Piedmont Historic Homes

December 30, 2024

The 1956 MCM Home of a Businessman Who Loved Buicks, $399,000

503 Finley Avenue, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
The Lewis and Lucille Hill House

• $399,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,645 square feet, 1.13 acres
• Price/square foot: $109
• Built in 1956
• Listed January 2, 2025
• Last sale: The house may not have been sold since it was built.
• Note: The property includes a swimming pool.
  • There’s an undersized bedroom in this house that really has to be seen.

The earliest documented owners were Lewis Hill Jenkins Sr. (1926-2013) and Lucille Russell Jenkins (1924-2008), listed in the city directory in 1962. Ownership of the property is still in Lucille’s name. Lewis was president of Jenkins Wholesale Supply Company and vice president of the family company, Jenkins Inc., which sold building materials, hardware and sheet metal. He also was a renowned restorer of automobiles, Buicks in particular, as was their son, Lewis Jr. (1956-2024). They had a car museum that included Samuel Goldwyn‘s 1928 Buick Roadster and a 1946 Buick Super 56C that won Best of Show at the fall 1998 Charlotte AutoFair.

December 22, 2024

A Grand 1904 House in Eden’s Leaksville Historic District, $479,000

521 Patrick Street, Eden, Rockingham County
The James and Allie Ivie House

• $479,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,279 square feet, 0.50 acre
• Price/square foot: $146
• Built in 1904
• Listed December 22, 2024
• Last sale: $155,000, September 1998
• Neighborhood: Central Leaksville Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “An unusual entrance bay evocative of a three-stage tower reflects the roots of the design of this house in the Queen Anne style; the polygonal bay’s symmetrical central placement also reveals the strong influence of the Colonial Revival style.”

December 22, 2024

A 1924 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s West End, Fallen on Hard Times, $180,000

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

• $180,000 (originally $233,800)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,233 square feet, 0.15 acre
• Price/square foot: $146
• Built in 1924
• Listed October 26, 2023; relisted December 21, 2024
• Last sale: $9,500, December 1976
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Listing: “Bring your tools, paint and brushes …”
  • “There is an enclosed porch that could be a wonderful retreat. (Not currently safe to enter!)”

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.”

December 19, 2024

An Impeccable 1927 Bungalow in High Point, $317,000

226 Woodrow Avenue, High Point
The Walter Crissman House

• $317,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,074 square feet, 0.18 acre
• Price/square foot: $153
• Built in 1927
• Listed December 19, 2024
• Last sales: $228,000, February 2021; $155,000, April 2018
• Neighborhood: Sherrod Park Historic District

District NRHP nomination: “1 1/2 story brick Craftsman style house, with overhanging, bracketted eaves, a hooded front entrance, a brick shed dormer, and a front porch with massive brick posts.”

December 19, 2024

A Mid-Century Modern House in Southern Pines, $345,000

780 S. Ridge Street, Southern Pines, Moore County

• $345,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,630 square feet, 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $212
• Built in 1923 (per county)
• Listed December 19, 2024
• Last sale: $70,000, June 2016
• Neighborhood: Adjacent to the Southern Pines Golf Club

This doesn’t look at all like a 1923 house. No other houses on the block date to the 1920s, although there are a few built in the past 20 years that could have been tear-downs.

December 17, 2024

A Flipped 1902 House in Lexington with a Bit of an Odd Story, $249,900

119 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, Davidson County

• $249,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,772 square feet, 0.21 acre
• Price/square foot: $141
• Built in 1902
• Listed December 17, 2024
• Last sales: $18,000, August 2020; $7,000, November 2016

This is a weird one: “The house was totally updated by a flipper but was never listed or sold, so was taken back by the investor. The current owner has never lived in the house and makes no representation on the quality or condition of the improvements.”

December 18, 2024

Two 1918 Mill Houses in High Point, $95,000 Each

1225 Redding Drive, High Point
1227 Redding Drive, High Point

• $95,000 each
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,160 square feet, 0.17 acre (same for both)
• Price/square foot: $82
• Built in 1918
• Listed December 18, 2024
• Last sale: $66,455, May 2020 (same date and price for both)
• Neighborhood: Pickett Cotton Mill

Two mill houses built by Pickett Cotton Mill, being sold separately by the same owner. There are no interior photos with either listing. The mill was organized in 1910. Investors included J.B. Duke and R.J. Reynolds. It operated until 1985.

December 16, 2024

A 1920 House in Asheboro, $439,900

135 Dixon Street, Asheboro, Randolph County

• $439,900
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,419 square feet, 0.37 acre
• Price/square foot: $182
• Built in 1920
• Listed December 17, 2024
• Last sale: $30,000, February 2021

Something to ask about: The 2020 listing said the house had foundation issues.

December 15, 2024

Six Relatively Affordable Bungalows Scattered Around the Triad:

A 1912 House in Eden — Spray, Originally — $235,000

537 Washburn Avenue, Eden, Rockingham County

• $235,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,696 square feet, 0.49 acre
• Price/square foot: $139
• Built in 1912
• Listed November 12, 2024
• Last sale: $22,000, August 1989
• Neighborhood: North Spray

A 1918 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Arlington Park, $199,900

1302 Randolph Avenue, Greensboro

• $199,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,540 square feet, 0.30 acre
• Price/square foot: $130
• Built in 1918 (per county, but probably a few years later; see note)
• Listed November 21, 2024
• Last sales: $195,500, September 2022; $185,000, June 2022; $80,000, March 2021
• Neighborhood: Arlington Park

A 1924 Bungalow in Jonesville, $225,000

117 Hillcrest Street, Jonesville, Yadkin County

• $225,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,131 square feet, 0.35 acre
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built in 1924
• Listed November 29, 2024
• Last sale: $95,700, November 2023

The first owners were James Walter Pardue (1883-1967) and Alice Porter Pardue (1887-1961), who bought the property in 1925. They had 12 children, including, unfortunately, Harvey “Peewee” Pardue, an early 1950s desperado and bank robber and a very bad son and brother.

A 1925 Bungalow in a High Point Historic District, $225,000

312 W. Ray Avenue, High Point

• $225,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,220 square feet, 0.18 acre
• Price/square foot: $184
• Built in ca. 1925
• Listed October 5, 2024
• Last sales: $85,000, February 2023; $35,000, July 1991
• Neighborhood: Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)

A Sheriff’s 1930 Bungalow in Asheboro, $249,900

617 Lee Street, Asheboro, Randolph County

• $249,900 (originally $285,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,999 square feet, 0.51 acre
• Price/square foot: $125
• Built in 1930
• Listed September 25, 2024
• Last sale: $140,300, April 2024
• Note: Quickie flip job. Caveat emptor.

The original owners were Lloyd E. Brown (1909-1978) and Lillian Curtis Brown (1908-1999). The house was sold by their descendants in 2024. Lloyd served as sheriff of Randolph County from 1962 to 1974. He had served on the Asheboro City Council from 1951 to 1960.

A 1938 Brick Bungalow in Burlington, $165,000

1208 Tucker Street, Burlington, Alamance County

• $165,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,250 square feet, 0.59 acre
• Price/square foot: $132
• Built in 1938
• Listed December 13, 2024
• Last sale: The house hasn’t been sold since it was built.

Lattice E. Curl (1903-1988) and Lona Buckner Curl (1904-1992) purchased the property from the Burlington Coffin Company in 1935. Lattice was the proprietor of Curl Texaco & Variety. The house is being sold by their grandson.

December 14, 2024

A 1925 Bungalow in Liberty, $495,000

219 E. Swannanoa Avenue, Liberty, Randolph County

• $495,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,634 square feet, 1.59 acres
• Price/square foot: $188
• Built in 1925
• Listed December 10, 2024
• Last sales: $151,000, May 2018; $150,000, April 2009

The property includes a three-car detached garage with guest quarters. The house was owned from 1939 to 1950 by Chester Bourne (d. 1967, age 76) and Blanche McDowell Bourne (d. 1967, age 75) and then until 1995 by a daughter, Judith Bourne Reitzel (1926-1993), and son-in-law George Armpstead Reitzel (1912-1993).

Dece,mber 13, 2024

A 1916 Restoration Project in Eden, $125,000

938 Galloway Street, Eden, Rockingham County
The Sharpe House

• $125,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,053 square feet, 0.46 acre
• Price/square foot: $61
• Built in 1916
• Listed December 13, 2024
• Last sales: $20,000, June 2021; $18,000, June 2003; $47,000, August 2002 (foreclosure)
• Neighborhood: Leaksville
• Note: No central air conditioning

The house is probably named for John Calvin Sharp (1856-1917), who bought the property in 1893. His father also was named John Calvin Sharp. They didn’t use “senior” and “junior”; the son went by his middle name.

December 12, 2024

An eye-Catching 1940 cottage in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District, $310,000

626 Knollwood Street, Winston-Salem
The Long-Robbins House
2023 Blog post — An Eye-Catching 1940 Cottage in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District, $250,000

• $310,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,426 square feet (per county), 0.21 acre
• Price/square foot: $217
• Built in 1940
• Listed December 12, 2024
• Last sales: $260,000 on July 27, 2023; $5,500, September 1960
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. Cross gable (with front gable projecting above ridge of side gable); brick; one story; six-over-six, double-hung sash; gabled entry pavilion; facade chimney; engaged side porch with segmental arch openings; metal awning at entry [now removed]; lattice in front gable peak; half-height, brick walls with curved tops at entry pavilion [also removed]; buttresses at corners of side porch.”

December 11, 2024

A 1900 Farmhouse Near Randleman in Randolph County, $399,000

263 Providence Church Road, Randleman, Randolph County

• $399,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,368 square feet (per county), 1.49 acres
• Price/square foot: $168
• Built in 1900
• Listed December 10, 2024
• Last sale: $289,000, June 2021
• Neighborhood: Located just off Business 220 about 2.6 miles north of Randleman and 15 miles south of Greensboro.

For sale by owner. The 2021 sale was a FSBO deal, too. The property includes a garage and two-car carport and a “large chicken run with huge hen house.”

December 10, 2024

A 1983 MCM House in Davidson County near High Point, $459,000

402 Dorado Court, Davidson County

• $459,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,577 square feet, 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $178
• Built in 1983
• Listed November 23, 2024
• Last sale: The property hasn’t been sold since the house was built.
• Neighborhood: Willow Creek, located about 7 miles west of High Point. It has a High Point mailing address.

Designed by Norman Zimmerman. His best-known work may be the Bob Timberlake Gallery in Lexington.

December 8, 2024

A 1900 House near Walnut Cove, $349,000

7655 Salem Chapel Road, Forsyth County

• $349,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,536 square feet, 0.94 acre
• Price/square foot: $227
• Built in 1900
• Listed October 12, 2024
• Last sale: $40,000, October 2020
• Neighborhood: Located in northeastern Forsyth County, about 3.2 miles south of Walnut Cove off U.S. 311 (Walnut Cove Road). The property has a Walnut Cove mailing address but is just across the county line in Forsyth.

The property was bought in 1925 by William Thomas Smither (1890-1969) and Minnie Gray Marshall Smither (1893-1970), and it remained in their family for 76 years. William worked for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco for 51 years, retiring as the company’s advertising manager in 1957. They lived in a notable home in Winston-Salem.

December 8, 2024

A 1918 House on 19 Acres near Staley in Chatham County, $600,000

206 Pike Memory Lane, Staley, Chatham County

• $600,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,426 square feet, 18.7 acres
• Price/square foot: $421
• Built in 1918
• Listed November 15, 2024
• Last sale: August 2003, price not recorded on deed
• Neighborhood: Located about 3 miles south of Staley, across the line from Randolph County, and 6.5 miles northwest of Siler City off Old U.S. 421.

The property includes a pond. Propane heat, no central air conditioning.

December 7, 2024

A Store Owner’s 1928 House in high Point’s Emerywood, $475,000

708 Hillcrest Drive, High Point
The Samuel and Lillian Lampell House

• $475,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,000 square feet, 0.44 acre
• Price/square foot: $158
• Built in 1928
• Listed December 6, 2024
• Last sales: $405,000, September 2021; $379,500, September 2003
• Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)

District NRHP nomination: “two-story, side-gabled, Dutch Colonial Revival-style house.” The original owners were Samuel Lampell (1894-1968) and Lillian Bleich Lampell (1899-1987). Samuel was the proprietor of Worth’s, a “ladies’ ready-to-wear and millinery” shop at 117 N. Main Street. He also was one of the organizers of Luna Park, a short-lived amusement park on the Greensboro-High Point Highway.

December 7, 2024

A Relatively Affordable 1935 Brick House in Forsyth County, $275,000

1371 Union Cross Road, Forsyth County

• $275,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,873 square feet, 1.56 acres
• Price/square foot: $147
• Built in 1935
• Listed December 7, 2024
• Last sale: $130,000, May 1996
• Neighborhood: Located in eastern Forsyth County, about 2.8 miles south of Kernersville.

December 6, 2024

A Somewhat Ragged 1900 House in Pilot Mountain, $222,999

400 W. Main Street, Pilot Mountain, Surry County

• $222,999
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,075 square feet (per county), 0.35 acre
• Price/square foot: $73
• Built in 1900
• Listed December 6, 2024
• Last sale: $120,000, February 2010
• Neighborhood: Downtown

The low price reflects the sad condition of the floors, kitchen and bathrooms. The history of the house is somewhat uncertain because the oldest deeds available online are hand-written and largely illegible and other sources aren’t clear. It does appear, though, that the Stephens-Boyles family owned the property from before the house was built until 2010. While ownership is relatively clear, dates and identities of who actually lived in the house aren’t well documented.

December 5, 2024

A Firefighter’s 1942 Period Cottage in Winston-Salem, $299,900

129 E. Sprague Street, Winston-Salem
The Albert and Maxie Casey House

• $299,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,529 square feet (per county), 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $196
• Built in 1942
• Listed December 3, 2024
• Last sales: $192,000, June 2019; $132,000, April 2016
• Neighborhood: Sunnyside-Central Terrace Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “One-and-a-half-story side-gable brick Period Cottage with front gable projection; shed-roof porch enclosed with jalousie windows; eight-over-eight and six-over-six windows; gabled dormer.” The original owners were Albert Buel Casey (1903-1960) and Maxie Mae “Muzzy” Hoots Casey (1906-1994), who owned the house for the rest of their lives. Albert worked for the Winston-Salem fire department for 37 years.

December 5, 2024

A 1914 House in Boonville in Yadkin County, $449,900

327 S. Carolina Avenue, Boonville, Yadkin County
The Luther and Annie Jones House

• $449,900
• 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,836 square feet, 1.52 acres
• Price/square foot: $159
• Built in 1914
• Listed Decvember 4, 2024
• Last sales: $315,000, June 2021; $93,000, October 2019

The original owners were J. Luther Jones (1872-1950) and Annie Poindexter Jones (1880-1964). In 1948, Luther and Annie passed ownership of the house to two of their daughters, Evelyne Pauline Jones (1903-1996) and Kathryne Antionette Jones (1912-1993). They sold the house in 1967.

December 4, 2024

One of North Carolina’s Grandest Mansions, the 1935 Ayrshire in Sedgefield, $3 Million

3215 N. Rockingham Road, Sedgefield, Guilford County
Ayrshire

• $3 million (originally $3.75 million, later $2.9 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms and two half-bathrooms, 13,218 square feet (per county), 5.50 acres
• Price/square foot: $227
• Built in 1935
• Relisted December 2, 2024
• Last sale: The house has never been sold.
• Neighborhood: Sedgefield

The property consists of three lots with two undeveloped lots on either side of the house’s 2.91-acre lot. Located on the first hole of Sedgefield’s Donald Ross-designed course. The interior features butterfly pegged floors, wood and plaster moldings, leaded glass windows, solid wood beams, coffered ceilings and a marble wall fountain. A porte-cochere connects the house to its garages, two-bedroom guest quarters and herb garden.

December 4, 2024

A 1928 Tudor Revival Gem in high Point’s emerywood, $335,000

409 Edgedale Drive, High Point
The Edward C. Cridlebaugh House

• $335,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,698 square feet, 0.35 acre
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1928
• Listed December 4, 2024
• Last sale: $65,000, November 1975
• Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)

The house has had only two owners. District NR nomination: “A conical, projecting entrance bay to the left (east) of the front-gabled bay has an arched brick opening and shelters a pointed-arched batten door with four lights. There is an inset dormer on the left end of the facade and a one-story, gabled ell at the left rear (southeast).”

December 3, 2024

Ready to Try Again in Winston-Salem: ‘The Exemplar of High Mid-Century Modern Style,’ $2.1 Million

• $2.1 million (originally $1.3 million, later $2.2 million)
• 5 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 7,040 square feet, 2.21 acres (all per county)
• Price/square foot: $298
• Built in 1964
• Last sale: $860,000, May 2012
• Neighborhood: Reynolda Woods
• Note: The property is adjacent to Reynolda Gardens.

The house was featured in an eight-page spread in Architectural Digest in 1970. Listed on locationshub.com, a directory of locations available for film or television productions: “The 1963 Albert Butler House in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the exemplar of high Mid-Century Modern style. Designed by Addison Mizner protégé Byron Simonson (designer of the Colony Hotel and the now-defunct Coquille Club, Palm Beach), the house is 7500-SF of glam ready for filming.”

December 3, 2024

An Unusual and ‘Extremely Complex’ 1900 colonial Revival in Reidsville, $220,000

501 Lindsey Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The William and Anna Womack House

• $220,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,948 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $75
• Built in 1914 (per country, but probably earlier; see note)
• Listed December 4, 2024
• Last sales: $180,000, December 2023; $139,900, July 2021; $58,000, July 1996
• Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
• Note: County records show the date of the house as 1914; the city’s historic walking tour guide says 1900.

Reidsville historic walking tour guide: “Colonial Revival with unusual mansard roof, 1900.” District NR nomination: “A low stone retaining wall extends along the Lindsey and Irvin street sides of the corner lot on which leaf tobacco dealer William N. Womack built his very unusual two-story Colonial Revival house, soon after his 1900 purchase of the tract. … Exhibiting an extremely complex plan, the house has a quantity of one- and two-story sections, projecting bays, ells and additions.” Some remarkable period detail remains inside.

December 2, 2024

A 1928 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Westerwood Neighborhood, $450,000

211 Mimosa Drive, Greensboro

• $450,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,569 square feet, 0.18 acre
• Price/square foot: $287
• Built in 1928
• Listed December 2, 2024
• Last sales: $232,385, September 2017; $195,500, May 2015
• Neighborhood: West Market Terrace/Westerwood

The house is across the street from Lake Daniel Park. The street was originally called West Lakeside Drive. By 1930 it was North Lindell Road. It was renamed Mimosa Drive around 1951. The original owners were Florence Gregory Melts (1902-1975) and Lawrence Melts (1890-1964). They owned Melts’ Sanitary Bakery. Florence was born in Turkey; Lawrence, in Greece. They sold the house in 1940.