Listed September 12, 2026
- Last sale: $143,000, November 2006
- Neighborhood: Johnson Street Historic District (local and NR)
District NR nomination: “This one-story, hip-roofed cottage is three bays wide and triple-pile. It has aluminum siding and wide roof overhangs with exposed, scalloped rafter tails.”
The earliest known residents appear in the 1913 city directory — Robert Brockett (1860-1933), Jessie Paxton Norris Brockett (1861-1935) and Robert Brockett Jr. (1886-1946). Robert Sr. was the owner of Robert Brockett and Sons, grocery wholesalers. He was a politically active Democrat, won election to a term in the Legislature and served as city collector for four years.
September 13, 2026
A Cooleemee Mill House, Built for the General Manager’s Widow, $310,000
112 Erwin Street, Cooleemee, Davie County
- $310,000
- 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,402 square feet, 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $129
- Built in 1919 (or some other year; see note)
- Listed September 8, 2026
- Last sale: $225,000, January 2023
- Neighborhood: Cooleemee Historic District (NR)
Pick a date for the house: The listing says 1919, county records show 1924, the district’s National Register nomination gives 1934.
The house was built for Lillian McDonald Allen Zachary (1875-1947) after the death of her husband, James William Zachary (1874-1934). James was general manager of Erwin Cotton Mill No. 3 for 18 years. James and Lillian had 12 children. Both came from large families. James was one of seven children; Lillian was the only daughter in a family of eight children.
September 13, 2026
A Well Preserved 1912 House in Star, $375,000
140 Harper Street, Star, Montgomery County
- $375,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,698 square feet, 1.12 acres
- Price/square foot: $139
- Built in 1912
- Listed September 5, 2026
- Last sale: $121,500, June 2005; $30,000, July 2000
The home has been restored with an unusually large amount of historic materials intact. The property was bought in 1969 by Clarence Hubert Auman (1924-1971) and Dorothy Brewer Sheffield Auman (1926-2005). Dorothy and one of her daughters sold it in 2000.
Clarence served in the Army from 1943 to 1964, serving in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Dorothy taught knitting and crocheting at Montgomery Tech.
September 12, 2026
A 1921 Bungalow in a Lexington Historic District, $360,000
6 Vance Circle, Lexington, Davidson County
- $360,000
- 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,292 0.18 square feet, acre
- Price/square foot: $157
- Built in 1921
- Listed September 12, 2026
- Last sale: $105,000, March 2020
- Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: “One-and-one-half-story side-gable bungalow with a large gabled dormer and an engaged porch supported by paired posts on brick piers; 4/1 sash, entry with sidelights, brick interior chimney, vinyl siding and triangular eave brackets …
“This house appears on the 1923 Sanborn map and was occupied by Fred J. and Mabel Cox in 1925-26. Mr. Cox was a division manager with Delco Light Company.”
September 12, 2026
A 1938 ‘Clinker Brick’ Cottage in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Neighborhood, $700,000
2314 Rosewood Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Frank and Blanche Gamble House
- $700,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,688 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $260
- Built in 1938
- Listed September 16, 2026
- Last sale: $335,000, June 2011
- Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
- Note: The property includes “a 289 sq ft workshop with water and electricity … most recently used as an AG kitchen.”
District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. One and a half story; side gable; clinker brick; gable-roof dormers; six-over-six and four-over-four windows; engaged side porch with arched openings; stone facade chimney and arched entry; front-gable projection.”
“Clinker bricks” are dark and misshapen, created when bricks are made too close to the fire in a kiln. Once considered useless, they were taken up by architects in the early 20th century Arts and Crafts movement.
September 11, 2026
A Beautifully Preserved 1897 Triple-A House in Burlington, $475,000
619 W. Front Street, Burlington, Alamance County
The Dan Hall House
- $475,000
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,986 square feet, 0.30 acre
- Price/square foot: $159
- Built in 1897 (per NR district nomination; county records say 1910)
- Listed September 10, 2026
- Last sales: $469,000, August 2026 (not listed publicly for sale); $235,000, June 2017; $70,000, September 1992
- Neighborhood: West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District
- Note: The house is owned by an Arizona LLC that bought it two weeks before putting it up for sale again. The “power-buyer” firm, Cash to Win (“Residential property acquisition solution company”), makes deals with buyers and sellers that I can’t say I completely understand (at all).
District NR nomination: “The front section of this two-story, one-room-deep frame house with triple-A roof was built for Dan Hall, a rural mail carrier, in 1897. It stands as a relatively intact example of a traditional nineteenth century house form accented with examples of vernacular Eastlake ornamentation.”
Daniel S. Hall (1872-1972) and Annabelle Mebane Hall (1876-1928) were the original owners. Dan later was associated with the Freshwater and Hall real estate firm (and would no doubt be intrigued by Cash to Win). They lived in the house for the rest of their lives.
September 11, 2026
A Distinctive 1900-ish Colonial Revival in Greensboro’s Fisher Park, 489,000
708 Magnolia Street, Greensboro
The Wright and Keith Murphy House
- $489,000
- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,196 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $223
- Built in 1900 (per county, but probably a few years later; see note)
- Listed September 11, 2026
- Last sale: $230,000, March 2013
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
- District NR nomination: “Gambrel roof; pedimented front wall dormers; Doric portico; weatherboarded first story, shingles above”
Isaac Wright Murphy (1876-1958) and his wife, Keith Covington Murphy (1878-1961), were the first occupants of the house, listed on Magnolia Street by 1909. They lived in the house the rest of their lives. Wright spent most of his career in real estate. He was a charter member of the Greensboro Real Estate Board and of the Greensboro Kiwanis Club.
September 11, 2026
A 1924 Foursquare in Winston-Salem, Being Sold After 102 Years, $275,000
7 Park Boulevard, Winston-Salem
The Barrow-Swan House
- $289,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,162 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $134
- Built in 1924
- Listed September 10, 2026
- Last sale: The house hasn’t been sold since it was built.
- Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
- Listing: “The home needs updating, but appears solid … certainly very livable with minimal repair. Main level all high ceilings, some original hardware, and most likely hardwood floors under carpet.”
District NR nomination: “Frame hipped-roof foursquare with brick exterior end chimney, one-story porch over end entrance bay supported at each corner by square panelled post and two round columns. Hip roof covers one-story projecting bay of casements on front and south side.”
James Durham Barrow (1889-1960) and Mabel Agnes Spaugh Barrow (1884-1976) were listed at the address in the 1924 city directory. After 39 years with R.J. Reynolds, Durham retired as superintendent of the sales and accounting office. Mabel was a 1903 graduate of Salem College. A grandson is now selling the house.
September 10, 2026
National Register: The 1828 Jesse Clement House on 12 Acres in Mocksville, $695,000
290 E. Maple Avenue, Mocksville, Davie County
The Jesse Clement House
National Register of Historic Places
- $695,000
- 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,640 square feet, 12.75 acres
- Price/square foot: $263
- Built in 1828 (per county)
- Listed September 10, 2026
- Last sales: $695,000, April 2025; $323,500, June 2006
- Note: Post-restoration photo above by Kirk Franklin Mahoney from Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society, via Davie County Public Library and DigitalNC.org.
- A double front porch was added in the late 19th century. It was removed when the house was restored in 1978.
- As late as 1979, when the house was listed on the National Register, it had no house number.
“The Jesse A. Clement House, a two-story brick structure in Mocksville, was built about 1828 for a member of a prominent western Piedmont family,” its National Register nomination says. “The regional Federal character of the house reflects construction methods of the period in Rowan and Davie County area. Sturdy, boxy, two-story brick houses of the early-19th century, rare in eastern North Carolina, are a key element in the architectural development of the Piedmont.”
The house remained in the Clement family for 150 years. It was bought in 1978 and restored by Rev. Dr. William Fife Long (1926-2020) and Dr. Ann Phifer Hammond Long (1931-2023). They lived in the house and operated a B&B, the Clement House Bed and Breakfast, with two guest rooms, until selling it in 2006.
September 10, 2026
A Grand 1916 Colonial Revival in Elkin, $930,000
418 W. Main Street, Elkin, Surry County
The Harry and Edith Barker House
- $930,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,842 square feet, 0.85 acre
- Price/square foot: $242
- Built in 1916
- Listed September 14, 2026
- Last sale: $135,000, October 1989
The house is a fine example of the era’s high-style Colonial Revival architecture. The full-height, monumental Corinthian portico; symmetrical facade and centered entry; second-story balcony/sleeping porch recessed behind the portico; full-width wraparound porch; and brick construction with painted white classical trim are typical features of the style in the Piedmont, all done up in an especially grand style.
The original owners were Harry Henlin Barker (1886-1953) and Edith Grier Barker (1886-1934). Henry was a lawyer and served two terms in the Legislature in the 1920s. He bought the property from his widowed mother in 1916 and built the house. It was sold to the current owners in 1989 by the eldest of Henry and Edith’s five children.
September 8, 2026
A Relatively Affordable 1928 Bungalow on an Acre Near Glencoe, $265,000
570 W. Old Glencoe Road, Burlington, Alamance County
- $265,000
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms (see note), 1,742 square feet, 0.95 acre
- Price/square foot: $152
- Built in 1928
- Listed August 24, 2026
- Last sale: $149,000, August 2019
Listing: “The yard is the real story. Years of planting left Pink Lady and Ashmead’s Kernel apples, plums, blueberries, grapes, and elderberries, plus asparagus, leeks, shallots and walking onions in the raised beds. Daffodils and narcissus run the fence line in late winter, then irises, hellebores and trillium, then roses, azaleas, hydrangeas, camellias, wisteria and crape myrtle carry it into summer. Large fenced area, three sheds (24×10, 18×12, 8×8).” The property also includes an above-ground pool.
September 8, 2026
An 1854 Greek Revival Mansion in Davie County, $479,000
1891 Farmington Road, Farmington, Davie County
The Johnson Family House
- $479,000
- 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 8,004 square feet, 6.19 acres
- Price/square foot: $60
- Built in 1854
- Listed August 31, 2026
- Last sale: $180,000, September 1989
- Neighborhood: Farmington Historic District (NR)
- Note: The property is about 9 miles north of Mocksville. It has a Mocksville mailing address.
- Listing: “TLC will be needed”
- The property includes about 3 acres of fenced pasture with a stable.
- The house has a swimming pool.
- The listing says the house “5,900 square feet of living space”; county records show 8,004 total square feet.
District NR nomination: “The Johnson Family House is one of the most significant extant Greek Revival-style dwellings in Davie County. … George Wesley Johnson (1810-1889) began acquiring property west of the Yadkin River, built a frame store on the Winston to Mocksville road, and opened Davie County’s fifth post office in 1837, thus establishing a rural community he named Farmington. The Johnson family were among the earliest European settlers in the North Carolina Piedmont.”
He donated land for schools, churches, parsonages, the Masonic lodge, and the cemetery, and in 1854 began construction of this house, which remained in his family for 135 years.
September 7, 2026
A 1920 House in the Franklinville Historic District, $495,000
259 E. Main Street, Franklinville, Randolph County
- $495,000
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,032 square feet, 1.7 acres
- Price/square foot: $123
- Built in 1920
- Listed September 5, 2026
- Last sale: $155,000, May 2016
- Neighborhood: Franklinville Historic District (NR)
- Note: The property includes a detached garage/workshop and a camper-size carport.
District NR nomination: “The overall appearance of Franklinville is that of a remarkable intact mill village with structures dating from 1918 to the mid-20th century. … Franklinville is an important and very rare surviving mill village with representative structures of each of its major periods of economic and architectural growth intact. It is probably the most intact of the antebellum mill villages in the state of North Carolina and one of only a few which retains its original mill.”
September 6, 2026
A Devoted Pressman’s 1919 Craftsman Foursquare in Greensboro, $825,000
- $825,000
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,280 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $362
- Built in 1919
- Listed August 30, 2026
- Last sale: $432,000, April 2018; $288,000, December 2009
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
- Note: For sale by owner
- The property includes a detached two-car garage.
- District NR nomination: “Craftsman Foursquare, Residence, 1915-20”
The original owners were Lucius Truman Wilson (1877-1946) and Nevada Crawley Wilson (1877-1968). Lucius was an Army sergeant during the Spanish-American War. Later, he ran the pressroom at the Greensboro daily newspapers.
“For more than 30 years, ‘Old Man Zeke’ was the man who ran the presses which turned out the newspapers going into the thousands of homes of the Daily News’ and the Greensboro Record’s family of readers,” the Daily News said in a lyrical editorial upon his death.
September 5, 2026
A Modernist-Designed Life Magazine ‘Dream Home’ on 5 Acres in Davidson County, $699,900
381 Hunters Point, Lexington, Davidson County
- $699,900
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,324 square feet, 5 acres
- Price/square foot: $301
- Built in 2002
- Listed September 1, 2026
- Last sales: $423,000, December 2021; $55,000, October 1986
- Neighborhood: Just below a bend of the Yadkin River south of U.S. 64 about 10 miles west of Lexington.
- Note: The property includes a 40-by-80-foot garage/workshop.
The house is a version of the 1997 Life Dream House, the fourth in the magazine’s annual series. John Rattenbury (also here) the created the plans and built the first one in California. Rattenbury was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and cofounder of Wright’s firm, Taliesin Architects, near Phoenix. He designed several variations to accommodate different settings, all with the same footprint.
Life: “Like his mentor, Wright, John Rattenbury believes a house shouldn’t loom or put on airs; its every side should blend companionably with the land. For Taliesin, that means horizontal houses without fussy ornament. The wide, low lines of the Dream House, reminiscent of Wright’s signature Prairie-style houses, draw the eye outward, not upward. The effect, says Ratterbury, is ‘reposeful,’ an exterior ‘that doesn’t scream out at you.'”
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