March 31, 2024
A Classic 1961 Mid-Century Modern in high Point, $999,999
1073 Sweetbriar Road, High Point
- 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 7,128 square feet, 1.38 acres
- Price/square foot: $140
- Neighborhood: Emerywood Forest
- Last sale: $2,200, July 1961
Designed by Voorhees and Eccles. The property was bought and the house built by Edward S. Silver (1929-2010) and Suzanne Weiss Silver in 1961. The deed is still in Edward’s name. The house has an elevator and tennis courts.
March 29, 2024
An Essentially Perfect 1913 Craftsman Bungalow in Greensboro With an Impressively High Price, $635,000
204 E. Hendrix Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,820 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $349
- Built in 1913 (per county, possibly a bit later; see note)
- Last sale: $365,000, July 2015
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park Historic District (local and NR)
The house has quite a remarkable set of built-ins and is in impeccable condition.
March 28, 2024
A Huge 1910 House in Awful Condition in Burlington, $199,999
604 W. Webb Avenue, Burlington, Alamance County
- 10 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 5,108 square feet, 0.53 acre
- Price/square foot: $39
This one is especially appalling — the owner has let this property deteriorate almost beyond the point of no return and now wants almost seven times what he paid for it in 2011. The listing says the house was divided into seven units.
March 27, 2024
A 1928 Home in Winston-Salem’s buena Vista Neighborhood, $974,900
784 N. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem
The Pinkney and Nannie Fulton House
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,529 square feet, 0.37 acre
- Price/square foot: $276
The property includes an attached two-car garage and a detached garage converted into a rather extraordinary office/studio space. Something you don’t see every day: “Even a bedroom custom painted by local artist Laura Lashley!” Something else you don’t see every day: A built-in beer tap in the kitchen.
March 26, 2024
Two 1910 Houses, Both in Wretched Condition, in Greensboro and Franklinville
- $149,900
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,370 square feet, 0.27 acre
- Price/square foot: $109
- Listed March 24, 2024
- Last sale: $16,500, June 1980
Located across Spring Garden Street from the Lindley Park neighborhood.
223 Holly Street, Franklinville, Randolph County
- $95,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,856 square feet, 3.29 acres
- Price/square foot: $51
- Last sales: $75,000, June 2023; $79,764, September 2019 (foreclosure auction); $96,100, August 2002
The property includes an in-ground pool.
March 24, 2024
A 1915 Mansion In Greensboro, $1.8 Million, For Sale by Owner
- $1,828,300
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (per listing; see note), 6,144 square feet (per county), 0.6 acre
- Price/square foot: $298
- Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
I think this is the most expensive for-sale-by-owner house I’ve seen. The listing includes only four small photos (amateur mistake). This would be the home’s fifth sale in 17 years. The previous sale prices were $1.525 million in 2007, as the housing bubble was building; $945,000 in 2012, after the bubble burst; $1.05 million in 2015; and $1.55 million in 2021.
March 24, 2024
A Modest 1970 Mid-Century Modern in North Wilkesboro, $229,900
407 Coffey Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 2 half-bathrooms, 1,943 square feet, 0.41 acre
- Price/square foot: $118
Located in the Finley Park neighborhood. Last sold in 1989.
March 23, 2024
A 1932 Farmhouse on 10 Acres in southern Guilford County, $719,000
7055 Old 421 Road, Guilford County
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,172 square feet, 10 acres
- Price/square foot: $331
- Last sales: $237,500, September 2017; $227,000, March 2016
Located about 3 miles north of Liberty, 20 miles south of Greensboro. The house has a Liberty mailing address but is in Guilford County. Old 421 Road forms the boundary between southern Guilford and northern Randolph counties. The property is 3 1/2 miles east of the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, the 1,800-acre industrial park where Toyota is building a battery plant.
March 23, 2024
A Relatively Affordable 1930 Log Cabin in Greensboro, $250,000
2506 Pinecroft Road, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,886 square feet, 0.37 acre
- Price/square foot: $133
- Neighborhood: Lamrocton
One of at least four log cabins in the 2500 block of Pinecroft Road. All date from 1923 to 1930.
March 21, 2024
A 1900 House in Bonlee in Chatham County, $249,300
37 Bonlee School Road, Bonlee, Chatham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,122 square feet (per county), 0.50 acre
- Price/square foot: $117
The house has a Bear Creek mailing address but is in the Bonlee community, about 3 miles northwest of Bear Creek and 7 miles south of Siler City.
March 19, 2024
An Unusual Combination: A 1905 Bungalow and a 1967 Office Building, $1.1 Million
749 Summit Street, Winston-Salem (house)
747 Summit Street (office building)
- $1.1 million
- House: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 half-bathrooms, 1,850 square feet, 0.99 acre
- Office building: 3,670 square feet, 10 parking spaces, Building Class C
- Price/square foot: $199 (5,520 square feet total)
- Built in 1905 (house), 1967 (offices)
- Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
The house is now being used as an office, too. Grover Cleveland McNair, comptroller for R.J. Reynolds, bought the house in 1925. His family owned it until 2019. Grover Jr.’s construction company most likely built the office. Online listings show the company still being there.
March 16, 2024
A Nice Little 1926 Bungalow in Greensboro With an Audacious Price, $699,900
1606 West End Place, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,577 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $443
- Neighborhood: College Park
This is a bafflingly high price for a house in this neighborhood and an audacious money grab. To compare, one of the grandest mansions in Irving Park was recently sold for $402/square foot.
March 16, 2024
Four Houses in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore Historic District
2314 Elizabeth Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $650,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,684 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $386
- Built in 1925
The property has a detached guesthouse (800 square feet), built in 2023. The listing calls it “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” but this would be the third time the house has been sold in seven years.
2396 Maplewood Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $369,900
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,460 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $253
- Built in 1925
District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. Side facing jerkinhead roof; one and a half story; wood shingles; six-over-six, double-hung sash; asymmetrically gabled entry pavilion with recessed door in arched opening; stuccoed, facade chimney.”
2069 Elizabeth Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $448,500
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,876 square feet, 0.10 acre
- Price/square foot: $239
- Built in 1923
District NR nomination: “Foursquare. Two story, pyramidal roof with wide eaves; hip porch roof; asbestos shingles; Tuscan columns; Craftsman style, six-over-one, double-hung sash (single and flanking narrow, multi-light over large single light window); exposed rafter tails; side passage entry with multi-light door.”
1521 Seneca Street, Winston-Salem
- $420,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,822 square feet, 0.15 acre
- Price/square foot: $231
- Built in 1912
District NR nomination: “Dutch Colonial Revival. One and a half story; cross-gambrel; weatherboard and decorative shingles; two-over-two, double-hung sash; hip roof porch; Tuscan columns; porch partially enclosed (may be original).”
March 16, 2024
Restoration Projects in Reidsville and Mount Gilead
708 S. Main Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- $200,000
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,630 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $76
- Built in 1910
- Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)
Yet another restoration project being abandoned. District NR nomination: “A standard, but well-articulated example of the Colonial Revival.”
110 E. Ingram Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County
- $140,000
- 5 bedrooms (per county), 2 bathrooms (per county), 5,096 square feet, 1.56 acres
- Price/square foot: $27
- Built in 1927
“Home needs full extensive renovation including roof and AC.”
March 16, 2024
An Unusually Expensive 1900 Bungalow in Mount Airy, $310,000
236 Orchard Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,386 square feet, lot size not listed in county records
- Price/square foot: $224
- Neighborhood: Lebanon Hill Historic District (NR)
Pretty steep price for a house whose historic character on the interior has been renovated away. Probably a flipped house (short-term, out-of-town owners), caveat emptor.
March 15, 2024
A 1922 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Southside Neighborhood, $355,000
409 McAdoo Avenue, Greensboro
The John and Ruby Sparrow House
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,580 square feet, 0.12 acre
- Price/square foot: $225
Although county records date the house only to 1935, the address appears in city directories as far back as 1922. The original owners were John Ward Sparrow (1891-1967), a brakeman, and his wife, Ruby Juanita Bain Sparrow (1896-1969).
March 12, 2024
A 1920 House in Winston-Salem’s Holly Avenue Historic District, $599,900
214 N. Spring Street, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,824 square feet, 0.11 acre
- Price/square foot: $212
The house has some unpainted woodwork that will knock your eyes out. The backyard is relatively small, and there’s an asphalt parking lot behind the property and to the right side.
March 11, 2024
An Unlisted Sale Worth Noting: A Curious 1920 House in Greensboro, $265,000
500 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro
- Sold for $265,000 on March 4, 2024
- The buyer is a Greensboro LLC that owns other properties in the neighborhood.
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,604 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $165
- Built in 1919 (per county, but probably a bit later; see note)
- Not listed publicly for sale
- Last sale: $9,500, June 1978
- Neighborhood: Westerwood
The property had only four owners from 1919 to 2024, but it has been empty for many years. With its unusual design — it doesn’t have a conventional front side — distinctive masonry and wood-shingled roof, it has a striking presence on a prominent corner in one of Greensboro’s most notable historic neighborhoods.
March 10, 2024
A 1930 Brick bungalow in High Point, $289,900
208 Woodrow Avenue, High Point
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,212 square feet, 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $131
- Neighborhood: Sherrod Park Historic District (NR)
- For sale by owner
District NRHP nomination: “1 1/2 story brick Craftsman style house … with overhanging bracketted eaves, a stuccoed shed dormer across the rear, and a side front porch with heavy brick posts.”
March 10, 2024
A Condo in Greensboro’s Historic Wafco Mills, $239,000
801 W. McGee Street, Unit 3, Greensboro
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,080 square feet
- Price/square foot: $221
- Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District (local and NR)
For sale by owner.
March 9, 2023
A Million-Dollar Mansion in Greensboro’s Irving Park, Sold in 1 Day
2321 Kirkpatrick Place, Greensboro
- $1.195 million
- 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,783 square feet, 0.39 acre
- Price/square foot: $316
- Built in 1926
The house was listed for sale on March 7, and the owners had accepted an offer by the next morning. They had listed it in 2021 at $1.25 million, without a sale. A renovation gutted the house down to the studs, replacing the electricity, plumbing and, sadly, the windows.
March 9, 2024
A 1925 Quadriplex in Mounty Airy, $500,000
135 W. Church Street, Mount Airy, Surry County
The Hatcher Apartments
- 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5,298 square feet, 0.36 acre
- Price/square foot: $94
- Built in 1925
- Last sales: $125,000, February 2022; $155,000, September 2002
- Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (NR)
A classic 1920’s apartment building in one of Mount Airy’s historic districts.
March 9, 2024
A 1931 Bungalow in Greensboro’s Lindley Park Neighborhood, $449,900
412 Northridge Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,413 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $186
- Last sale: $332,000, July 2020
There’s not much to say abut this one except “beauty,” “charm,” “gorgeous,” “exquisite,” “stunning,” “delights,” “spacious,” “perfect,” “cozy,” “serene,” “charm” (again), and “charming.”
March 9, 2024
A 1920 Restoration Project in Reidsville, $90,000
524 Boyd Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,160 square feet, 0.12 acre
- Price/square foot: $42
No heating or air conditioning system.
March 8, 2024
A 1920’s House Overlooking a Park in Greensboro, $699,900
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,740 square feet, 0.28 acre
- Price/square foot: $255
- Built in 1923 (per county, but probably later)
- Neighborhood: Westerwood
The property overlooks Lake Daniel Park across the street. It includes a detached cottage being used as a short-term rental. Oddly, the house was listed in the 1927 city directory as vacant, but then disappeared from the directory until 1938.
March 8, 2024
A 1923 House in Greensboro’s College Hill Neighborhood, $399,999
200 S. Tate Street, Greensboro
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,607 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $153
Single-family home divided into two apartments in the 1960s. In the 1905-06 city directory, long before this house was built, 200 Tate Street was the address given for St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, an African American institution. 200 S. Tate didn’t appear in the city directory again until 1924, when it was the home of Horace Gash Alexander, chairman of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
March 8, 2024
A 1923 Condo in Winston-Salem’s West End, $255,000
72 West End Boulevard, Apartment 3, Winston-Salem
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 825 square feet
- Price/square foot: $309
- HOA: $199/month
The Shenandoah Apartments building “is one of the most handsome of the early apartments in the West End.” The condo has been used as a shirt-term rental for five years. Three of the building’s six condos are owned by LLCs.
Also Worth Noting: A 1937 Condo in Greensboro, $119,900
1700 N. Elm Street, Apartment K4, Greensboro
- Studio apartment, 1 bathroom, 422 square feet
- Price/square foot: $284
- Built in 1937
- Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)
The complex is a Guilford County Historic Landmark.
March 8, 2024
A 1924 Bungalow in High Point’s emerywood Neighborhood, $380,000
320 Otteray Avenue, High Point
- 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,082 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $183
Located in the Emerywood neighborhood and Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR).
March 8, 2024
A 1913 Bungalow in Winston-Salem’s West End, $399,000
258 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,465 square feet
- Price/square foot: $272
Nation Register district nomination: “The house is a one-story pebbledash cottage characterized by irregular massing, a central pyramidal roof with intersecting gables which correspond with the various projecting bays and wings, tall interior chimneys, and a wrap-around porch with slender Tuscan columns and a plain balustrade. Typical of the setting of many West End houses, this one is located on a slight hill above the street and has a terraced yard with a handsome cut granite retaining wall and front walk steps.”
March 8, 2024
An 1880 church in Moore County, $60,000
151 Hammond Road, Pinebluff, Moore County
Free Liberty United Christian Church
- 1,448 square feet, 0.31 acre
- Price/square foot: $41
Located near the Addor community, about 10 miles south of Southern Pines and Pinehurst. It has a Pinebluff mailing address. The property is protected under preservation covenants held by Preservation North Carolina. Little, if any, history of the historically African American church can be found online, apart from a news report of a racist vandalism attack 21 years ago.
March 6, 2024
A Restored 1892 Queen Anne in Mount Gilead, $385,000
502 W. Allenton Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County
The Scarborough House
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,840 square feet (per county), 3.77 acres
- Price/square foot: $136
- Last sale: $60,000, November 2021
The owner is an LLC based in Charlotte, which apparently has done a massive restoration job on it. Sadly, the online listing has only one photo with it (at least initially). Before and after photos are above. The house apparently was owned by the Scarborough family until 2020, when the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina bought it for $35,000.
March 6, 2024
A 1926 Bungalow on 40 Acres in Rockingham County, $675,000
381 Huffines Mill Road, Rockingham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,376 square feet, 40.08 acres
- Price/square foot: $284
Located about 12 1/2 miles east of Reidsville, just off N.C. 65, and about 20 miles north of Greensboro. The house has a well-preserved original section and a newer addition, which includes an attached two-car garage. The property includes a log cabin and an RV-size garage with workshop.
March 6, 2024
A Fire-Damaged 1914 Foursquare in Burlington”s Historic District To Be Auctioned
612 W. Davis Street, Burlington, Alamance County
- Online auction through Monday March 25, 2 p.m.
- Opening bid: $200,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,712 square feet, 0.50 acre
- Price/square foot: $74 (at $200,000)
- Neighborhood: West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District (local and NR)
Listing: “This house was damaged by fire and smoke and has been gutted to the studs. The original floors and fireplaces are there. … Bids must be submitted on listing broker’s website.”
March 5, 2024
Today’s Special: Relatively Affordable Houses
211 S. Payne Street, Lexington, Davidson County
- $203,500
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,370 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $149
- Built in 1933 (per county, but probably earlier; see note)
- Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
The house is currently a short-term rental (“Can be sold fully furnished.”). “One-story German-sided bungalow with a clipped-front-gable roof and a wraparound porch supported by tapered posts on brick piers spanned by a brick railing … The house appears on the 1929 Sanborn map.”
808 Barnes Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
- $149,000
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,168 square feet, 0.6 acre
- Price/square foot: $128
- Built in 1925
The listed price is three times the amount paid for the house seven years ago. Last sales: $89,000, February 2021; $49,000, December 2017.
207 N. 6th Avenue, Mayodan, Rockingham County
- $195,000
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,600 square feet, 0.33 acre
- Price/square foot: $75
- Built in 1931
The condition of the interior is unknown. The listing has just one interior photo and says only that the house needs “a little TLC.” Online listings give the wrong address. Zillow has it as 207 S. 6th Street; others have 207 6th Street.
March 4, 2024
A 1958 Mid-Century Modern in High Point, $275,000
226 Pine Ridge Drive, High Point
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,305 square feet, 0.72 acre
- Price/square foot: $119
“Pool is inoperable but could be restored.”
March 4, 2024
A Business-Owner’s Much-Expanded 1927 Mansion in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista, $1.5 Million
620 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem
The Bert and Corinna Bennett House
- 6 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,736 square feet, 0.36 acre
- Price/square foot: $317
The original owners, Bert Lester Bennett Sr. (1890-1941) and Corinna Johnston Bennett (1896-1966), were listed at 620 Arbor in 1931. Bert was president of the Bennett-Lewallen Company, a wholesaler of cigars and candy, and vice president of Quality Oil Company, which operated five Shell service stations.
March 4, 2024
A Rambling 1892 Farmhouse on 11 Acres in Forsyth County, $199,000
3592 Spainhour Mill Road, Tobaccoville, Forsyth County
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,568 square feet, 11.04 acres
- Price/square foot: $77
The property was last sold in 1936. Something to ask about: The property appears to have no road frontage. Access appears to be via a driveway cutting through another property to Spainhour Mill Road.
March 3, 2024
An extraordinary Restoration Opportunity: The 1880 Merry Oaks Hotel, Post Office and More In Chatham County, $500,000
283 Old Christian Chapel Road, New Hill, Chatham County
The Merry Oaks Hotel
- 7 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 3,272 square feet (per county), 3.50 acres
- Price/square foot: $153
The property consists of the Merry Oaks Hotel, the Yates Thomas General Store and post office. There’s also what appears to be a modern house on the property, which isn’t mentioned in the listing’s description. The sale of the property in 2020 included the Merry Oaks rail depot, which also isn’t mentioned in this current listing but may still be there.
March 2, 2024
Today’s Special: Restoration Projects
2625 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem
- $117,000
- 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,500 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $78
- Built in 1927
- Last sale: $9,900, June 1951
The house was bought in 1951 by William Owen Calloway (1904-1990) and Flora Angeline Hanks Calloway (1909-1993). William operated several Esso gas stations (later Exxon) from the late 1940s until his retirement in 1970. It is being sold by their descendants.
3495 Bowens Road, Tobaccoville, Forsyth County
- Auction scheduled for Saturday April 27, noon
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,457 square feet (per county), 3.08 acres
- Built in 1930
- Last sale: February 1961, price unknown
The house is an unusual mix of old and new. The front-facing gable appears to be the only original part of the house visible on the front. The wing on the left, the front porch and the porte-cochere on the right appear to date from 1971, when the owners received a building permit for an “addition to front, rear, left and right sides of dwelling on Bowen Road.”
1292 Pine Hall Road, Pine Hall, Stokes County
- $99,900
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,647 square feet, 1.21 acres
- Price/square foot: $61
- Built in 1935
- Last sales: $67,000, January 16, 2024; $6,500, June 2013
The price is a large markup from the $67,000 the sellers paid in January. Compare the photos in the current and previous listings and see for yourself whether they’ve made much of an investment: Current listing, 2023 listing
March 2, 2024
A 1910 Farmhouse on 4 Acres in Yadkin County to be Auctioned
3529 Price Road, Hamptonville, Yadkin County
- Auction scheduled for April 4, 11 a.m., Yadkin County Courthouse, Yadkinville (Case 21 SP 51)
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,248 square feet, 3.98 acres
- Built in 1910
- Last sale: $45,000, March 2005
County property records, which could be outdated, describe the property as wooded with a barn, stables and a miscellaneous building. The building grade is listed as D-. The house is about 2 1/2 miles east of Hamptonville and 10 miles west of Yadkinville, just off U.S. 21 north of U.S. 421
february 29, 2024
A 1920’s Colonial Revival Bungalow in Greensboro’s Fisher Park Historic District, 335,000
406 W. Bessemer Avenue, Greensboro
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,253 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $267
- Built in 1926 (per county, but probably earlier; see note)
It’s an Aladdin kit house. District NRHP nomination: “Colonial Revival bungalow, 1920-23. Gable-end structure with full facade, engaged, columned porch.”
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