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.

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:

2323pineview

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.

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
Sale pending January 5, 2026
No longer under contract January 21, 2026

• $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.