A Mid-Century gem, a house most likely designed by Willard Northup and a Glencoe Mill Village house are among the most notable historic homes sold in the Piedmont Triad and nearby areas in January.
9069 Lasater Road, Clemmons, Forsyth County
The Herbert and Patricia Williams House
- Sold for $525,000 on January 11, 2024 (originally $610,000)
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,148 square feet, 9.27 acres
- Price/square foot: $244
- Built in 1980
105 Gwyn Avenue, Elkin, Surry County
The Mason and Marion Lillard House
- Sold for $480,000 on January 18, 2024 (listed at $475,000)
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,076 square feet, 0.66 acres
- Price/square foot: $156
- Built in 1910
- Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)
- District NR nomination: One of many Queen Annes in the district that “reflect the fanciful spirit of the style. … The ca. 1910 Mason Lillard House at 105 Gwyn Avenue made use of an asymmetrical Queen Anne-style form, while incorporating a hint of the Colonial Revival style in its wraparound porch with Tuscan colonettes. When built, the Lillard House was one of only six brick houses in Elkin.”
1416 W. 4th Street, Winston-Salem
The Daye-Broxton House
- Sold for $339,900 on January 23, 2024 (originally $355,000)
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,788 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $122
- Built in 1917
- Neighborhood: West 4th Street
The house may have been designed by the renowned architect Willard C. Northup. In 1916, he bought the property from the neighborhood’s developers, W.B. Taylor and J.P. Taylor. Northup designed houses in nearby Ardmore, among other Winston-Salem neighborhoods. This house isn’t listed among his works, but it seems likely to be one. He apparently bought the property as an empty lot and sold it with a house on it in 1918, the year the address first appeared in the city directory.
2417 Hodges Road, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County
- Sold for $265,000 on January 16, 2024 (listed at $265,000)
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,438 square feet, 0.46 acre
- Price/square foot: $184
- Built in 1885
- Neighborhood: Glencoe Mill Village Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: Glencoe “is a typical but remarkably well-preserved example of nineteenth century industrial villages that once flourished in North Carolina’s Piedmont region.”
11964 Austin Traphill Road, Traphill, Wilkes County
The Traphill Bargain House
- Sold for $725,000 on January 9, 2024 (originally $850,000)
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 1,920 square feet, 2.20 acres
- The property includes an 1840 “event cabin,” 1,200 square feet, with indoor and outdoor speakers, a bar, dishwasher, sink and a half-bathroom; a 1908 store building, 1,800 square feet with a one-bedroom apartment; and an artist’s studio.
- Price/square foot: $378
- Built in 1880 (per listing)
- Neighborhood: Traphill Historic District (NR)
- Note: The house was originally a store.
District NR nomination (1980): “Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Hountains in northeastern Wilkes County, the small rural community of Traphill retains several structures that formed the heart of the village in its nineteenth and early twentieth century period of importance as a regional trading and educational center.
“Taken as a whole, these structures and their undisturbed setting provide a glimpse into past rural community life of western North Carolina in a way that has not often survived in similar crossroads settlements of the region.”
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