May 31, 2024
3 Homes in Historic Winston-Salem neighborhoods
1527 Overbrook Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $1.05 million
- 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,036 square feet, 0.28 acre
- Price/square foot: $260
- Built in 1929
- Last sale: $310,000, June 2001
- Neighborhood: West Highlands
1801 Sunnyside Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $599,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,631 square feet, 0.26 acre
- Price/square foot: $228
- Built in 1917
- Last sale: $140,000, April 2022
- Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
Caveat emptor — flipped house, by an LLC in Vista, California. To their credit, it looks like they had some respect for the historic character of the house, except for the cheap replacement windows.
220 Gloria Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $435,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,232 square feet, 0.20 acre
- Price/square foot: $195
- Built in 1910
- Last sale: $270,000, November 2013
- Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
May 31, 2024
2 1930’s Houses on Walker Avenue in Greensboro’s Lindley Park
2517 Walker Avenue, Greensboro
The Edwin and Lois Blackwell House
- $415,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,287 square feet, 0.36 acre
- Price/square foot: $181
- Built in 1939
- Last sale: $215,000, March 2019
The original owners were Edwin Harrison Blackwell, a railroad machinist, and Lois Clary Blackwell, who bought the property in 1938 and owned it for 58 years.
2503 Walker Avenue, Greensboro
- $389,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,395 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $279
- Built in 1935
- Last sale: $166,900, September 2006
May 30, 2024
An Interior Designer’s 1940 Home in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $1.185 Million
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,659 square feet, 0.34 acre
- Price/square foot: $324
- Last sales: $788,000, January 2020; $425,000, June 2010
One of the current owners is an interior designer. Melvin Lichtenstein and Fannye Lichtenstein bought the property in 1939. Melvin was a salesman. They owned the house until 1971.
May 30, 2024
A 1935 Mansion in Alamance and a 1920 House in Burlington
4337 N.C. Highway 62 S., Alamance, Alamance County
The Elizabeth Fogleman House
- $685,000 (originally $675,000)
- 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5,735 square feet, 4.61 acres
- Price/square foot: $119
- Listed April 7, 2021; relisted May 29, 2024
- Last sale: $162,500, December 2005
- Neighborhood: The house is in Alamance village, 6 miles south of Burlington. It has a Burlington mailing address.
There are at least three houses called the “Fogleman House” in the immediate area. This one is on N.C. 62 south of Alamance mill village, next to First Baptist Church of Alamance. The Polly Fogleman House is on Brick Church Road, just off N.C. 62 almost to the Guilford County line; it’s on the National Register. Another Fogleman House is just across the county line in Guilford County on the same road (it’s called Holt’s Store Road in Guilford).
234 Silver Lake Drive, Burlington, Alamance County
- $290,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,406 square feet, 0.29 acre
- Price/square foot: $206
- Built in 1920
- Neighborhood: Country Club Estates
The property includes a detached two-car garage with a 300 square-foot second floor.
May 29, 2024
An 1880 Cabin on 33 Acres in Wilkes County, $785,000
1104 Old Highway 60, Millers Creek, Wilkes County
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,500 square feet, 33.66 acres (per county)
- Price/square foot: $523
- Built in 1880 (per county)
- Last sale: $167,000, January 2021
The property has a Wilkesboro mailing address but is about 9 miles northwest of Wilkesboro in the Millers Creek community.
May 28, 2024
An 1890 Farmhouse Near King in Stokes County, $375,000
1560 Gentry Farm Road, Stokes County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,822 square feet, 1.46 acres
- Price/square foot: $133
The property has been owned by the Bennett-Gentry family since the house was built. It has a King mailing address but is located about 6 miles south of town. Something you don’t see every day: “There is a hidden staircase behind the kitchen that leads to a bedroom on the upper level.”
May 28, 2024
An 1896 Church Near Dobson, $274,500
131 Double Creek Road, Surry County
- 1 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,520 square feet, 0.89 “pesticide free” acre
- Price/square foot: $109
- Last sale: $80,000, July 2004
The building housed the Copeland Baptist Church from 1896-1957. The property has a Dobson mailing address but is in southern Surry County, about 8 1/2 miles southeast of Dobson.
May 28, 2024
An Unusual 1919 House in Greensboro’s Westerwood, $450,000
500 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro
Listing withdrawn May 30, 2024
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,604 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $281
- Built in 1919 (per county, but probably a bit later; see note)
- Last sales: $265,000, March 2024; $9,500, June 1978
The house was sold for just $265,000 two months ago. It 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.
May 27, 2024
An Intriguing Stone House I Saw Last Week in Lerwick, Shetland, $526,000 (GBP 412,000)
2 Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Rocklea
- $526,000 (GBP 412,000)
- 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, square feet and lot size not listed
- Price/square foot: NA
- Built: Year not listed, but it’s not new, even by local standards
- Listed April 8, 2024
- Last sale: Not listed
- Neighborhood: Just up the hill from the harbour
- Note: It’s a freehold, which is good, something taken granted here but not there.
- The property includes an attached garage and additional lock-up garage down the block a bit.
- “Heating and hot water is from the Lerwick district heating scheme.”
- Some of the carpeting is a bit startling.
- If you’ve watched the BBC mystery series “Shetland,” it’s just down the street from the police station.
May 18, 2024
Time for a Little Break
Piedmont Historic Homes will be back shortly.
May 18, 2024
A Dentist’s 1908 Home in North Wilkesboro, $449,000
907 Trogdon Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,075 square feet, 0.66 acre
- Price/square foot: $146
- Last sale: $380,000, October 2022
The earliest known owners were Dr. William Andrew Taylor (1873-1951) and Carrie Lee Jones Taylor (1877-1940). The house remained in their family until 2009. Dr. Taylor was a dentist who opened an office in North Wilkesboro in 1903.
May 18, 2024
Two Relatively Affordable Small-Town Bungalows
226 Vance Street, Lexington, Davidson County
- $230,000
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,225 square feet, 0.43 acre
- Price/square foot: $188
- Built in 1922
- Last sale: $153,000, December 2021
- Neighborhood: Park Place Historic District (local), Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
1021 Washington Street, Eden, Rockingham County
- $185,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,334 square feet, 0.45 acre
- Price/square foot: $139
- Built in 1936
- Last sale: $67,000, November 2021
- Note: Owned by an LLC
May 17, 2024
An elegant 1930’s Home in Winston-Salem’s Buena Vista, $649,000
1408 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,643 square feet, 0.78 acre
- Price/square foot: $246
- Built in 1934 (per county, but probably a few years later; see note)
- Last sale: $70,000, July 1979
The house has had only two owners.
May 17, 2024
A 1928 Home in High Point’s Emerywood Neighborhood, $429,000
84 Hillcrest Drive, High Point
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,758 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $244
- Last sale: $308,500, August 2022
- Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (local and NR)
District NR nomination: “This two-story, side-gabled, house has Colonial Revival- and Craftsman-style details.”
May 17, 2024
A 1921 Bungalow in Greensboro, $380,000
710 Wharton Street, Greensboro
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,152 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $330
- Built in 1921
- Last sale: $68,900, August 2000
- Neighborhood: Fisher Park, just outside the historic district
Located across the street from the entrance to Green Hill Cemetery.
May 16, 2024
A 1900 Farmhouse on 3 Acres Near Milton in Caswell County, $79,000
974 Yarborough Mill Road, Caswell County
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,150 square feet, 3 acres
- Price/square foot: $69
- Last sale: $50,000, October 2003
Located off N.C. Highway 62, 4 miles south of Milton near the Estelle community. The property has a Milton mailing address. County records give the name of the road as Yarborough Mill Road, but online listings and Google Maps show it as Yarboroughs Mill.
May 16, 2024
A Railroad Conductor’s Elegant Home in Winston-Salem’s West highlands, $499,500
1514 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston-Salem
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,231 square feet, 0.23 acre
- Price/square foot: $224
- Built in 1925 (per county, but probably a couple years later; see note)
- Last sale: $158,500, August 1997
The address first appears in the city directory in 1928. Lemuel Hall White (1883-1972), a conductor with Southern Railway, owned the house until his death in 1972. His widow sold the house in 1978.
May 14, 2024
An 1826 Restoration Project in Wentworth, $124,900
1091 N.C. Highway 65, Wentworth, Rockingham County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,112 square feet, 1 acre
- Price/square foot: $59
- Built in 1826
- Last sale: $23,000, July 2000
- Neighborhood: The house has a Reidsville mailing address, but it’s in downtown Wentworth.
Wright Tavern, a restored 1816 inn and tavern, is next door, although because of the odd way this house is positioned with the right side facing the street, the tavern appears to be behind the house.
May 14 2024
Four New Listings in Winston-Salem Historic Districts
721 Miller Street, Winston-Salem
- $325,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,630 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $199
- Built in 1925
- Last sale: $75,000, September 1971
- Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: “Period Cottage. One and a half story; side gable; front-gable projection; shed-roof dormer; six-over-six, double-hung sash; front-gable roof over entry; aluminum siding.”
118 Gloria Avenue, Winston-Salem
- $399,000
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,098 square feet, 0.24 acre
- Price/square foot: $129
- Built in 1900
- Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District (NR)
Duplex, originally a single-family home. District NR nomination: “Frame vernacular house with Queen Anne massing and transitional Colonial Revival details.”
118 Taylor Street, Winston-Salem
- $435,000
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,198 square feet, 0.14 acre
- Price/square foot: $198
- Built in 1921
- Last sale: $145,000, August 2006
- Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
The listing says the house has new replacement windows, not often allowed in local historic districts. It also has vinyl siding, which may pre-date the establishment of the historic district.
522 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem
- $449,900
- 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,716 square feet (per county), 0.28 acre
- Price/square foot: $166
- Built in 1920
- Last sale: $255,000, April 2005
- Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)
The house is owned by the Salem Congregation. District NR nomination: “Colonial Revival. Two story; gable-on-hip roof; wood shingle siding; six-over-one, double-hung sash; gable-roof entry porch with arched opening; shingle-sheathed posts with turned posts; fanlight; stone retaining wall.”
May 14, 2024
Two Well-Preserved Bungalows in Elkin’s Residential Historic District
316 Gwyn Avenue, Elkin, Surry County
- $299,999
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,580 square feet, 0.19 acre
- Price/square foot: $190
- Built in 1910
- Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: “The dominant feature of the one-and-a-half-story, vinyl-sided, frame house is its ultra-steep, front-facing gable roof. The front gable has a distinctive arrangement of openings: a three-part window in the center flanked by small square windows, and a triangular ventilator in the gable peak.”
327 Gwyn Street, Elkin, Surry County
The Edward Lawrence House
- $375,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,863 square feet, 0.17 acre
- Price/square foot: $201
- Built in 1932
- Neighborhood: Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District (NR)
District NR nomination: “Edward Lawrence operated what is purported to be the oldest dry cleaning business in Elkin, located on West Main Street. The Lawrence family was the earliest associated with the one-and-a-half-story brick bungalow.”
May 12, 2024
Sunday Special: A Restored 1840 House in Milton, $475,000
170 Broad Street, Milton, Caswell County
The Friou-Hunt-Hurdle House
- 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,280 square feet, 3.34 acres
- Price/square foot: $145
- Neighborhood: Milton Historic District (NR)
From the Vernalcular Architecture Forum: “Believed to have been built in the late 1850s or early 1860s and updated several years later, the 2-story frame house follows a typical 1-room-deep center-passage plan plus a rear ell built in phases. Here the popular antebellum Greek Revival style is overlaid with more ornate features of the later 19th century including the present ornate porch, front entrance with arched panels, bosses, moldings, and red ‘Venetian’ glass transom.
“The interior displays elements of the late antebellum style associated with cabinetmaker Thomas Day, such as the pair of niches in the east parlor and the mantel in the west dining room, as well as simpler mantels and door and window frames.”
May 11, 2024
A 1938 Farmhouse on 13 acres in Stokesdale, $500,000
9056 Mount Carmel Road, Stokesdale, Guilford County
- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,444 square feet, 13.85 acres
- Price/square foot: $205
- Last sale: $215,000, October 14, 2016
Located in the northwest corner of Stokesdale, near Belews Lake. The county puts the date as 1938, but the design suggests a much older house.
May 10, 2024
A 1906 Queen Anne in Greensboro’s College Hill Historic District, $405,000
705 Morehead Street, Greensboro
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,781 square feet, 0.21 acre
- Price/square foot: $227
The listing calls it “one of the most beautifully renovated homes in College Hill,” but includes no photos of the interior. County records give the date as 1925, but the address appears in the city directory from 1907.
May 9, 2024
A 1967 Mid-Century Modern in Greensboro Designed by Clinton Gravely, $349,900
3109 Watauga Drive, Greensboro
The Norman and Gerda Curtis House
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,975 square feet, 0.32 acre
- Price/square foot: $177
- Last sale: 1967, price not recorded on deed.
- Neighborhood: Starmount Forest
Norman Curtis and Gerda Q. Curtis bought the property in 1967 and hired architect Clinton Gravely to design their house. Norman was a cattleman and owner of Curtis Packing Company. He also owned the Greensboro Generals hockey team for a while in the 1970s.
May 8, 2024
A 1912 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $625,000
517 Jersey Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Lorraine-Dunstan House
- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,558 square feet, 0.24 acre
- Price/square foot: $244
- Last sale: $22,000, February 1974
Listing: “The elegant wood paneling in living room was saved from the Reynolds’ Ship House, torn down in 1977.” Something curious: “Seller to remain in home possibly thru mid October.”
May 7, 2024
A Large Lexington Property with Seven Historic Structures, Now at Risk of Demolition, $1.175 Million
308 E. Center Street, Lexington, Davidson County
The Thomas and Rebecca Eanes House and other properties
Formerly The Bailey House Inn & Village, Lexington Vintage Center, and Oak Grove
- Seven buildings, 13,842 square feet on 7.05 acres in downtown Lexington. The houses are clustered on a 1.28-acre section. A brochure for the property refers to them as “7 residential structures that can be repaired or demolished.” The rest of the property appears to be wooded.
- Last sale: $256,500, October 1995
The property is being marketed for redevelopment: “Possible division of 7 acre tract, catering to various development needs. … These structures are vacant, in need of extensive repairs and renovations with possible Lexington grant funds for rehabilitation. Main structure facing Center Street of 4,952 SF [5,004 per county] is ideal for corporate office and great value with development of remaining acres.”
May 6, 2024
A 1918 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $599,900
1092 W. 4th Street, Winston-Salem
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,184 square feet, 0.25 acre
- Price/square foot: $275
- Last sale: $155,000, June 1985
District NR nomination: “Stark simplicity is the distinguishing feature of this Colonial Revival dwelling. It is a two-story stuccoed house with a steep gable roof whose eaves project across front and rear only, an interior end chimney, a narrow three-bay facade, and a front porch — which extends on the west side to form a porte cochere — with Classical posts on a solid balustrade.”
May 5, 2024
A Remarkably Rustic 1885 Farmhouse on 5 Acres in Roaring River, $679,000
225 Cotton Mill Road, Roaring River, Wilkes County
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,048 square feet, 5.6 acres
- Price/square foot: $332
- Last sale: $60,000, January 2008
- Neighborhood: Reves-Greenwood Mill Complex, about 10 miles east of North Wilkesboro and 11 miles west of Elkin.
A rare house that appears to be in excellent condition and has never been the victim of remodeling or modernizing.
May 5, 2024
Two Impeccable Homes in Greensboro’s Sunset Hills Historic District
2118 Wright Avenue, Greensboro
- $549,000
- 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,350 square feet, 0.18 acre
- Price/square foot: $234
- Built in 1929
District NR nomination: “The one-story, two-bay, cross-gabled, painted-brick house displays a front-gable with and oculus and gable returns crowning an arched bay that fronts the southeast corner inset porch.”
306 N. Chapman Street, Greensboro
The Frances and Julius Love House
- $655,000
- 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,283 square feet, 0.22 acre
- Price/square foot: $287
- Built in 1939
- Last sale: $670,000, November 2023
A rare house being listed at a loss.
May 4, 2024
An Unusual 1913 House in Winston-Salem’s West End, With an Unusually Low Price, $299,000
929 W. 5th Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Owens-Nissen House
- 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,929 square feet, 0.13 acre
- Price/square foot: $155
District NR nomination: “This unusual house shows a combination of Colonial Revival and Italianate influences.” Although it needs some cosmetic work, the price is remarkably low for a house in the West End (or for a historic house almost anywhere these days).
May 4, 2024
An 1890 Alamance County FARMHOUSE, $450,000
2550 Staley Store Road, Alamance County
The McPherson-Cook House
- 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,560 square feet (per county), 1.78 acres
- Price/square foot: $176
- Neighborhood: The property has a Liberty mailing address but is across the county line In southwestern Alamance County.
The property was part of a larger tract owned by Samuel McPherson (1843-1924). Wayland Clarence McPherson Jr., his sister Katie Lee McPherson Cook and her husband, Jack Cook, operated the Cook & McPherson dairy farm. Katie lived in the house her entire life.
May 4, 2024
A 52-Acre Property in Mebane with a 1936 Cape Cod, $1.2 Million
2258 U.S. 70, Mebane, Alamance County
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,400 square feet, 52 acres
- Price/square foot: $500
- Last sale: Three tracts bought in separate transactions between 1936 and 1958.
- Neighborhood: Between Mebane and Haw River on U.S. 70
The property extends from U.S. 70 to Graham Mebane Lake. It’s located across the street from Fifth Street Books and other businesses. The house was built by Marcel W. Breitmeier (1903-1960) and Audrey B. Breitmeier (1903-1980). One of their sons is now selling it.
May 2, 2024
A 1907 Queen Anne in Yadkinville, $425,000
321 Virginia Drive, Yadkinville, Yadkin County
- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,852 square feet, 0.41 acre
- Price/square foot: $149
- Last sale: $45,000, June 2023
The original owners appear to have been local businessman Benjamin F. James Shore (1852-1913) and Mary Louise “Mollie” Steelman Shore (1866-1946). The house remained in their family until 2019. The house was sold again in 2023 to a restoration company, which has more pictures of the house on its Facebook page (which is the source of the colorized photo above, said to be Benjamin and Mollie with their two children, Ethel Mae and son Rossie; the other older picture is from Google Street View in 2016).
May 2, 2024
A Large 1910 House in Alamance County, Formerly the Home of a Wholesale Cheese Business, $170,000
8756 N.C. Highway 87 S., Eli Whitney, Alamance County
- Number of bedrooms and bathrooms unknown, 4,302 square feet, 3.21 acres
- Price/square foot: $40
- Built in 1910
- Last sale: $35,000, April 1985
- Neighborhood: South of Saxapahaw and Eli Whitney. The property has a Graham mailing address.
Formerly occupied by Cornucopia Cheese and Specialty Food Company. It appears to have gone out of business several years ago. The property is still in the company’s name. Listing: “The house has a commercial cooler installed adjacent to the house. The house is full of personal property that will not be removed.”
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