The Five Most Interesting Houses Sold in November

Sold for $440,000 on November 16, 2023 (listed at $439,000)
4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,034 square feet, 0.54 acre
Price/square foot: $109
Built in 1898
The property includes a gazebo and a fountain, both in the front yard; a two-car garage; and a small storage building. The house is the only residence among 10 structures listed as “cultural resources” in the town’s comprehensive plan (p. 12).

Sold for $1 million on November 13, 2023 (originally $1.595 million)
5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 6,855 square feet, 0.42 acre
Price/square foot: $146
Built in 1918
Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
“A two-story, attenuated Doric portico overlooks the park and shades the symmetrical five-bay front facade of this large gable-end structure. A swan’s neck entry at the center of the front facade stands below a Palladian window. The rear facade is marked by a projecting round bay. The side wings have columned sun porches.” The property includes a guest house.
In 1950, the house was divided into six apartments and an office for the owner’s orthodontics practice. The current owner bought it in 2002 and restored it as a single-family residence.

Sold for $205,000 on November 29, 2023 (listed at $199,000)
4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,375 square feet, 0.54 acre
Price/square foot: $86
Built ca. 1894
Neighborhood: Yanceyville Historic District (NR)
Barzillai Shuford Graves (1854-1942) was at least the fourth member of the family with his distinctive first name. Hailed as “Caswell County’s grand old man” at his death, Baz was elected sheriff at age 20. He served several terms and later served as clerk of court and a county commissioner. He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention that nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt. His name “had been prominently connected with political, religious and civic activities in this section for almost 70 years,” the Greensboro Daily News said in his obituary.

Sold for $478,000 on November 30, 2023 (originally $525,000)
3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,130 square feet, acre
Price/square foot: $224
Built circa 1914
Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District (local and NR)
Listing: “Detached stone carriage house … with a full bath and space that can be used for an office, art or fitness studio or guest suite (there is a deed restriction allowing only use as a single family home).”
District NR nomination: “[T]he choice of granite for this bungalow and its garage and retaining wall is not surprising. [William M.] Roach, for whom it was built about 1914, was president of the Rowe and Roach wholesale granite company.”

Sold for $1.6 million on November 24, 2023 (originally $2.131 million)
4 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 6,720 square feet, 35.6 acres
Price/square foot: $238
Built in 1940
The property is located on the Yadkin River, 3 miles from Clemmons in Davidson County. The house was built around a hunting lodge; the farm was once 285 acres. The property includes a heated salt water pool, pond, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom guesthouse, barn and 900-foot frontage on the river.
The original owners were second- or third-generation members of the R.J. Reynolds family.

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