Piedmont Historic Homes

A guide to the most historic, notable and distinctive 18th-, 19th- and early- to mid-20th-century homes now for sale in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region.

October 13, 2024

A 1922 House on West Market Street in Greensboro, $375,000

1506 W. Market Street, Greensboro
The Cobb-Jones House

• $375,000
• 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,193 square feet, 0.19 acre
• Price/square foot: $171
• Built in 1922
• Listed October 11, 2024
• Last sales: $218,500, April 2019; $199,000, September 2017
• Neighborhood: West Market Terrace

The original owner was Penelope W. Cobb (1882-1962), who bought the property in 1920. She operated a public stenography and letter-writing business and later worked as an examiner for the Federal trade Commission in Washington. Penelope sold the house in 1941 to Hammond Roger Jones (1889-1964) and Sarah Beatrice Wimberly Jones (1892-1986). The house remained in their family for 64 years.

October 13, 2024

A 1925 Bungalow in Sad Shape in Winston-Salem, $140,000

1704 Longview Drive, Winston-Salem

• $140,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,232 square feet, 0.16 acre
• Price/square foot: $114
• Built in 1925
• Listed October 11, 2024
• Last sale: $40,000, July 2005
• Neighborhood: Waughtown-Belville Historic District (NR)

The listing notes “water damage on the roof in the bathroom [it’s actually the ceiling], a structural evaluation is recommended, and LVP flooring needs to be replaced in the kitchen and bathroom.” Rental, owned by an LLC in Raleigh. The original residents were police detective T. Jefferson Morgan (1892-1971) and Jessie Evelyn Cowen Morgan (1873-1955) from 1925 to around 1933.

October 12, 2024

A 1900 Farmhouse in Chatham County, $500,000

4265 N.C. Highway 87, Chatham County
The Jerry Alston House

• $500,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,282 square feet, 1.82 acres
• Price/square foot: $219
• Built in 1900
• Listed October 12, 2024
• Last sale: $329,000, December 2019
• Neighborhood: Located 5 miles northwest of Pittsboro.

The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina: “The residence is a plain two-story three-bay triple-A house constructed around the turn of the century. It has a one-story ell, an interior corbeled-cap brick chimney, cornice returns and decorative shingles on the house’s three gables.”

October 12, 2024

An 1883 Farmhouse on 122 acres in Davie County, $1.3 million

234 Pollard Lane, Mocksville, Davie County

• $1.3 million
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,354 square feet, 122.50 acres
• Price/square foot: $552
• Built in 1883
• Listed October 10, 2024
• Last sale: $16,500, June 1961
• Neighborhood: Located 7 1/2 miles northeast of Mocksville off U.S. 158

The house overlooks a 1-acre pond. The property has been owned for the past 63 years by James Daniel Pollard (1926-2018) and Mildred B. Pollard (1927-2012). It is being sold by one of their daughters. James served in the Army during World War II and received the Bronze Star. He worked for McLean Trucking.

October 12, 2024

Two 1920s Houses in the Mount Airy Historic District

125 W. Church Street, Mount Airy, Surry County

• $410,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,712 square feet, 0.93 acre
• Price/square foot: $151
• Built in 1924
• Listed September 24, 2024
• Last sale: $370,000, December 2022
• Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)

The duplex is now a short-term rental. It may have been a duplex as far back as 1928.

220 W. Church Street, Mount Airy
The J. Weldon Parker House

• Auction scheduled online Friday October 18, 8 a.m., to Saturday November 2. Onsite bidding begins Saturday November 2, noon.
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,199 square feet, 0.33 acre
• Built in 1923
• Last sale: $350,000, October 17, 2022
• Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District

No interior photos are included in the listing. A viewing of the house is scheduled for Wednesday, October 23, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. J. Weldon Parker was listed at the address in 1928. He was still living there when he died in 1966. He was a partner in W.E. Merritt Hardware, where he worked for 50 years. His wife, Nell, was a secretary and bookkeeper at the store.

October 11, 2024

A Moravian Minister’s 1850 Log Cabin in Winston-Salem, $300,000

220 Carter Circle, Winston-Salem
The Robert Leinbach House

• $300,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,385 square feet, 1.22 acres
• Price/square foot: $217
• Built in 1850
• Listed October 11, 2024
• Last sale: $78,750, April 2019
• Neighborhood: Mount Tabor

The State Historic Preservation Office describes the house as the Robert Leinbach House, “c. 1850, 1970 trad/vern Wood Shingles log.” Robert Parmenio Leinbach (1831-1892) was a Moravian minister. His diary is quoted in The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865, by Alice Fahs. A reviewer in The Journal of Southern History commented:

“One of the most interesting documents … is the private diary of Robert Parmenio Leinbach, who served several of the rural congregations outside Salem and wrote eloquently of the ‘countless terrible evils brought upon this devoted country by secession’ (p. 6549). In April 1865 Leinbach described the panic accompanying the arrival of both Union and Confederate troops in the region: “Everybody everywhere about half-witted-excepting, of course, myself,” he wrote.”

October 11, 2024

An Unusual 1900 Brick House in the Star Historic District, $85,000

100 Harper Street, Star, Montgomery County
The Seward House

• $85,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,528 square feet, 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $34
• Built in 1900
• Listed October 10, 2024
• Last sale: $10,000, August 1984
• Neighborhood: Star Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: A one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled bungalow with an unusual two-story, parapet-roofed section on the left and  a full-width engaged porch with square brick columns on brick piers. The porch extends to the right as a side-gabled porte-cochere on matching brick supports.

October 11, 2024

A 1976 Mid-Century Home with a BArn and Studio on 12 Acres in Rockingham County, $799,999

1579 Brown Road, Rockingham County

• $799,999
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,760 square feet, 12.74 acres
• Price/square foot: $455
• Built in 1976
• Listed October 10, 2024
• Last sales: $590,000, August 2023; $420,000, April 2021
• Neighborhood: Located about 10 miles northeast of Summerfield in southern Rockingham County.

The property includes a 600 square-foot studio; a four-stall horse barn with electricity, water and loft storage; and fenced pastures.

October 6, 2024

A 1952 Colonial revival Mansion in Reidsville, $675,000

1620 Fairway Drive, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The Benjamin and June Goodes House

• $675,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,694 square feet, 5.29 acres
• Price/square foot: $144
• Built in 1952
• Listed July 26, 2024
• Last sale: $407,000, July 2021
• Neighborhood: Belmont Forest

The original owners were Benjamin Lawrence Goodes (1912-1997) and June Hooper Goodes (1819-1999). They bought the property in 1949 and were listed there in the 1953 city directory, the first to include residences on Fairway Drive. Benjamin was the owner of Cardinal Cleaners (“Cleaners, Hats Rebuilt”).

October 6, 2024

Two Restoration Projects in Davidson County

200 Salem Street, Thomasville, Davidson County

• $120,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,308 square feet, 0.31 acre
• Price/square foot: $52
• Built in 1917
• Listed September 6, 2024
• Last sale: $4,000, May 2017; $4,750, January 2017; $42,750, March 2003; $74,000, June 1999
• Neighborhood: Salem Street Historic District (local and NR)

No interior photos are included in the listing. The house is across the street from the grand Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church.

1626 Greensboro Street Extension, Lexington, Davidson County

• $75,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,672 square feet, 0.69 acre
• Price/square foot: $45
• Built in 1922
• Listed October 6, 2024
• Last sales: $53,000, August 2024; $1,000, March 1971

Listing: “Currently uninhabitable, the house requires major repairs and renovations, and lacks working heat and power. There is minor fire damage in the dining room/kitchen area. Evidence of foundational and structural issues … The condition of this house would prevent conventional/FHA financing. Cash offers only.”

October 4, 2024

A 1913 House in Elkin, $475,000

113 Gwyn Avenue Elkin, Surry County
The Dan Chatham House

• $475,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,298 square feet, 0.46 acre
• Price/square foot: $207
• Built in 1913
• Listed September 1, 2024
• Last sale: $219,150, April 2020; $176,000, September 2003
• Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)

The district’s National Register nomination calls it “a solid example of the Colonial Revival style,” but that was before the original front porch was removed. The original owners were Thomas Daniel Chatham (1889-1972) and Ruth Abernathy Chatham (1892-1969). Dan was a landscaper and civil engineer. He was the youngest of seven children of Alexander Chatham, a founder of Chatham Manufacturing.

October 3, 2024

A 1923 Mediterranean Revival House in Greensboro, $650,000

205 E. Hendrix Street, Greensboro
The Arthur and Clara Ellington House

• $650,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,008 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $216
• Built in 1923
• Listed October 3, 2024
• Last sale: $365,000, July 2015
• Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “Mediterranean Rev, Residence, 1920-25. Large, rectangular, brick-veneered dwelling with shaped exposed rafter ends.” The original owners were Arthur Gilbert Ellington (1882-1946) and Clara Elizabeth Elam Ellington (1888-1976). Arthur was a partner in W.I. Anderson & Company, produce wholesalers. Clara sold the house in 1951.

October 3, 2024

A doctor’s 1924 Dutch Colonial in Greensboro’s Sunset Hills, $499,000

1712 Madison Avenue, Greensboro

• $499,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,476 square feet, 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $202
• Built in 1924
• Listed October 3, 2024
• Last sale: $80,000, April 1982
• Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)

The original owners were Dr. Duncan Waldo Holt (1891-1967) and Helen Knaur Holt (1896-1969). Waldo was a physician. He graduated from Duke and the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He practiced in Greensboro from 1920 to 1960. They bought the house in 1925; their son sold it in 1970.

October 3, 2024

A 1937 Cottage in high Point, $339,000

911 N. Rotary Drive, High Point
The Jack and Florence Wright House

• $339,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,126 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $159
• Built in 1937
• Listed October 4, 2024
• Last sales: $205,000, June 2018; $207,500, August 2008
• Neighborhood: Emerywood

The original owners were Walter Jacob “Jack” Wright (1900-1981) and Florence Grey Archer Wright (1897-1961). Jack was the owner of Wright’s Clothing Store. Jack’s heirs sold the house in 1982.

October 2, 2024

A Drug-Store Owner’s 1935 Cottage in High Point, $674,900

815 Arbordale Avenue, High Point

• $674,900
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,341 square feet, 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $202
• Built in 1935
• Listed October 2, 2024
• Last sale: $464,000, January 2018

The house had only two owners in its first 81 years. The original owners were Holland Broadis Leonard (1900-1970) and Mary Pauline Archer Leonard (1903-2002). Broadis owned the Leonard Drug Store.

October 2, 2024

A 1905 House Near High Rock Lake, $305,000

173 High Rock Drive, Denton, Davidson County

• $305,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,300 square feet (per county), 0.98 acre
• Price/square foot: $133
• Built in 1905 (per listing; see note)
• Listed September 18, 2024
• Last sales: $281,000, September 2023; $100,500, January 2022; $105,000, July 1999

Located about 6.8 miles southwest of Denton, almost to Tuckertown Reservoir. The property has a Denton mailing address.

October 1, 2024

A 1922 Tudor Cottage in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista, $899,900

1900 Buena Vista Road, Winston-Salem

• $899,900
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2,582 square feet (per county; see note), 0.50 acre
• Price/square foot: $349
• Built in 1922
• Listed October 1, 2024
• Last sale: $41,500, October 1973
• Neighborhood: Buena Vista

The house appears to have had only three owners, with the last two owning the house for 45 and 51 years, respectively.

October 1, 2024

A 1918 House in High Point, Now a Duplex, $295,000

501 Steele Street, High Point
The Fidello and Mattie Barker House

• $295,000
• 4 bedrooms, bathrooms, 2,705 square feet, 0.38 109acre
• Price/square foot: $109
• Built in 1918
• Listed September 25, 2024
• Last sale: $51,000, January 2022

Originally a single-family home, the house has been divided into two units, upstairs and downstairs, since 1956. The original owners appear to have been Fidello Harris Barker (1861-1942) and Mattie Jane Millikan Barker (1863-1951), who were listed at the address in 1921, when it first appeared in the city directory. Their family owned the house for 88 years. Fidello operated Barker Roller Mills, which produced flour just down the street at 207 Steele.

October 1, 2024

A quickly Flipped 1925 House in Reidsville, $185,000

1400 Barnes Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County

• $185,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,582 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $117
• Built in 1925
• Listed September 29, 2024
• Last sales: $70,000, June 2024; $20,000, April 2012

Flipped house, very quick turnaround. Caveat emptor.

October 1, 2024

A 1903 Restoration Project in One of Elkin’s Historic Districts, $149,900

249 N. Bridge Street, Elkin, Surry County
The Chatham-Shores House

• $149,900
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,998 square feet, 0.36 acre
• Price/square foot: $50
• Built in 1903 (per county)
• Listed September 19, 2024
• Last sale: $10,000, December 1987
• Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Until the early 1980s, the house retained its wood German siding and one-story, classical facade porch with Tuscan columns, plain balustrade, classical frieze, and gabled entrance bay. Since then the porch has been removed and the house has been wrapped in vinyl siding. Across the front of the lot is a stone retaining wall, and a flight of stone steps leads upward to the front walk.”