Piedmont Historic Homes

April 29, 2025

An Unusual 1940s Brick House in Asheboro, $439,000

422 Worth Street, Asheboro, Randolph County

• $439,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,204 square feet, 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $199
• Built in 1945 (per county, more likely a couple years later; see note)
• Listed April 30, 2025
• Last sale: $135,000, December 2021
• Neighborhood: Greystone Terrace

The house doesn’t match any specific style, though its minimalist look, asymmetrical front, flat roof with a with small ledge and glass-block window suggest a stripped-down Modernistic style.

April 28, 2025

Sold without Being Publicly Listed: A 1918 Mansion Designed by willard Northup, $955,000

817 West End Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Robert and Ida Galloway House

• Sold for $955,000 on March 10, 2025 (listed in 2023 at $985,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,641 square feet, 0.47 acre
• Price/square foot: $206
• Built in 1918
• Listed March 8, 2023; withdrawn May 30, 2023
• Last sale: $670,000, May 2019
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: The house was designed by Willard Northup.
  • The house has had just three owners in 105 years.
  • The roof is Ludowici green tile.
• Something you don’t see every day: “Mrs. Galloway’s baby grand piano has been tuned and can convey with the house.”

District NR nomination: “One of the most handsome of the many examples of the [Colonial Revival] style is the Robert S. Galloway House, designed in 1918 by prominent local architect Willard C. Northup. With its white stuccoed walls and green tile roof, the two-story house suggests the influence of Charles Barton Keen’s design for Reynolda House.”

April 27, 2024

A 1910 House in Winston-Salem’s Washington Park, $449,000

220 Gloria Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Robert J. McCollum House

• $499,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,232 square feet, 0.20 acre
• Price/square foot: $224
• Built in 1910
• Listed April 24, 2025
• Last sale: $460,000, July 2024
• Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Frame Colonial Revival style house, hipped-roof with front hipped dormer, one-story hipped-roof wrap porch supported by slender classical columns; vinyl siding under porch.”

April 27, 2025

Three 1920s Bungalows in Winston-Salem

1714 Virginia Road, $850,000

1714 Virginia Road, Winston-Salem

• $850,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,472 square feet, 0.33 acre
• Price/square foot: $344
• Built in 1926
• Listed April 25, 2025
• Last sale: $59,000, November 1979
• Neighborhood: Buena Vista

The original owners were Dudley Babcock Anderson (1886-1941) and Stella Reece Anderson (1890-1959). Dudley was a bookkeeper at R.J. Reynolds and later worked as an auditor for the state Department of Revenue. By 1931, they had moved to Yadkinville.

2317 Walker Avenue, $424,700

2317 Walker Avenue, Winston-Salem

• $424,700
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,514 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $281
• Built in 1928
• Listed April 24, 2025
• Last sale: $161,600, April 2012
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Craftsman Bungalow. One story; front gable; vinyl siding; wood shingles in gable end; four (vertical light)-over-one windows; paired, square posts on stone piers; diamond-shape attic vent; knee braces.”

446 Brent Street, $294,900

446 Brent Street, Winston-Salem

• $294,900
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,070 square feet, 0.13 acre
• Price/square foot: $276
• Built in 1926
• Listed April 25, 2025
• Last sale: $175,000, October 2019
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Craftsman Bungalow. Side gable; asbestos siding; front gable donner; engaged porch with square posts; three (vertical light)-over-one sash; exposed rafter tails; knee braces.”

April 26, 2025

A 1900 Queen Anne in Lexington, $359,900

111 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Lexington, Davidson County
The H.B. Warner House

• $359,900
• 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,320 square feet (per county), 1.77 acres
• Price/square foot: $108
• Built in 1900
• Listed April 25, 2025
• Last sales: $280,000, November 2022; $105,000, July 2012
• Note: The property includes an in-ground pool.

Queen Anne, asymmetrical front, steeply pitched hipped roof with a cross gable, a Palladian window in the gable and a turret at the left front corner of the main body of the house. The State Historic Preservation Office identifies it as the H.B. Warner House, but gives no other information except that the address used to be 253 W. 6th Street. No one named H.B. Warner can be found in Lexington city directories of the era or other online sources.

April 25, 2025

An 1880 House in the Carthage Historic District, $415,000

407 McReynolds Street, Carthage, Moore County
The Waddill-Larkin House

• $415,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,780 square feet, 1.56 acres
• Price/square foot: $149
• Built in 1880
• Listed April 25, 2025
• Last sale: $149,000, February 2018
• Neighborhood: Carthage Historic District (NR)
• Note: The listing says the garage was built around 1915.
  • The original owner appears to have been named Edmund Waddill, not Waddell, as the name appears in both the online for-sale listings and National Register nomination.

District NR nomination: “Traditional frame house with single-pile, center-hall plan topped by gable roof with gablet centered above three-bay facade; built in two stages; two-tiered, shed-roofed porch across facade and on east elevation has square-section posts on first floor, bracketed chamfered posts; turned balusters on both floors; one- and two-story rear wings and additions; two-story southeast wing has bay window with shed-roofed balcony above”

April 25, 2025

A Relatively Affordable 1900 House in Elkin, $299,950

228 Gwyn Avenue, Elkin, Surry County

• $299,950
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,026 square feet, 0.42 acre
• Price/square foot: $99
• Built in 1900
• Listed April 21, 2025
• Last sale: October 2022, price not recorded on deed.
• Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)

“The two-story, L-shaped, frame house is unusual in that a pent roof caps the first-story, while the second story has a flat roof. Additionally, the left front and south side wings of the house end in three-sided bays, while on the second story, these ends are slightly recessed and are squared-off.”

April 25, 2025

A 1927 Restoration Project in a Winston-Salem Historic District, $105,000

2404 Sink Street, Winston-Salem

• $105,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,275 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $82
• Built in 1927
• Listed April 24, 2025
• Last sales: $15,000, February 2025; $48,500, August 2012
• Neighborhood: Waughtown-Belview Historic District (NR)

The listing actually calls this house “charming.”

April 24, 2025

A Grand 1925 Italian Renaissance Home in Greensboro’s College Park, $849,500

1601 N. College Park Drive, Greensboro
The Cox-Ellinwood House
Sale pending April 24, 2025

• $849,500
• 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms, 3,092 square feet (per county), 0.52 acre
• Price/square foot: $275
• Built in 1925
• Listed April 24, 2025
• Last sale: $652,000, May 2022; $345,000, July 1995
• Neighborhood: College Park
• Note: The house was already under contract when it was listed for sale, which explains why there’s only one photo included in the online listing.

Italian Renaissance Revival house with a symmetrical facade; projecting wings; a low-pitched, tile hip roof with wide overhanging eaves with decorative brackets; arches above the first-floor windows and doors; less elaborate second-floor windows; and a columned portico with a balustrade above, which is repeated atop the wings. The house sits high above the street above a terraced front lawn.

April 24, 2025

A 1947 stone Cottage in Winston-Salem, $465,000

1112 Melrose Street, Winston-Salem

• $465,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,666 square feet, 0.30 acre
• Price/square foot: $279
• Built in 1947
• Listed April 23, 2025
• Last sale: $258,500, May 2018
• Neighborhood: Ardmore, but outside the historic district
• Note: The walkout basement has been finished with two bedrooms.

The house apparently was built by Burke Edward Thompson (1916-2002) and Ruby Estelle Disher Thomson (1915-1999), who bought the property in 1945. They were shown at the address in the city directory in 1946, the first year is was listed. Burke worked as an accountant for more than 50 years, operating his own firm for 20 years. Ruby was a music teacher.

April 23, 2025

An Unusual Concrete-Block House in Eden, $159,900

526 N. Bridge Street, Eden, Rockingham County

• $159,900
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,384 square feet, 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $67
• Built in 1947
• Listed April 22, 2025
• Last sale: $1,650, July 1947
• Neighborhood: Leaksville

The unusual block used on the exterior appears to be form of decorative concrete block. Originally conceived as a lower-cost and more plentiful alternative to stone, the blocks most often were given a rock-like texture, but decorative styles were produced as well. They were used mostly from around 1900 into the 1930s. I haven’t been able to find other examples of this particular block, but the history of the material is well documented (OldHouseGuy.com, The History of Rusticated Concrete Blocks, Historic Rock-Face Block in America).

April 23, 2025

A 1917 Bungalow in Reidsville’s Old Post Road Historic District, $315,000

317 Maple Avenue, Reidsville, Rockingham County

• $315,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,287 square feet (per county), 0.39 acre
• Price/square foot: $138
• Built in 1917
• Listed April 22, 2025
• Last sales: $276,000, January 2024; $85,000, September 1998
• Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
• Note: Located across the street from the Penn House, a National Register mansion now owned by the city and operated as a wedding and event venue.

District NR nomination: ”Although clad in aluminum siding, this one and one-half story frame residence remains a handsome example of a craftsman bungalow dating probably from the early 1920s.”

April 23, 2025

A 1947 Cottage in Mebane, $325,000

7308 York Loop, Mebane, Orange County

• $325,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,479 square feet, 0.60 acre
• Price/square foot: $220
• Built in 1947
• Listed April 22, 2025
• Last sales: $170,000, October 2018; $50,000, December 2017

The listing describes it as being “in the heart of Mebane,” but it’s actually in the part of town across the county line in Orange County.

April 23, 2025

An 1890’s House In Greensboro, Longtime Rental Property, $210,000

821 Pearson Street, Greensboro

• $210,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,284 square feet, 0.28 acre
• Price/square foot: $92
• Built in 1900 (per county, but probably several years earlier; see note)
• Listed April 23, 2025
• Last sale: $107,000, November 1999
• Neighborhood: South Greensboro Historic District (NR)
• Note: For sale by owner. No interior photos are included in the online listing.

The house has been a rental for most of its existence. The property was bought in 1890 by Thomas A. Spencer of Guilford County (dates unknown). The address appears in the city directory as early as 1892. Spencer used it as a rental property. He sold it in 1914. All but perhaps two of the home’s seven later owners rented it out as well.

April 22, 2025

A 1925 Bungalow in Thomasville, $385,000

316 Spring Street, Thomasville, Davidson County
The Ralph and Marion Hinkle House

• $385,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,160 square feet, 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1925
• Listed April 22, 2025
• Last sale: $200,000, July 2024
• Neighborhood: Colonial Drive School Historic District (local)
• Note: Flipped house, owned by an LLC in Greensboro. Caveat emptor.

The address first appears in the 1930-31 city directory, with W. Ralph Hinkle (1904-1981) and Marion Butler Hinkle (1904-2004) as residents. Ralph was assistant manager of Thomasville Roller Mills, which was owned by his father, William Grimes Hinkle. Ralph and Marion met as undergraduates as Duke University; they graduated in 1926. They lived in the house until around 1950.

April 21, 2025

An Edward Lowenstein MCM Masterpiece in Greensboro, $2 Million

210 Kemp Road East, Greensboro
The Ellen and Edgar Marks House

• $2 million
• 6 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 9,621 square feet (per county), 0.97 acre
• Price/square foot: $208
• Built in 1965
• Listed April 21, 2025
• Last sales: $920,500, November 2017; $385,000, May 1982
• Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
• Note: Designed by Edward Lowenstein
  • The house has a sunroom with an indoor swimming pool.

The original owners were Dr. Edgar Seymore Marks (1921-2023) and Ellen Spear Marks (1930-2021). Edgar grew up in Greensboro and practiced medicine in the city for more than 40 years. Ellen was a real estate executive. She sold the house in 1975.

In 1983, the house was bought by corporate executive George Whitehead Page Jr. (1933-2022) and Carroll Israel Page. They owned the house for 34 years, selling it to the current owners in 2017.

April 20, 2025

An 1890 House in Mount Airy, Now a B&B, $650,000

314 W. Pine Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
The W. W. and Lucy Burke House
Bee’s B&B

• $650,000
• 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,226 square feet (per county), 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $201
• Built in 1890
• Listed April 20, 2025
• Last sale: $63,000, April 1997
• Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)
• Note: Now a B&B
  • The house has two full laundry rooms, one on each floor, and two water heaters.
  • “Sold furnished (with a few exclusions) … Proof of funds or prequalification required.”

District NR nomination: “Late 19th century two-story L-shaped frame Italianate style house similar to others in town with overhanging eaves, classically inspired decorative frieze, tall corbelled chimneys (now stuccoed), prominent paneled corner posts and awning-like wooden window hood molds.”

April 20, 2025

A Very Affordable (Relatively) 1930 Bungalow in Winston-Salem, $149,500

312 Forest Hill Avenue, Winston-Salem

• $149,500
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,195 square feet, 0.20 acre
• Price/square foot: $125
• Built in 1930
• Listed April 18, 2025
• Last sale: $140,000, October 2022
• Neighborhood: Forest Hill

No interior photos are included in online listings.

April 19, 2025

A 1923 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s Holly Avenue Historic District, $450,000

523 W. 1st Street, Winston-Salem

• $450,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 2 half-baths, 2,298 square feet
• Price/square foot: $196
• Built in 1923
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sales: $421,000, February 2022; $235,000, November 2014
• Neighborhood: Holly Avenue Historic District (NR)

District NRHP nomination: “The Rich House is a 1 1/2-story, side-gable, frame bungalow with a large gabled dormer and exposed raftertails. Gables on the house are shingled and have knee braces. The attached, gable front porch has battered posts on brick piers and stone steps. Windows are multi-light-over-one.”

April 19, 2025

A 1924 Bungalow in Rural Hall, $345,000

7810 Broad Street, Rural Hall, Forsyth County
Listing withdrawn November 10, 2022
Relisted April 17, 2025

• $345,000 (originally $425,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,544 square feet, 0.62 acre
• Price/square foot: $136
• Built in 1924
• Listed August 26, 2022
• Last sale: $39,000, January 2006
• Note: Covington Memorial Park is across the street.

The property was owned from 1929 to 1965 by Foster Holloway Kiger (1899-1965) and Eulalia Clayton Kiger (1903-1987). Foster and his brothers operated the E.L. Kiger Grocery Company in Rural Hall. He was one the original three commissioners of the Rural Hall Sanitary District.

April 19, 2025

A Distinctive 1937 Period Cottage in Winston-Salem, $405,000

122 Rosedale Circle, Winston-Salem
The Harry and Geneva Bailey House

• $405,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,979 square feet, 0.37 acre
• Price/square foot: $205
• Built in 1937
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sale: $400,000, October 2020
• Neighborhood: Oak Crest Historic District (NR)
• Note: Owned by an LLC in Marietta, Georgia. The house has been owned by a series of five LLCs since 2014.

District NR nomination: “The Bailey House is a one-and-a-half-story, brick-veneered, Period Cottage-style dwelling. The house has many distinctive features, among which are the clipped-gable primary roof and the steep front gable encompassing the south two bays of the four-bay façade.

“The front gable has a round-arched window under the peak and its north roof slope swoops downward to the side of the chimney. The front chimney is decorated with rusticated-stone inserts and terra cotta chimney pots. The front entrance is immediately north of the chimney and is accentuated by a steep gable above it. Two rusticated stone blocks are at the base of the gable, and above the door is a round-arched fanlight. A band of header bricks outlines the door and its fanlight. Immediately adjacent to the entrance on the right is an engaged porch with heavy brick posts.”

April 19, 2025

A Pretty Ragged 1910 House in Winston-Salem, $378,000

1811 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem
The Harvey A. Giersch House

• $378,000
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,587 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $105
• Built in 1910
• Listed April 19, 2025
• Last sale: 1999, price not recorded on deed
• Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
• Note: Former rental property, “this property is just waiting to be brought back to life.”

Known as the Hillcrest Tourist Home, 1952 to at least 1963. Irma Roberts Fisher (1892-1976) opened the business after the death of her husband, William Sloan Fisher (1890-1951). She also continued to operate the business he started, Fisher’s Laundry and Dry Cleaners. Irma attended the Women’s College. She was a charter member of the local Soroptimist Club.

April 18, 2025

A landmark 1913 Craftsman in high Point, $695,000

1013 Johnson Street, High Point
The Dalton-Bell-Cameron House

• $695,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,613 square feet, 0.28 acre
• Price/square foot: $192
• Built in 1913 (per county)
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sales: $436,000, January 2020; $302,500, March 2008
• Neighborhood: Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NRHP)
• Note: 2019 High Point Designers’ Showhouse (more here)

Aspire magazine: “The home the Daltons decided to build was quite progressive for High Point in 1914. Other homes built in town at the time were more traditional, with Colonial or Victorian influences.

“The Daltons’ home, by contrast, was quite exotic with influences from Asia and Europe. The home featured a base of Mount Airy granite and was covered with naturally stained clapboards and wood shingles. The home’s exposed rather ends and structural brackets demonstrated Japanese architectural traditions. Inside, features included handcrafted tiles around the fireplace and intricate patterned wood floors.”

April 17, 2025

2 Relatively Affordable Bungalows in Greensboro and Winston-Salem Historic Districts

702 5th Avenue, Greensboro, $260,000

702 5th Avenue, Greensboro

• $260,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,057 square feet, 0.11 acre
• Price/square foot: $246
• Built in 1931
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sales: $234,000, January 2023; $116,000, July 2012
• Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue historic District (NR)
• District NRHP nomination: Bungalow, ca. 1920-25

1615 Queen Street, Winston-Salem

• $214,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 664 square feet (per county), 0.10 acre
• Price/square foot: $322
• Built in 1935 (per cpunty, but probably a few years earlier; see note)
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sale: $ 18,000, February 1984
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
• Note: Online listings show 810 square feet.

District NR nomination: “Craftsman Bungalow. Front gable; brick; one story; decorative shingles in gable end (may be modem); modem scroll work at gable peak; knee braces; engaged porch with brick pier; six-over-one, double-hung sash; deck addition to porch.”

April 17, 2025

Three New Listings in Greensboro

674 Chestnut Street, Greensboro, $335,000

674 Chestnut Street, Greensboro
Relisted April 17, 2025

• $335,000 (originally $355,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,262 square feet, 0.19 acre
• Price/square foot: $265
• Built circa 1930
• Listed November 25, 2024
• Last sales: $325,000, June 2022; $125,000, July 2007
• Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue Historic District (NRHP)
• Note: The property includes a detached garage.

Although county records give a 1938 date, the address first appears in the city directory in 1930 with Baxter Poole, a plumber, as the occupant. Joseph Mitchell (1892-1974) and Affe Shahane Mitchell (1901-1982) bought the house in 1939, and it remained in their family for 48 years. Joseph was a salesman and later operated a general merchandise store, Mitchell’s, at 311 East Market Street. He and Affe were born in Lebanon. Their neighbors two doors away were Abdou and Edna Showfety, who also were born in Lebanon.

124 Northridge Street, Greensboro, $425,000

124 Northridge Street, Greensboro

• $425,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,685 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $252
• Built in 1936
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sale: $380,000, January 2024
• Neighborhood: Lindley Park

The original owners from 1936 to 1944 were Robert W. Lentz (1896-1976) and Agnes Ellis Lentz (1901-1967), who were listed at the address in 1937, the first year it was included in the city directory. Robert was a repairman for Burroughs adding machines.

1504 Edgedale Road, Greensboro, $1.1 Million

1504 Edgedale Road, Greensboro
The Charles and Minnie Pope House
Listing withdrawn January 31, 2025; relisted April 17, 2025
Sale pending April 17, 2025

• $1.1 million (originally $1.15 million)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,886 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $381
• Built in 1937
• Listed January 9, 2025
• Last sale: $717,000, July 2017
• Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
• Note: Something you don’t see every day — two laundry facilities, one in the basement and space for a stackable washer and dryer in the primary bathroom.

District NR nomination: “The Pope House is a one-and-a-half-story brick Cape Cod style dwelling. It has a simple classical entrance, two gabled dormers and a screened porch on the north side.”

April 17, 2025

A 1920 House in the Old South Mebane Historic District, $485,000

104 E. Wilson Street, Mebane, Alamance County

• $485,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,306 square feet (per county), 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $210
• Built in 1920
• Listed April 17, 2025
• Last sale: $275,000, July 2017
• Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)
• Note: Lots of unpainted woodwork — a rare find. On the other hand, some of the windows are cheap replacements.

District NR nomination: “This is a 2-story Craftsman-derived residence of wood, finished primarily in shiplap siding, with a front-gable roof with a 2- story side-gabled wing on the east elevation. The house has a gable-front porch, supported by battered wood posts resting on brick piers and enclosed within a plain wood balustrade with square balusters.”

April 16, 2025

A Geodesic Dome in Rockingham County, $259,000

2080 Pannel Road, Wentworth, Rockingham County

• $259,000
• 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 2,020 square feet, 4.46 acres
• Price/square foot: $128
• Built in 1998
• Listed April 15, 2025
• Last sales: $228,500, October 2023; $76,000, February 2023

The house is a geodesic dome with one floor, a loft and a basement. It has a Reidsville mailing address, but is just on the other side of Wentworth.

April 14, 2025

A 1918 Restoration Project in Mocksville, $150,000

277 Spring Street, Mocksville, Davie County

• $150,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,468 square feet, 0.56 acre
• Price/square foot: $61
• Built in 1918
• Listed April 12, 2025
• Last sale: $135,000, October 2022

“In need of updates and repairs, it’s the perfect blank canvas opportunity for a renovation project”

April 12, 2025

Three More in Winston-Salem Historic Districts

2112 Queen Street, $312,000

2112 Queen Street, Winston-Salem

• $312,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,304 square feet, 0.24 acre
• Price/square foot: $239
• Built in 1925
• Listed April 16, 2025
• Last sales: $205,200, December 2020; $100,000, October 2012
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
• Real Estate Babble: “Cuteness Overload!”

District NRHP nomination: “Colonial Revival Bungalow. One story; front gable; wood shingle siding; multi-light picture windows; segmental arch hood on knee braces at entry; blind fanlight; tripartite attic vent/window with segmental arch head; exposed rafter tails.”

1100 S. Hawthorne Road, $399,900

1100 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem

• $399,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,676 square feet, 0.28 acre
• Price/square foot: $239
• Built in 1925
• Listed April 10, 2025
• Last sale: $240,000, September 2019
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Colonial Revival. Two story; side gable; weatherboard; six-over-one, double-hung sash; hip-roof porch; gable at porch entry; Tuscan columns; modillions.”

1311 Clover Street, $649,000

1311 Clover Street, Winston-Salem
The Hutchins-Christian House

• $649,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,326 square feet, 0.15 acre
• Price/square foot: $279
• Built in 1925
• Listed April 9, 2025
• Last sales: $431,500, March 2020; $390,000, July 2016
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “The Hutchins-Christian House is a neat one-and-a-half-story weatherboarded frame cottage of Craftsman style influence. Primary exterior features include a steep gable roof whose front cornice breaks into a round-arched hood over the entrance, front and rear shed dormers, and a partially engaged left front corner porch with a hipped roof and fat stuccoed columns. Behind the house is a frame garage shared with 1309 Clover St.”

April 11, 2025

A 1935 Restoration Project in Carthage, $265,000

202 Martin Street, Carthage, Moore County

• $265,000
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,510 square feet (per county), 0.32 acre
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built in 1935
• Listed April 9, 2025
• Last sale: $63,000, March 2000

Listing: “The style might be called ‘Victorian Farmhouse with a touch of Queen Anne’.”

April 10, 2025

A Beautifully Restored 1850 House in Milton, $400,000

190 Broad Street, Milton, Caswell County

• $400,000
• 5 bedrooms, bathrooms, 2,543 square feet, 0.29 acre
• Price/square foot: $157
• Built in 1850
• Listed April 10, 2025
• Last sale: $25,000, March 2021
• Neighborhood: Milton Historic District (NR)
• Note: The house is now a short-term rental.

Listing: “Interior boasts late Federal trim attributed to the renowned Thomas Day workshop. … This home is held under protective covenants held by Preservation North Carolina with Historic Preservation Agreement in place.”

Restored by the current owners: “When the couple closed on the house in March 2021, it was a total disaster. Years of neglect and abandonment resulted in gaping holes in the roof and walls, allowing rainwater to flow in, steadily eroding the structural integrity of the home.”

April 10, 2025

A 1910 Queen Anne in Lexington, Badly in Need of Restoration, $125,000

410 S. State Street, Lexington, Davidson County
The Billings-McCuthen House

• $125,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,833 square feet, 0.49 acre
• Price/square foot: $68
• Built circa 1910 (see note)
• Listed April 10, 2025
• Last sale: $25,000, March 2019
• Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
• Note: County records give the date as 1927. The district’s National Register nomination says circa 1910, which looks more likely.

Listing: “This property needs serious rehab … needs new electrical. Plumbing unknown. Partial floor collapse because of old roof leak and heavy furniture. This will require permitted rehab and experienced contractors. Please use extreme caution when entering the house. Sold as-is CASH ONLY.”

April 10, 2025

A 1937 Tudor Cottage in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic District, $349,000

706 Chestnut Street, Greensboro

• $349,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,737 square feet, 0.21 acre
• Price/square foot: $201
• Built in 1937 (per county, or a couple years later; see note)
• Listed April 10, 2025
• Last sale: $180,000, September 2007
• Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “The Colonial and Tudor Revival styles, popular from the teens through the thirties, are found in smaller numbers in the district than they are in other contemporary Greensboro neighborhoods. The Tudor Revival style appears only at a small number of late brick-veneered cottages, such as those of … insurance agent Clifton R. Berrier at 706 Chestnut Street (ca. 1935-40).” The address first appears in the city directory in 1939 with Clifton Ray Berrier (1905-1988) and Juanita Lewis Hinshaw Berrier (1911-2010) listed as residents. They owned the house for 50 years.

April 9, 2025

An Intriguing Tudor Restoration Project in Thomasville, $182,000

120 Harmon Drive, Thomasville, Davidson County

• $182,000
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,329 square feet (per county), 0.68 acre
• Price/square foot: $78
• Built in 1934
• Listed April 8, 2025
• Last sale: $50,500, October 1984
• Neighborhood: Near Pilot School, just off U.S. 29/70/Business 85 on the western edge of Thomasville.

The house has had two owners in 89 years. No interior pictures are included in the online listing. “There are 2 bedrooms up stairs but not included in the square footage due to lower ceilings.”

April 9, 2025

A 1924 House in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore, $429,900

804 Miller Street, Winston-Salem
The Manley and Jessie Brunt House

• $429,900
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,315 square feet, 0.28 acre
• Price/square foot: $186
• Built in 1924
• Listed April 8, 2025
• Last sale: $113,000, March 1990
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Foursquare. Two story; hip-roof; hip-roof dormer; vinyl siding; Craftsman-style, eight-over-one windows; hip-roof porch; large, square posts on brick piers; pilasters at entry.” Manley Yates Brunt (1884-1959) and Jessie C. Evans Brunt (1896-1985) were listed at the address in 1925, the first year it was included in the city directory. They owned it for 54 years.

April 9, 2025

A 1934 Bungalow in Burlington, $325,000

531 Circle Drive, Burlington, Alamance County

• $325,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,039 square feet, 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $159
• Built in 1935
• Listed April 8, 2025
• Last sale: $129,000, February 1995
• Neighborhood: Central Heights
• Note: The owners accepted an offer one day after listing the house for sale.

April 8, 2025

A Doctor’s 1902 House in Gibsonville, Owned by Cone Mills for 41 Years, $375,000

222 E. Minneola Street, Gibsonville, Alamance County

• $375,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,858 square feet (per county), 0.39 acre
• Price/square foot: $202
• Built in 1902
• Listed April 8, 2025
• Last sale: $145,000, December 2001
• Note: Online listings show 2,385 square feet.

The property was bought in 1902 by Dr. Harlan Page Bowman (1869-1937), a physician. He sold the house in 1921 to the nearby Minneola Mill, by then owned by Cone Mills. Cone sold the house in 1962 to Elmore Jennings Cobb (1898-1975) and Evie Hornbuckle Cobb (1899-1989). Elmore was an overseer at the Minneola plant. Their daughters sold the house in 1989.

April 8, 2025

A 1910 House in North Wilkesboro, $328,000

410 E. Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
The Earl Ward Trogdon House

• $328,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,471 square feet, 0.23 acre
• Price/square foot: $133
• Built in 1910
• Listed April 7, 2025
• Last sale: 1950, deed not available online
• Note: The house backs up to the Wilkes Hosiery Mills factory, listed on the National Register and now a residential condo building called Key City Lofts.

Earl Ward Trogdon (1880-1928) and Elsie Jane Bundy Trogdon (1881-1957) may have been the original owners. Earl was born in Randolph County, the seat of the Trogdon family. Around 1908 he moved to North Wilkesboro, founded by Willard Franklin Trogdon (relationship unknown). Earl served as a North Wilkesboro alderman and worked as a furniture-company superintendent.

April 7, 2025

A Distinctive 1920 Cottage in Greensboro’s College Hill, $379,000

212 Tate Street, Greensboro

• $379,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,784 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $212
• Built in 1920
• Listed April 7, 2025
• Last sale: $245,000, October 2020; $160,000, June 2002
• Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District
• Note: You’d never know from looking at it now, but this was one of the worst, most run-down rental houses in College Hill until the city took it into the neighborhood redevelopment program in 1997.

The home’s front elevation has an inset double dormer with a shed roof, a distinctive feature unique in the neighborhood. The address first appears in the city directory in 1922. Hampton Baker Cousins (1876-1970) bought the property in 1920 and lived there with his wife, Minnie Ingold Cousins (1897-1957), until selling the house in 1926. Hampton was a steamfitter.

April 7, 2025

A Late 19th-Century House in Davie County, $229,900

154 Redland Road, Redland, Davie County
The Henry and Inza Smith House
Relisted April 6, 2025

• $229,900 (originally $249,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,978 square feet, 1.2 acres
• Price/square foot: $116
• Built in the late 19th century (see note)
• Listed July 10, 2024
• Last sale: $70,000, May 2022
• Neighborhood: Located in the Redlands community, just off U.S. 158, about 6.2 miles northwest of Advance and 2.6 miles from Interstate 40, Exit 180. The property has an Advance mailing address.

County records give the date as 1940, but the house looks much older. The Historic Architecture of Davie County: “According to local tradition, this large T-shaped two-story dwelling was built by Henry Harrison Smith (1860-1939) sometime in the late nineteenth century. The weatherboarded frame house features a small front porch and a pair of one-story gable-roofed ells.”

April 6, 2025

Two more from Winston-Salem

1059 S. Hawthorne Road, $475,000

1059 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem

• $475,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,045 square feet (per county), 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $232
• Built in 1938
• Listed March 25, 2025
• Last sale: $294,500, May 2019
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
• Note: The house includes an attached two-car garage.

District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. One and a half story; side gable; front-gable projection; brick; one-over-one replacement windows; side porch; metal awning at entry [no longer present].”

1113 West end Boulevard, $199,900

1113 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
The Timothy B. Transou House

• $199,900
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,233 square feet, 0.15 acre
• Price/square foot: $162
• Built in 1924
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sale: $142,300, January 8, 2025; $9,500, December 1976
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: Less than three months after buying it, would-be house-flippers are giving up on this one and trying to jack up the price 40 percent after apparently doing nothing more than clearing out the house (compare this listing’s photos with the previous ones).

District NR nomination: “The Transou House is a modest but well-designed one-story frame bungalow. It is characterized by a typical combination of weatherboard and wood shingle siding, a broad gable roof with overhanging braced eaves, a shed dormer, a central chimney, a Craftsman front door with sidelights, a center bay gabled porch with heavy brick posts and balustrade, and a rear sleeping porch.”

April 5, 2025

3 Relatively Affordable Bungalows

2109 Queen Street, Winston-Salem, $250,000

2109 Queen Street, Winston-Salem

• $250,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,637 square feet (per county), 0.29 acre
• Price/square foot: $153
• Built in 1936
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sale: $140,000, February 2000
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
• Note: “Ready for renovation.” Previously a rental.
  • The second floor is cooled with window units.

District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. One and a half-story; side gable; brick; front-gable projection; front-gable entry pavilion; round-head door; six-over-six, double-hung sash; basket weave cornice.”

4224 United Street, Greensboro, $269,995

4224 United Street, Greensboro

• $269,995
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,081 square feet, 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $130
• Built in 1938
• Listed April 3, 2025
• Last sale: $130,000, July 2021
• Neighborhood: Highland Park

The two lots were bought in 1938 and 1940 by Gordon Francis Roseberry (1902-1989) and Snoda Mae Lineberry Roseberry (1904-1993). The road was called Winston-Salem Highway at the time, renamed Oakland Avenue by 1941, when Gordon and Snoda were listed there for the first time. They sold the house in 1965. Gordon had a varied career — overseer at Pomona Mills, agent for Farm Bureau insurance and supervisor at Western Electric.

342 W. Pine Street, Mount Airy, $300,000

342 W. Pine Street, Mount Airy, Surry County

• $300,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,142 square feet (per county), 0.31 acre
• Price/square foot: $140,000
• Built in 1900 (per county, or 20 years later; see note)
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sales: $143,300, April 2020; 1964, price not available in online records
• Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “Charming one-and-one-half-story frame bungalow, constructed between 1922 and 1929, with shingled gabled dormer with returns, engaged porch with paneled posts on brick piers and turned balusters, paired one-over-one windows, and glass and molded panel front door. Matching one-car garage in rear yard.”

April 4, 2025

A Barber’s 1913 House in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic District, $315,000

740 Park Avenue, Greensboro
The Charles and Maude Patterson House

• $315,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,954 square feet, 0.202 acre
• Price/square foot: $161
• Built in 1913
• Listed April 5, 2025
• Last sale: $195,000, February 2020
• Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue Historic District (NR)
• Note: Owned by an LLC in Huntersville
• District NR nomination: “Colonial Revival, Residence, 1915-20”

The original owners were Charles Oscar Patterson (1881-1924) and Maude Clapp Patterson (1886-1984), who bought the property in 1915. Charles was the owner of the Proximity Barber Shop and Proximity Pressing Club. Maude outlived him by 60 years and never remarried. She continued to live in the house until selling it in 1983.

April 4, 2025

3 New Listings in Greensboro’s Sunset Hills Historic District

2202 W. Market Street, $1.268 Million

2202 W. Market Street, Greensboro
The Marguerite and Mayes Behrman House

• $1.268 million
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,446 square feet, 0.47 acre
• Price/square foot: $368
• Built in 1935
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sale: $355,000, March 2010
• Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)
• Note: Slate roof

District NR nomination: “The two-story, five-bay, side-gabled, brick, Colonial Revival-style dwelling displays a Greek key motif on its cornice. A one-story, front-gabled portico with a dentiled cornice and supported by paired, slender columns has a vaulted soffit and gable returns.”

1801 W. Market Street, $895,000

1801 W. Market Street, Greensboro
The Nancy and Edgar Sutton House

• $895,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,509 square feet, 0.26 acre
• Price/square foot: $255
• Built in 1928
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sale: $370,000, January 2003
• Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)
• Note: The basement includes a separate guest quarters or apartment.

District NR nomination: “Only a few Foursquare houses—often associated with the Craftsman style, but often carrying Colonial Revival-style elements—stand in Sunset Hills and are typically brick or weatherboard and display hipped or pyramidal roofs. … Built in 1928, the Nancy and Edgar C. Sutton House at 1801 West Market is a two-story, three-bay, hip-roofed, off-white-colored brick Foursquare with a tile roof and deep overhanging eaves graced with curved brackets. A pent-roof porch with brick supports extends along the façade and wraps around to the west elevation.”

209 S. chapman Street, $609,900

209 S. Chapman Street, Greensboro
The Della and Victor Welker House

• $609,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,422 square feet (per county), 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $429
• Built in 1922
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sale: $10,000, 1977
• Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)
• Note: The listing shows 2,325 square feet, which looks more likely than the figure in county tax records. That would come out to $262/square foot.

District NR nomination: “The two-story, three-bay, hip-roofed, Colonial Revival-style dwelling displays a stucco exterior. Concrete steps bordered by flanking low paved walls ascend to a stoop forward of a paneled wood door framed in fluted classical pilasters. … One story, hip-roofed wings flank the main block: the north serves as a porte-cochere supported by rectangular, stucco posts and pierced with arched openings, while the south wing is a porch with arched openings.”

April 4, 2025

A 1911 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $515,000

631 Summit Street, Winton-Salem

• $515,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,997 square feet (per county), 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $258
• Built in 1911
• Listed April 4, 2025
• Last sales: $335,000, May 2024; $148,000, June 1996
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: Listed for sale exactly one year after the last sale closed.

District NR nomination: “The Adams-Hines House is a simple, two-story frame, Colonial Revival dwelling with a hip roof, left front projecting bay with pedimented gable, and a hip-roofed front porch with Tuscan columns and a plain balustrade. The house is nearly identical to 623 Summit St.. During mid-century it was covered with asbestos shingles, but its form and simple detailing still make a positive contribution to the architecture of the street and neighborhood.”

April 3, 2025

The 1932 Mansion of an Orphan Who Became Mayor of Lexington, $984,000

• $984,000
• 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,772 square feet (per county), 8 acres
• Price/square foot: $206
• Built in 1932
• Listed April 9, 2025
• Last sale: $650,000, April 2024
• Neighborhood: Lexington Country Club

The property was sold in 1962 or 1963 to Edward Calvin Smith (1918-2007) and Sarah Lanier Smith (1921-1998). Their heirs sold the house in 2024. Born in Garner, he and his three siblings were orphaned when Eddie was 10; they were then raised at the Junior Order Orphanage in Lexington. After working as manager of a taxi company, he founded the National Wholesale Company in 1952 and became one of Lexington’s most prominent business owners.

He served as mayor of Lexington, City Council member, and as chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Davidson County Community College, and Lexington Memorial Hospital.

April 3, 2025

A 1910 (Maybe) House in Burlington, $674,000

1217 Aycock Avenue, Burlington, Alamance County

• $674,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,944 square feet (per county), 0.51 acre
• Price/square foot: $229
• Built in 1910
• Listed April 2, 2025
• Last sale: $177,000, October 1997
• Neighborhood: Central Heights
• Note: For sale by owner

The early history of the house is unclear. The property was bought in 1928 by hosiery executive Lowell Irvin Young (1885-1973) and Maude Shoffner Young (dates unknown) from Alamance Insurance and Realty Company. The Youngs sold the house in 1938 to Isaac Rosenbloom (1897-1989) and Hattie Graves Aldridge Rosenbloom (1903-1981). Isaac sold it in 1981. They were the proprietors of a menswear store downtown, Rosenbloom’s.

April 2, 2025

Not Every Old House in Winston-Salem Is For Sale This Spring. It just Seems That Way.

2833 Forest Drive, $1.27 Million

2833 Forest Drive, Winston-Salem

• $1.27 million
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,410 square feet, 0.46 acre
• Price/square foot: $372
• Built in 1936 (possibly a year or two later; see note)
• Listed March 31, 2025
• Last sale: $984,000, December 2009
• Neighborhood: Buena Vista
• Note: Designed by Luther Lashmit

The original owners were Richard Edward Guthrie (1896-1963) and Eleanor Caroline Shaffner Guthrie (1904-1981), who were listed on Forest Drive from 1938. The house was sold by Eleanor’s estate in 1982. Edward worked for R.J. Reynolds, originally as an accountant. He moved into manufacturing and became superintendent of cigarette manufacturing.

701 Summit Street, $695,000

701 Summit Street, Winston-Salem
The McNair House

• $695,000
• Originally a single-family house, now divided into four apartments; bedrooms and bathrooms not specified, 3,440 square feet, 0.30 acre
• Price/square foot: $202
• Built in 1912
• Listed March 26, 2025
• Last sale: $235,000, December 2015
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: “Currently in use as a Quadplex but can be restored back to single family home.”

District NR nomination: “The McNair House is a large two-story frame house with a typical combination of Colonial Revival and Craftsman style influences. … Lou McNair, widow of Murphy C. McNair, purchased the property in 1911, and she and her large family were listed at this location in the 1912 city directory. The McNairs retained ownership until 1971.”

212 Cascade Avenue, $599,000

212 Cascade Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Henry L. Trotter House

• $599,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,888 square feet, 0.51 acre
• Price/square foot: $154
• Built in 1919
• Listed March 29, 2025
• Last sale: 1961, price illegible in online deed
• Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Frame foursquare house with deck-hip roof, hipped central dormer on front and both sides, three bays wide. Central entrance beneath later gabled and arched portico supported by paired classical columns; front door with elliptical fanlight and leaded sidelights.

Original owner Henry Lee Trotter (1879-1969) was a co-founder of Ideal Dry Goods Company. In 1961 the house was bought by Joseph N. Schumacher (b. 1927 or 1928) and Mary Virginia Schumacher (1928-2006). Joseph is now selling the house. He received a doctorate from Ohio State University and worked as a researcher at R.J. Reynolds for 33 years.

909 W. Walnut Street, $389,000

909 W. Walnut Street, Winston-Salem

• $389,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,372 square feet, 0.26 acre
• Price/square foot: $284
• Built in 1924
• Listed April 8, 2025
• Last sale: $85,000, October 2018
• Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Craftsman Bungalow. One story; side gable; asbestos shingle siding; front-gable porch with wood shingles; battered posts on brick piers; knee braces; paired, four (vertical)-over-one, double-hung sash.”

4798 Cherry Street, $379,000

4798 Cherry Street, Winston-Salem

• $379,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,881 square feet, 1.13 acres
• Price/square foot: $201
• Built in 1927
• Listed April 2, 2025
• Last sale: $100,000, May 2020
• Neighborhood: About a block north of where Germanton Road splits off Cherry Street.

In 1922, Jesse James Styers (1886-1935) and Dollie Ogburn Styers bought an 18-acre tract, including this property, from Jesse’s widowed aunt, Malinda Ann Hester Styers (1873-1946). Jesse was a sheriff’s deputy; he died in an auto accident at age 48. Dollie sold or donated the property to the N.C. Baptist Homes in 1963.

1776 Polo Road, $349,000

1776 Polo Road, Winston-Salem

• $349,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,765 square feet, 0.98 acre
• Price/square foot: $198
• Built in 1937
• Listed March 27, 2025
• Last sale: $150,000, March 2022

The original owners were John Marion McElrath (1904-1943) and Mary Louise Tesh McElrath Gamblin (1905-1993), who bought the property in 1937. Mary’s estate sold it in 1993. John worked for Duke Power for 20 years.

April 1, 2025

One of the More Impressive Houses in Winston-Salem’s West End, $999,000

1205 Clover Street, Winston-Salem
The Sihon Cicero Ogburn House

• $999,000
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,973 square feet (per county), 0.29 acre
• Price/square foot: $251
• Built in 1915
• Listed April 14, 2023
• Last sales: $925,000, August 2023; $795,000, June 2019
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “The Ogburn House is an impressive Colonial Revival dwelling which shows some influence from the Craftsman style. … The spacious interior has handsome Colonial Revival and Craftsman mantels, a Colonial Revival stair, some original lighting fixtures, and of particular significance, high wainscoting in the hall and dining room with well preserved simulated leather embossed papers.”

April 1, 2025

A 1920 House in Walnut Cove with Foundation and Water Issues, $200,000

207 Summit Street, Walnut Cove, Stokes County

• $200,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,667 square feet (per county), 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $120
• Built in 1920 (per county; see note)
• Listed March 27, 2025
• Last sale: $28,500, October 1984
• Note: The seller says the house was built in 1890, but the listing provides no documentation.

“Pre listing inspection available upon request. … Previous water leaks and foundational issue noted. Foundation issues quoted by structural repair company and can be provided upon request.”

April 1, 2025

A Furniture-Industry Couple’s 1940 Mansion in Thomasville, $799,900

214 Lake Drive East, Thomasville, Davidson County

• $799,900
• 5 bedrooms, 6 full bathrooms, 2 half bathrooms, 7,139 square feet (per county), 4.1 acres
• Price/square foot: $112
• Built in 1940
• Listed March 26, 2025
• Last sales: $460,000, October 2022; $390,000, August 2021
• Neighborhood: Erwin Heights
• Note: The house includes an in-law apartment.
  • The property includes a heated swimming pool.

The original owners may have been James Erwin Lambeth Jr. (1916-1995) and Katherine Evermond “Kay” Covington Lambeth (1917-1998). They were listed in Erwin Heights from 1941, when the city directory gave no streets or addresses in the neighborhood, and at 214 Lake Drive East from 1960. One of their sons sold the house in 2021. James and Katherine co-founded Erwin Lambeth, a furniture manufacturer, in 1946.

April 1, 2025

A 1924 House in High Point’s Emerywood, $469,900

220 Edgedale Drive, High Point
The John H. Grubb House

• $469,900
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,396 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $196
• Built in 1924
• Listed March 27, 2025
• Last sales: $430,000, May 2023; $275,000, August 2022
• Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)
• Note: Replacement windows, vinyl siding

District NR nomination: “This two-story, gambrel-roofed, Dutch Colonial Revival-style house is three bays wide and double-pile with full-width, shed-roofed dormers on the facade and rear elevations.”