November 2023 Listings

November 30, 2023

A 1922 Bungalow in High Point’s Emerywood Neighborhood, $385,000

304 Otteray Avenue, High Point

  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,927 square feet, 0.29 acre
  • Price/square foot: $200
  • Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)

Also Worth Noting:
Three Relatively Affordable 1920s Bungalows in Smaller Towns

376 Gwyn Avenue, Elkin, Surry County

  • $285,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,518 square feet, 0.17 acre
  • Price/square foot: $188
  • Built in 1920
  • Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)
  • The house is now being used as an short-term rental and is being marketed as such, fully furnished.

305 Swaim Street, Randleman, Randolph County

  • $198,200
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,015 square feet, 0.55 acre
  • Price/square foot: $195
  • Built in 1925
  • For sale by owner

13469 N.C. Highway 86 S., Prospect Hill, Caswell County

  • $184,900
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,340 square feet, 1.01 acres
  • Price/square foot: $138
  • Built in 1928
  • The interior retains much of its historic character.
  • Located about 13 miles southeast of Yanceyville and 16 miles northwest of Hillsborough

November 26, 2023

A 1918 House in Winston-Salem With Much Original (and Unpainted!) Detail Inside, $449,900

44 W. Devonshire Street, Winston-Salem

  • 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,375 square feet, 0.23 acre
  • Price/square foot: $189
  • Built in 1918
  • An unusual amount of historic detail on the interior is intact, including beadboard, wainscoting and transoms, much of it unpainted.

November 25, 2023

A Distinctive and Heavily Renovated 1922 House in Greensboro, $1.2 million

305 W. Bessemer Avenue, Greensboro
The Casper and Etta Stockard House

  • 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,246 square feet, 0.25 acre
  • Price/square foot: $370
  • Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
  • Caspar Wister “Tub” Stockard served as chairman of the boxing and wrestling commissions for both Greensboro and the state of North Carolina. In the 1920s he also was an owner of the Greensboro Patriots minor-league baseball team.

November 22, 2023

An Unusual 1928 Bungalow in Greensboro, $259,900

1009 Hampton Street, Greensboro

  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,377 square feet, 0.19 acre
  • Price/square foot: $189
  • Neighborhood: Westerwood

November 21, 2023

An 1888 Restoration Project in Advance, $379,000

2088 S. N.C. Highway 801, Advance, Davie County
The George Henry Clay Shutt House

  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,198 square feet, 1.07 acres
  • Price/square foot: $172
  • Listing: “The larger white house has received a fresh coat of exterior paint and is ready for your imagination inside.” It calls the cabin “completely renovated” (three-month turn-around time on the renovation). The house may have remained in the family until 1984.

November 19, 2023

A 1938 Colonial Revival To Be Auctioned in Greensboro’s Fisher Park

110 Fisher Park Circle, Greensboro

  • Auction scheduled for Wednesday December 13, 2023, 11 a..m, Guilford County Courthouse
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,378 square feet, 0.25 acre
  • The house has had only two owners.

Also Worth Noting:
A 1910 Bungalow To Be Auctioned in Eden

425 Boone Road, Eden, Rockingham County

  • Online auction under way, ending Monday November 27, 2023. Starting bid: $59,000
  • Bedrooms and bathrooms not listed, 2,954 square feet, 0.57 acre
  • Neighborhood: Boone Road Historic District (NR)
  • Listing: “Property is currently in the Buyer Exclusive Sales Period, only eligible for sale to Owner-Occupant Buyers, HUD-approved Nonprofits, and Governmental Entities.”

November 18, 2023

A 1976 Mid-Century Modern Home in Winston-Salem, $585,000

2520 Aaron Lane, Winston-Salem

  • 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,945 square feet, 0.55 acre
  • Price/square foot: $199
  • Neighborhood: Woodberry Forest
  • The house was designed by Wesley McClure of the McClure Design Group of Raleigh.

November 18, 2023

A 1932 Cottage on 7 Acres in Moore County, $412,000

4363 Big Oak Church Road, Eagle Springs, Moore County

  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 950 square feet, 7.75 acres
  • Price/square foot: $434
  • The property has an Eagle Springs address but is about 4 miles north in northwestern Moore County. The property was in the Cole-Blake family for more than 100 years, ending in 2001.

November 17, 2023

A 1910 Restoration Project in Burlington, $175,000

715 Askew Street, Burlington, Alamance County

  • 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,876 square feet, 0.36 acre
  • Price/square foot: $93
  • A second house on the property has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 836 square feet.

Also Worth Noting:
Three houses in Greensboro’s College Hill Historic District

917 Walker Avenue, Greensboro

  • $525,900 (originally $545,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,294 square feet, 0.25 acre
  • Price/square foot: $229
  • Built in 1880
  • Listed March 22, 2023; withdrawn July 10; relisted November 16
  • District NR nomination: “Queen Anne I-house, Residence, 1895-99”

925 Walker Avenue, Greensboro

  • $365,000
  • Originally a single-family home, divided into two apartments around 1953 with a third added by 1980.
  • 2,228 square feet, 0.10 acre
  • Price/square foot: $164
  • Built in 1910
  • For sale by owner. Renovation being abandoned part-way through.

216 S. Tate Street, Greensboro

  • $429,000
  • 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,970 square feet, 0.17 acre
  • Price/square foot: $218
  • Built in 1923
  • District NR nomination: “Col Rev foursquare, Residence, 1925-30”

November 16, 2023

A Relatively Affordable 1910 House in Madison, $199,900

507 W. Hunter Street, Madison, Rockingham County
The John and Minerva Wilson House

  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,638 square feet, 0.46 acre
  • Price/square foot: $122
  • Neighborhood: Decatur-Hunter Historic District (local)
  • Note: The original owners were John Thomas Wilson (1847-1936) and Minerva Amos Wilson (1848-1942), who bought the property in 1909. When he died at age 89, John was reported to be Madison’s oldest resident. The house remained in the Wilson family until 2002.

November 13, 2023

An Extravagantly Restored 1881 Farmhouse on 18 Acres in Orange County, $898,000

9501 N.C. Highway 86 N., Cedar Grove, Orange County

  • 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,513 square feet, 18.21 acres
  • Price/square foot: $593
  • “The carpenters erected a typical center-hall plan, I-house, to which they applied ornate eave brackets, decorative attic vents, crossetted window surrounds, and an exuberant two-tiered entrance portico with decorative sawn and turned woodwork.”
  • Located in the northwestern corner of Orange County near the Alamance and Caswell county lines.

November 12, 2023

A 1905 House in Mocksville, $425,000

579 S. Salisbury Street, Mocksville, Davie County

  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,103 square feet, 0.73 acre
  • Price/square foot: $137
  • Neighborhood: Salisbury Street Historic District (NR)
  • The house is believed to have been built by Benjamin Owen Morris (1857-1940), register of deeds and later clerk of court, Mocksville postmaster and the oldest deacon of the Mocksville Presbyterian Church.

November 12, 2023

A Relatively affordable 1920 Bungalow in Burlington, $230,000

307 S. Fisher Street, Burlington, Alamance County

  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,770 square feet, 0.25 acre
  • Price/square foot: $130
  • Neighborhood: West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District (local and NR)

November 11, 2023

An Unusual 1913 Condo in Downtown Winston-Salem, $569,000

705 N. Main Street, No. 1

  • $569,000
  • 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,522 square feet
  • Price/square foot: $141
  • Neighborhood: Downtown North Historic District
  • Note: The condo has been sold in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2022 and 2023.

Also Worth Noting:
A Familiar 1937 Condo in Greensboro

1700 N. Elm Street, Unit E1

  • $175,000
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 850 square feet
  • Price/square foot: $206
  • Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)

Two Relatively Affordable Bungalows in Burlington

321 W. 5th Street, Burlington, Alamance County

  • $179,900
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,165 square feet, 0.20 acre
  • Price/square foot: $154
  • Built in 1910

506 Maple Avenue, Burlington, Alamance County

  • $199,900
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,802 square feet, 0.37 acre
  • Price/square foot: $111
  • Built in 1934

Two Restoration Projects in Winston-Salem

222 Burkewood Drive, Winston-Salem

  • $150,000
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,064 square feet, 0.57 acre
  • Price/square foot: $141
  • Built in 1925
  • Neighborhood: Country Club Estates

2400 Jefferson Avenue, Winston-Salem

  • $100,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,014 square feet, 0.17 acre
  • Price/square foot: $99
  • Built in 1930
  • Neighborhood: Ardmore (but not within historic district)

November 10, 2023

An 1885 House in Glencoe Mill Village, $265,000

2417 Hodges Road, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

  • 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,438 square feet, 0.46 acre
  • Price/square foot: $184
  • Glencoe “is a typical but remarkably well-preserved example of nineteenth century industrial villages that once flourished in North Carolina’s Piedmont region.”

Also Worth Noting:
A 1925 House and 1930 Condo in Greensboro

300 Woodbine Court, Greensboro

  • $685,000
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,258 square feet, 0.16 acre
  • Price/square foot: $303
  • Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)

1013 N. Elm Street, No. 5-B, Greensboro

  • $138,000
  • 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 608 square feet
  • Price/square foot: $227
  • Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)

November 9, 2023

An Unusually Complex 1914 Colonial Revival in Reidsville

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

  • $175,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,948 square feet
  • Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
  • A “very unusual two-story Colonial Revival house … Exhibiting an extremely complex plan, the house has a quantity of one- and two-story sections, projecting bays, ells and additions.”

Also Worth Noting:
A 1920 bungalow in Reidsville, $185,000

404 W. Harrison Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County

  • $185,000
  • 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,144 square feet, 0.14 acre
  • Price/square foot: $162
  • Caveat emptor — 10-week flip job

November 6, 2023

A Notable Photographer’s 1920 Bungalow in Lexington

405 Westside Drive, Lexington, Davidson County
The H. Lee and Mabel Waters House

  • $275,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,450 square feet, 0.17 acre
  • Price/square foot: $190
  • Neighborhood: Rosemary Park, Lexington Historic District (NR)
  • “Beginning in 1926, H. Lee Waters [1902-1997] captured local community life during a period of unprecedented change … from the Great Depression, through the WWII years, and on to the post-war manufacturing boom.”

Also worth Noting:
Another Lexington Bungalow

211 Park Street, Lexington, Davidson County

  • $208,900
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,080 square feet, 0.15 acre
  • Price/square foot: $193
  • Built in 1914
  • Neighborhood: Lexington Historic District (NR)
  • Caveat emptor — quickie flip job, listed at an audacious price. The listing includes no interior photos.

November 5, 2023

A 1926 Restoration Project in Mount Gilead, $265,000

118 E. Ingram Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County

  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,330 square feet (per county), 0.69 acre
  • Price/square foot: $114
  • The interior is awfully ragged, but it appears livable.

Also Worth Noting: Restoration Projects In Thomasville, Winston-Salem and Eden

204 E. Guilford Street, Thomasville, Davidson County

  • $99,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,217 square feet, 0.28 acre
  • Price/square foot: $81
  • Built in 1920
  • Some of the interior charm has survived despite the home’s neglect.

5534 Green Acres Street, Winston-Salem

  • $119,900
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 930 square feet, 0.47 acre
  • Price/square foot: $129
  • Built in 1925

754 Morgan Road, Eden, Rockingham County

  • $109,999
  • 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,250 square feet, lot size not recorded
  • Price/square foot: $88
  • Built in 1940

November 3, 2023

An 1840 Cottage in Yanceyville Linked to an Infamous Klan Murder, $399,500

303 Main Street West, Yanceyville, Caswell County
The S.T. Richmond House, aka the Sallie Martin House

  • 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1,164 square feet, 0.46 acre
  • Price/square foot: $343
  • Neighborhood: Yanceyville Historic District (NR)
  • Home of a physician implicated in the Klan’s 1870 murder of Sen. John W. Stephens in the Caswell County Courthouse.

Also Worth Noting:
A 1925 Bungalow in Greensboro, $325,000

518 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro

  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,587 square feet, 0.19 acre
  • Price/square foot: $205
  • Westerwood neighborhood

October 31, 2023

A 1924 Restoration Project in Winston-Salem, $233,800

1113 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem

  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,233 square feet, 0.15 acre
  • Price/square foot: $190
  • West End Historic District (local and NR)

Also Worth Noting:
A 1920 Bungalow in Troy, $289,000

130 Shiloh Road, Troy, Montgomery County

  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,558 square feet, 1.52 acres
  • Price/square foot: $186

October 30, 2023

A 1922 House to be Auctioned In Greensboro’s Fisher Park

910 N. Eugene Street, Greensboro

  • Auction scheduled for Wednesday November 15, 2023, 11 a.m., Guilford County Courthouse (Case No. 23 SP 240)
  • Opening bid $155,017.89
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,788 square feet, 0.19 acre

Also Worth Noting:
A 1922 Bungalow in Greensboro, $359,000

422 Hillside Drive, Greensboro

  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,691 square feet, 0.22 acre
  • Price/square foot: $212
  • Neighborhood: Westerwood