This week’s highlights:
Sale of the Week: The Merry Oaks Hotel. Built in 1880, the property is all that’s left of a once-thriving little railroad town in Chatham County. The 3 1/2-acre tract includes the hotel, post office and general store; it went for $400,000.
There are several new listings for historic-building condos this week, including two very high-priced units in notable buildings in Winston Salem. One is in the Indera Mills complex, a former apparel factory, listed at an eye-opening $779,000 (and $336/square foot!). And the owners accepted an offer in one day. The other is at Piedmont Leaf Lofts for $499,000. Both buildings are on the National Register.
A 1939 Tudor mansion in High Point was sold in June without being listed publicly. The price was $2.2 million and a way-out-there $445/square foot. It was an exceedingly private sale: Not only was the house not listed on MLS, the buyer’s name appears to be semi-hidden behind an LLC (Ferndale-Haire LLC). $445 is the second-highest price per square foot I’ve seen this year for a historic home in the Triad, trailing only this one.
Saturday night special: A 1928 Mediterranean Revival mansion in Greensboro’s Hamilton Lakes was listed late Saturday for $1.75 million. It’s on Lake Euphemia.
This rather massive 1910 house in Elkin was built by the town’s police chief and was listed this week for $399,000.
Lamar Noble Northup was an architect of interest in Winston-Salem (he also was the son of Willard Close Northup, one of Winston-Salem’s most historically important architects). In 1965 Lamar designed a notable Mid-Century Modern house for his sister. It went on the market this week for $650,000.
Bathroom of the Week: It’s in this 1920 farmhouse on 8 acres in Sophia, listed this week for $599,000. On the interior, much of the historic character of the house has been lost, but it’s worth seeing.
Another Mid-Century Modern: A round 1973 house in Denton, $284,900.
I didn’t add this house in Elon to the site (because it’s pretty boring), but how often do you see houses with seahorses any more?
Piedmont Historic Homes 