Piedmont Historic Homes

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Mid-Century Modern is in a class by itself — not old by historic standards, but historic in the innovation and aesthetic breakthrough that it brought to home design. Mid-Century Modern homes are found throughout the 12 counties of the Triad, though they aren’t as plentiful in the Triad as in the Triangle, Charlotte and the mountains.

The authoritative source for information on Mid-Century Modern homes in North Carolina is North Carolina Modernist Houses.

2756 Peachtree Road, Statesville, Iredell County
The Victor and Louise McIntyre House
Sale pending August 13, 2024
No longer under contract October 12, 2025

• $1.75 million
• 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 4,012 square feet (per county), 21 acres
• Price/square foot: $436
• Built in 1954
• Listed October 9, 2023
• Last sale: November 1950, price not recorded on deed
• Note: The listing shows 4,144 square feet.
  • “Built on a former farm, there are 3 parcels of land … The house on 6 acres surrounded by old oak trees, plus 11.91 acres of 25 year growth Loblolly Pines plus one acre parcel that adjoins East Iredell Elementary.”
  • “A 900+square’ shop, plumbed and wired and could be made into a second residence or wonderful work/shop, plus another metal building for tractor/vehicle storage.”
  • Ominous: “Also a prime location for development.”
  • The house was built by Victor O. McIntyre (1925-2022) and Annie Louise Murdock McIntyre (1928-2019). They bought the property in 1950, the year they were married. The house is being sold by one of their sons.
  • Victor owned McIntyre Custom Floors. He was a member of the Cool Spring Volunteer Fire Department. Victor was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, retiring after 42 years in 1985 as a chief petty officer. 
  • Louise was a graduate of Cool Spring High School. She attended Brevard College and received her degree in art from Greensboro College. She taught art at Cool Spring school and then taught art, weaving and pottery in her home.

210 Kemp Road East, Greensboro
The Ellen and Edgar Marks House
Sale pending November 14, 2025

• $1.85 million (originally $2 million)
• 6 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 9,621 square feet (per county), 0.97 acre
• Price/square foot: $192
• Built in 1965
• Listed April 21, 2025
• Last sales: $920,500, November 2017; $385,000, May 1982
• Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
• Note: Designed by Edward Lowenstein
  • The house has a sunroom with an indoor swimming pool.
  • The original owners were Dr. Edgar Seymore Marks (1921-2023) and Ellen Spear Marks (1930-2021). Edgar grew up in Greensboro. He earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his medical degree from Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine. As an Army Captain and WWII veteran, he served as a public health director for the U.S. military government in South Korea. He practiced in Greensboro for more than 40 years.
  • Ellen was a real estate executive. She was named Arbitrator of the Year for the Better Business Bureau of Central North Carolina. She also was a licensed pilot. She sold the house in 1975.
  • In 1983, the house was bought by George Whitehead Page Jr. (1933-2022) and Carroll Israel Page. George graduated from Hargrave Military Academy and left college to join the Air Force during the Korean War, where he flew the F-86 Sabre fighter jet. Later, he founded Unitex Chemical Corporation, initially a textile chemical marketer and later a manufacturer of components to the plastics industry. They owned the house for 34 years, selling it to the current owners in 2017.

1503davidson

1503 Davidson Road, Davidson County
The Earl and Kitty Congdon House

• $1.395 million (originally $1.5 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,286 square feet (per county), 3.42 acres
• Price/square foot: $325
• Built in 1980
• Listed September 26, 2025
• Last sale: $650,000, March 2023
• Neighborhood: Just across the Davidson-Guilford county line. The property has a High Point mailing address.
• Note: Designed by Norman Zimmerman (1934-2014). “He loved working by hand, never changing over to CAD, and it is said he could fix anything with duct tape.” (NCModernist)
  • Earl Congdon Jr. (b. 1930) and Kathryn W. “Kitty” Congdon (b. 1932) bought the property in 1977. They sold the house 34 years later. Earl was president of Old Dominion Freight Lines. He had succeeded his mother in 1962. He served as CEO until 2008 and as executive chairman until 2018.
  • Earl’s parents, Earl Sr. (1906-1950) and Lillian Congdon (1909-1993), founded Old Dominion in 1934 with $1,700 that Lil saved from her job with the phone company. Lillian succeeded Earl Sr. as president after his death from a fall at age 43.

153hillhaven

153 Hillhaven Place SE, Lenoir, Caldwell County
Sale pending November 11, 2025

• $1.399 million
• 6 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 7,982 square feet, 2.84 acres
• Price/square foot: $175
• Built in 1963
• Listed July 2, 2025
• Last sale: $749,900, May 2022
• Note: The house is now a $4,000/month rental, Zillow says.
  • Designed by Ajii Tashiro (1908-1994), a native of New Haven, Connecticut. “In 1938, Tashiro was recruited to Appalachian State University (ASU) in Boone NC as Landscape Architect and Associate Architect. He also taught Landscape Design, Creative Writing, and History of Western Civilizations. … By 1959 he went on his own as both architect and landscape architect. He moved to North Wilkesboro NC around 1961. Lowes was just taking off and used Tashiro for a variety of projects. … Tashiro resisted being labeled a specialist in any aspect of design work, preferring a wide variety of projects, clients, and challenges. He designed many types of buildings, retiring around 1985 but continuing part time until about 1993.” (NCModernist)
  • The original owners were Allene Edith Broyhill Stevens (1922-2021) and William Edward Stevens Jr. (1922-1983). Allene was the daughter of James Edgar Broyhill, founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries. Her estate sold the house in 2022.
  • Allene was a graduate of Converse College and served as a trustee of Appalachian State University and the Caldwell County Community College Foundation. She was a philanthropist and was honored by the Caldwell Council of Women with the Satie Broyhill Lifetime Achievement Award, which was named for her mother.
  • William was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was executive vice president of Broyhill and the unsuccessful 1974 Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate (Robert Morgan won the seat).
  • There are only two houses on Hillhaven Lane. The other belonged to Allene’s brother James Thomas Broyhill, longtime member of Congress and, briefly, U.S. senator.

4228starmount

4228 Starmount Drive, Greensboro
The Frank and Bertha Holliday House

• $819,900 (originally $839,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,031 square feet, 0.57 acre
• Price/square foot: $271
• Built in 1952
• Listed October 27, 2025
• Last sales: $700,000, June 2022; $390,000, May 2021
• Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
• Note: The house has a bedroom with an en suite bathroom and exterior door that could be used an in-law suite.
  • The original owners were Frank Robertson Holliday Jr. (1922-1990) and Bertha Anthony “Bert” Holliday (1926-2017). They bought the property in 1951. Although county records show the home’s date as 1952, they weren’t listed as living on Starmount Drive until 1956. Frank was a graduate of N.C. State University and served as an Army captain in World War II. He was president of Holliday Manufacturing Company and secretary-treasurer of F.R. Holliday and Company, plumbers, where he worked with his father and uncle Earle Holliday.
  • Frank died of asbestos-related lung cancer in 1990. Bert sold the house in 1996.
  • A renovation of the home included painting the exterior stone work, a highly second-guessable decision:

1950 Sussex Lane, Winston-Salem
The James Deadrick House

• $785,500
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 1,820 square feet (per county), 0.45 acre
• Price/square foot: $432
• Built circa 1971 (see note)
• Listed June 7, 2025
• Last sale: $351,500, December 2014
• Neighborhood: Buena Vista
• Note: For sale by owner
  • Landscape design by John Newman
  • Zillow has the square footage as 3,200, which would make the price a more realistic $245 per square foot.
  • A 1971 deed showed a price of $5,500, which suggests there was no house on the site. County records give 1962 as the date of the house, but the address wasn’t listed in the 1963 city directory, the latest available online. Zillow has it as 1937, which could have been the date of an earlier house on the property.
  • The house most likely was built by James Robert Deadrick (1925-1989), who bought the property in 1971. He was a designer for Stewart-Warner Corporation, which produced hardware for furniture. He lived in the house for the rest of his life.

1142westover

1142 Westover Terrace, Asheboro, Randolph County
Sale pending November 12, 2025

• $447,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,978 square feet, 0.72 acre
• Price/square foot: $226
• Built in 1964
• Listed October 24, 2025
• Last sale: $282,000, October 2020
• Neighborhood: Dave’s Mountain
• Note: Designed by Greensboro architect J. Hyatt Hammond.
  • The early history of the house is obscure. Hal Hammer Walker (1918-1987) and his sister Jane Page Walker Croom (1923-1976) bought the property in 1961. Hal served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II. He was a lawyer, state senator and for 10 years a Superior Court judge. They had sold the property by 1981, but it’s not clear when.

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2323 Pineview Drive, Burlington, Alamance County
The Boswell House

• $415,000 (originally $435,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,341 square feet, 0.85 acre
• Price/square foot: $177
• Built in 1961
• Listed October 8, 2025
• Last sales: $437,880, September 2025; $180,000, May 2014
• Neighborhood: West Burlington
• Note: Online listings show 4 bedrooms; county records show 3.
  • Owned by an LLC in Woodland Hills, California, which bought it in September 2025 and less than one month later listed it for sale at a loss, strangely enough.
  • The property was bought in November 1948 by Charlie Lee Boswell (1898-1981) and Merle Mattie Hargrove Boswell (1901-1989). It remained in their family for 66 years. Charlie was a mechanic with Brown Hosiery Mill. Merle also was a textile worker.
  • Charlie and Merle owned two lots and were listed at 2700 Pineview. 2323 is nextdoor but didn’t appear in the city directory until 1964 with their son and daughter-in-law Charles Ronald “Pete” Boswell (1935-2012) and Billie Suggs Boswell (b. 1937) shown as residents (they had previously been listed at 2702). Pete and Billie bought the property in 1974. Billie sold it in 2014. Pete was an architect and owner of Charles Boswell Construction.

741 Kildare Road, Asheboro, Randolph County
Sale pending November 18, 2025

• $399,800
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,232 square feet, 0.68 acre (two lots)
• Price/square foot: $325
• Built in 1979
• Listed July 30, 2025
• Last sale: $170,000, June 2024
• Note: The house was built by Burit Doyle Craven (1932-2010) and Virginia Ann Davis Craven (1938-2024). Doyle was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He worked as vice president for consumer loans at First National Bank. He also was a jazz pianist. Virginia was a graduate of UNC Greensboro and worked as a special-education teacher. She was a potter and made costumes for the Asheboro High School drama department. The house was sold by her estate in 2024.

1358tellowee

1358 Tellowee Road, Eden, Rockingham County
The Charles and Josephine Whisenant House
Sale pending September 12-26, 2025
Sale pending October 23-31, 2025
Listing withdrawn October 31, 2025; relisted December 22, 2025
Sale pending December 22, 2025

• $367,000 (originally $377,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,740 square feet, 1.62 acres (per county; see note)
• Price/square foot: $211
• Built in 1972
• Listed August 26, 2025
• Last sale: 1971, before the house was built.
• Neighborhood: Sauratown Estates, off N.C. 14 south of Eden near the Carter’s Grove community.
• Note: No two sources give the same size for the lot: County property records show 1.62 acres, the deed has 1.33 and the listing says 1.98.
  • Charles Augustus Whisenant Jr. and Josephine Lingerfelt Whisenant (1932-2020) bought the property in 1971. Charles is now selling it. He was the first plant manager for Spray Textured Yarns in 1970 and also had worked for Burkyarns in Valdese. Jo was a long time member and past president of the Eden Garden Club.

2080 Pannel Road, Wentworth, Rockingham County
Listing withdrawn October 11, 2025
Relisted October 31, 2025

• $235,000 (originally $259,000)
• 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 2,020 square feet, 4.46 acres
• Price/square foot: $116
• Built in 1998
• Listed April 15, 2025
• Last sales: $228,500, October 2023; $76,000, February 2023
  • Note: The house is a geodesic dome with one floor, a loft and a basement.
  • The house has a Reidsville mailing address, but is just on the other side of Wentworth.
  • County records show 768 square feet, which appears to be the size of the first floor only.

701locust

701 Locust Place, High Point
The Richard and Lajeune Parrish House
Sale pending November 23, 2025
No longer under contract December 5, 2025

• $229,900 (originally 269,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,696 square feet, 0.47 acre
• Price/square foot: $136
• Built in 1958 (per county, but probably a couple years earlier; see note)
• Listed July 31, 2025
• Last sale: $77,200, July 2006
• Note: The property was bought in 1952 by Richard L. Parrish (1923-2006) and Lajeune McIntyre Parrish (1925-1997). They were listed at the address in 1956. Richard was initially identified in the city directory as a building contractor. In subsequent years, he was a draftsman, machinist and salesman. Decades later, his obituary said he had been a carpenter. Richard and Lajeune sold the house in 1967.
  • The sellers have owned the house for 19 years, considerably longer than anyone else.