Piedmont Historic Homes

January 31, 2026

An 1870 Cabin on 18 acres for Sale Again with a Huge 1-Year Price Increase, $638,000

179 & 178 Stone Country Lane, Randolph County
Hearthstone Farm

• $638,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,896 square feet, 18.80 acres
• Price/square foot: $336
• Built in 1870
• Listed January 31, 2026
• Last sales: $488,000, January 2025; $215,000, March 2017
• Neighborhood: Located just off U.S. 64 about 5.8 miles west of Asheboro. It has an Asheboro mailing address.
• Note: The initial listing price is $150,000, 31 percent, above the price paid just one year ago.

There are two dwellings on the property: “a log cabin (known as the Hoover House) which has been added on to as well as a half timber cabin built in the Old Salem Style with a kitchenette, bathroom and bedroom in the loft.” The property was owned for many years by renowned high school football coach Lee Stone and Frances Stone.

January 30, 2026

A 1900 House in Greensboro, exorbitantly Priced, $639,900

700 Magnolia Street, Greensboro

• $639,900
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 1,746 square feet (per county), 0.14 acre
• Price/square foot: $366
• Built in 1900
• Listed January 23, 2026
• Last sales: $510,000, January 2023; $199,500, April 2017
• Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: For sale by owner. The listing shows 2,100 square feet, 20 percent larger than county records show.

The price of $366/square foot is well above the highest price paid for a house in Fisher Park in the past year, $314/square foot. Only two houses in the neighborhood sold at over $300/square foot last year. District NRHP nomination: “Colonial Revival: Gambrel-front roof with pedimented side dormers; full-facade front porch supported by fluted Doric columns.”

January 29, 2026

An elegant 1922 Craftsman Bungalow in High Point, $465,000

630 Colonial Drive, High Point
The Altah and John Walker House

• $465,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,172 square feet, 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $214
• Built in 1922
• Listed January 29, 2026
• Last sales: $268,000, July 2023; $130,000, April 1993
• Neighborhood: Sheraton Hills/Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)
• Note: The property includes a detached two-car garage.
  • Double lot

District NR nomination: “This one-story, side-gabled, Craftsman-style bungalow is three bays wide and four-pile. The house has a brick veneer with board-and-batten in the gables. … The twenty-four-light French door is sheltered by a front-gabled porch supported by tapered wood posts on brick piers. There are exposed rafter tails, exposed purlins, and knee brackets in the gables.”

January 29, 2026

A 1935 Mansion in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $1.825 Million

705 Woodland Drive, Greensboro
The Charles and Betty Strandberg House

• $1.825 million
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,037 square feet, 0.50 acre
• Price/square foot: $464
• Built in 1935
• Listed December 30, 2025
• Last sales: $750,000, June 2013; $495,000, September 1998
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

The original owners were Charles F. Strandberg (1899-1949) and Betty Battle Cooper Strandberg (1900-1961), who bought the property at the end of 1937. Charles joined A.M. Pullen & Company as an accountant that year and ultimately became a senior partner. Ownership passed to son Charles Jr. (1926-2010), founder of Strandberg Engineering, which manufactured process controls for the textile industry and other manufacturers.

January 29, 2026

An 1881 Queen Anne Bungalow in North Wilkesboro, $168,000

911 E Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
The John George Finley House
Sale pending January 11, 2026
No longer under contract January 27, 2026

• $168,000 (originally $178,000)
• 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 1,696 square feet (per county), 0.24 acre
• Price/square foot: $99
• Built in 1881
• Listed January 6, 2026
• Last sale: $85,000, July 2015

From the National Register nomination for the nearby Thomas B. Finley House: “[T]he one-story frame John George Finley House at 911 E Street, probably built ca. 1900, shows the same type of stylistic influences as the larger houses [on E Street]. It boasts a multi-gabled roof, a decorative frieze beneath the eaves, two projecting asymmetrical front bays, and bracketed front and side porches.”

J. George Finley (1853-1898) died relatively young and was remembered as “one of the most highly respected citizens of North Wilkesboro.” Worth noting, from The Union Republican of Winston, 1892:

• There are at least seven houses in North Wilkesboro named for members of the Finley family, built between 1881 and 1926.

January 28, 2026

A relatively Affordable 1921 Cottage in Greensboro’s Westerwood, $260,000

413 Hillside Drive, Greensboro
The Ernest and Irene Rudd House

• $260,000
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,037 square feet, 0.18 acre
• Price/square foot: $251
• Built in 1921
• Listed January 27, 2026
• Last sales: $205,000, May 2022; $15,500, March 1994
• Neighborhood: Westerwood

The original owners were Ernest Rankin Rudd (1892-1966) and Irene Mattie Fulton Rudd (1892-1934), who bought the property in 1922. Ernest worked for the Railway Mail Service. Irene was active in the women’s auxiliary of the RMS. Ernest sold the house in 1946.

January 21, 2026

A 1904 Cottage in Winston-Salem’s Washington park, $455,000

224 W. Banner Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Jonathan and Flora Davis House

• $455,000 (originally $475,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,511 square feet, 0.44 acre
• Price/square foot: $301
• Built in 1904
• Listed November 19, 2025
• Last sales: $423,000, June 2025; $83,500, June 1998
• Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)

The property includes two lots with the empty lot to the left of the house. The house is next door to a grand Gothic Revival church, built in 1916, now known as Redemption Hill Church.

January 21, 2026

A Tailor’s 1900 House in a Graham Historic District, $250,000

306 N. Maple Street, Graham, Alamance County
The Ben and Martha Farrell House

• $250,000
• 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, 2,164 square feet, 0.23 acre
• Price/square foot: $116
• Built ca. 1900
• Listed December 23, 2025
• Last sales: $220,000, December 2022; $70,000, February 1993
• Neighborhood: North Main Street Historic District (NR)
• Odd coincidence: The original asking price in 2022 was $250,000.

The original owner, John Benjamin Farrell (1869-1955), was an expert tailor and men’s clothing salesman at Sellars Department Store in Burlington and by 1912 had opened his own tailor shop. District NRHP nomination: “The frame I-house with center cross gable exhibits two interior brick chimneys, aluminum siding, replacement one-over-one sash windows, and a one-story porch with cross gable Craftsman base supports and turned railing. The front entrance is a multi-paned door with sidelights.”

January 20, 2026

A Relatively Affordable 1926 Spanish Mission-Style Bungalow in High Point, $252,000

705 Delmont Street, High Point
The John Shore House

• $252,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,276 square feet, 0.19 acre
• Price/square foot: $197
• Built in 1926
• Listed January 5, 2026
• Last sales: $203,000, May 2021; $40,000, September 2020 (per deed)
• Neighborhood: Emerywood/Uptown Suburbs Historic District
• Listing: “This property qualifies for High Point’s regular down payment assistance and Core City assistance.”

The historic character of the house has been compromised by replacement windows and cheap vinyl flooring, but it’s still worth noting because you don’t see that many Spanish Mission houses around here.

January 19, 2026

An 1875 Farmhouse on 6 Acres in Advance, on the National Register, $399,900

2177 N.C. Highway 801 S., Advance, Davie County
The John Edward Belle Shutt House
National Register of Historic Places

• $399,900
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,526 square feet, 5.9 acres
• Price/square foot: $262
• Built in 1885
• Listed January 12, 2026
• Last sales: $256,000, December 2022; $200,000, July 2022
• Neighborhood: Located just south of Advance, 5.3 miles south of I-40, Exit 180.
• Note: The property includes five outbuildings, fruit trees, a chicken run and coop and a small creek/branch.
  • “A fully furnished tiny home is included and permitted as an accessory building with its own septic tank, offering flexible guest or supplemental living space.”
  • The listing says seven mini-split systems have been installed. How the interior components of the systems fit into the rustic look of the house is an intriguing question, but none are visible in the listing’s interior photos (a couple of the exterior photos show the outside units).

“The J.E.B. Shutt House, a typically conservative dwelling, blends delayed architectural details of Greek Revival and simple Italianate in the 1885 block with simple Queen Anne detail in the 1905 block. As such, the J.E.B. Shutt house personifies the traditional farmhouses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and relates to their characteristics in general form and detail.

“The house is also a reflection of J.E.B. Shutt’s craft in that while the 1891 extension of the Southern Railroad allowed more access to manufactured goods, including mass-produced millwork, he elected to produce the woodwork for his new addition in his shop.

“Although J.E.B. Shutt was not a trained architect, evidence shows he had some knowledge of the architectural fashions of the day. This is exemplified by the entrance hall staircase which reflects the craftsmanship of J.E.B. Shutt while conveying his effort to achieve style.”

January 19, 2026

A Very Well Restored 1917 Bungalow in Greensboro, Audaciously Priced, $475,000

509 Park Avenue, Greensboro

• $475,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,339 square feet, 0.15 acre
• Price/square foot: $355
• Built circa 1917
• Listed December 11, 2025
• Last sales: $122,500, August 2024; $30,500, April 2013
• Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue Historic District (NR)
• Note: The 2024 listing showed 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.

The restoration required immense work, and it looks well done. But the price per square foot is wildly beyond anything seen in the neighborhood. It even would be high for an Irving Park mansion.

January 18, 2026

Three New Listings in Winston-Salem Historic Districts

627 W. 2nd Street, Winston-Salem
The S.E. and Maggie Johnson House

• $979,000
• 6 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,396 square feet (per county), 0.29 acre
• Price/square foot: $288
• Built in 1910
• Listed January 9, 2026
• Last sale: $275,000, August 2018
• Neighborhood: Holly Avenue Historic District (local and NR)

The listing shows 4,095 square feet, 20 percent more than tax records show. District NR nomination: “The Johnson House is a two-and-a-half-story Colonial Revival house with a hip roof with a louvered, vented cupola, which is a recent addition. The house also has a pedimented polygonal bay and a pedimented dormer with a multi-light window.”

614 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
The Ferrell-Wright-McKeithan House

• $650,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,944 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $221
• Built in 1920
• Listed January 16, 2026
• Last sale: $325,000, June 2005
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: The property includes a detached studio apartment.

District NR nomination: “This two-story weatherboarded Colonial Revival house exhibits features not usually found in the West End. Of particular interest are the saltbox gable roof, the six-panel front entrance with narrow sidelights and a wooden round-arched fan over the door (giving the feel of a Palladian window), the French doors rather than windows flanking the entrance, and the front porch with pairs of slender Tuscan posts with lattice infill, Classical cornice, and pedimented entrance bay with barrel-vaulted ceiling enframing the entrance.”

1224 W. First Street, Winston-Salem
The Nathan and Ida Sosnik House

• $405,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,972 square feet, 0.1 acre
• Price/square foot: $205
• Year built: 1915
• Listed January 17, 2026
• Last sales: $205,000, October 2019; $123,950, December 2012
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: For sale by owner

District NR nomination: “This bungalow is typical of many of those built in the West End during the 1910s and 1920s. It is a one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling with a broad gable roof with widely overhanging braced eaves, a matching front dormer, interior end chimneys, and an engaged front porch with massive corner posts and a plain balustrade.”

The house was a rental until 1946, when clothiers Nathan and Ida Sosnik bought the house and lived there for the rest of their lives. Their son, Simon, apparently lived in the house until his death in 1996.

January 18, 2026

An 1890 Mansion in Reidsville, Newly Restored to Residential, $475,000

408 S. Main Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The Oliver-Foy House

• $475,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,442 square feet, 0.47 acre
• Price/square foot: $107
• Built in 1890
• Listed January 7, 2026
• Last sales: $139,000, May 2019; $175,000, September 2010
• Neighborhood: Reidsville Historic District (NR), Old Post Road Historic District (local)

When it was sold in 2019, the house had been divided up into multiple offices. A sign in the front yard read, “Virtual-Office Space.” Located next to First Presbyterian Church and across the street from First Baptist Church.

District NR nomination: “This rambling, two-story early 20th century frame house, although now covered with asbestos siding, retains much of its original character as a transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival House. Its irregular plan is marked by numerous projecting bays covered by gables extending from a central high hip roof, all of standing seam tin. The tall corbeled interior chimneys and shingled gable ends are further links to the Queen Anne style.”

January 17, 2026

A 1925 Colonial Revival in Mebane, $850,000

• $825,000 (originally $900,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,963 square feet (per county), 2.72 acres
• Price/square foot: $208
• Built in 1925
• Listed February 19, 2024
• Last sale: $415,000, July 2020
• Neighborhood: Old South Mebane Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “The architecture of the Old South Mebane Historic District represents a diversity of the styles popular throughout the Period of Significance. … Colonial Revival-style houses in the district range from simply-detailed houses with only hints of Colonial-era features to substantial, formally designed Georgian Revival-style homes such as those at 607 and 618 S. Fifth Street. …

“This 2-story Colonial Revival-style house is of wood construction, finished in vinyl siding, with a 5-bay symmetrical façade and a centered paneled entry door with sidelights, shielded by a one-bay portico with semi-elliptical intrados and supported by simple columns. It likely has a central-passage interior plan.”

January 16, 2026

The 1932 Home of Eden Business Leaders on 56 Acres, $1.2 Million

11948 N.C. Highway 87 S., Eden, Rockingham County
The King-Pulliam House

• $1.2 million
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 3,069 square feet, 56.7 acres
• Price/square foot: $391
• Built in 1932
• Listed January 15, 2026
• Last sale: Bought as three tracts between 2018 and 2023 for a total of $300,500.
• Neighborhood: Located about a mile and a half south of Eden.
• Note: The property includes a smaller second house, a detached garage and a log cabin.

The house apparently has had only two or three owners. The property was part of a larger tract bought in 1931 by brothers James Frank King (1884-1962) and Edward Burdette King (1875-1940), founders of the Leaksville Light & Power Company. J. Frank bought Edward’s interest in 1936. His widow, Katie Millner King (1891-1980) sold the property in 1965.

The property was part of more than 130 acres bought in November 1965 by Lonnie Leo Pulliam (1920-2015) and Espie Marie Lawson Pulliam (1925-2016). Their sons sold this property to the current owners. Born in King, Lonnie was a graduate of Draughon’s Business College and an Army veteran of World War II. He worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. until returning to North Carolina as vice president of People’s Bank in Rocky Mount in 1960. In 1963 he became president of the the Leaksville Bank & Trust.

January 15, 2026

A Doctor’s 1934 Mansion in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $1.9 Million

702 Woodland Drive, Greensboro

• $1.975 million
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,778 square feet (per county), 0.42 acre
• Price/square foot: $413
• Built in 1934 (per county, but probably a bit later; see note)
• Listed January 15, 2025
• Last sale: $835,000, June 2015
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The garage includes a 300 square-foot guest room with bathroom.

The price — $413/square foot — is really pushing the top of the scale for high-end houses in Greensboro. In 1945 the house was bought by Dr. William Blount Norment (1899-1980) and Katherine Lee “Dusty” Williams Norment (1913-1999). They owned it for 53 years. William was a gynecologist, surgeon and for decades a major figure in the Greensboro medical community. He invented the hysteroscope, an optical device to detect uterine tumors. His pioneering medical-journal articles from the 1940s to 1970s brought the device into wide use.