Piedmont Historic Homes

1504overbrook

1504 Overbrook Court, High Point
The Delbert and Adrene Cecil House
Upset bid period in effect

• Sold for $173,250, March 2026 (according to auction listing; no deed has been filed yet)
  • Auction held February 17, 2026, multiple upset bids followed.
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,389 square feet (per county), 0.24 acre
• Price/square foot: $73
• Built in 1958
• Last sale: $131,500, January 2016
• Neighborhood: Wendover Hills
• Note: Charles Delbert Cecil (1925-1988) and Adrene Juanita Rickard Cecil (1928-1984) bought the property in 1955. They were listed at the address (originally 1504 Briarcliff Court) beginning in 1959 and lived there for the rest of their lives.
  • Delbert was a salesman and a member of the Virginia-Carolinas Home Furnishings Representatives Association. He served in World War II with the Army Air Force in the 100th Bomber Squadron.

1801georgia

1801 Georgia Avenue, Winston-Salem
The Floyd and Vivian Burge House

• Sold for $925,000 on March 26, 2026 (listed at $895,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,655 square feet, 0.64 acre
• Price/square foot: $559
• Built in 1953
• Listed April 18, 2024
• Last sales: $853,000, May 2024; $236,000, March 2014
• Neighborhood: West Highlands
• Note: Sold by an LLC associated with an investment firm in St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • It’s a wonderful house, but $559 per square foot is an extraordinary price for a historic home of any sort in Winston-Salem or the Triad. Since 2025, out of 453 historic-home sales tracked on this website, only two others sold for than $500 per square foot and only 32 between $300 and $500. The highest price paid in Winston-Salem was $377 per square foot. In 2024, this house sold for $515/square foot, a wildly overpriced sale, some would say, which the sellers have managed to exceed.
  • The home’s original owners were Floyd Smith Burge Sr. (1903-1998) and Vivian Mildred Saylor Burge (1903-1977). He sold the house in 1978.
  • Floyd was a master carpenter who installed architectural millwork in the Duke Chapel, Graylyn and the executive offices in the R.J. Reynolds building. During World War II, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky as superintendent of the Curtis Wright Aircraft Company. After the war, he returned to Winston-Salem and founded the Floyd S. Burge Construction Company.
  • He also spent almost two years doing construction work for Moravian missions in Honduras and Nicaragua. He was a member of Ardmore Moravian Church for 65 years, serving as elder and trustee, treasurer and Sunday school superintendent.
  • Vivian was vice-president of the construction company. She was pianist or New Philadelphia Moravian Church and taught for 28 years at Ardmore Moravian Church.
• N.C. Modernist: “Designed and built by their son, J. Kenneth Burge [1926-2017], based on classes he took with George Matsumoto at the NCSU School of Design.” Ken Burge was a graduate of Reynolds High School and N.C. State University, with a degree in architectural engineering. He served in the Army in the Philippines during World War II. He joined his father’s firm and established Burge Enterprises; Home Lumber Company, an architectural millwork firm; and BB&L, a holding company. He headed all four companies until he retired in 1989.

1112riverwood

1112 Riverwood Drive, Davidson County
The Elmer and Mary Davis House

• Sold for $771,500 on March 17, 2026 (originally $875,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,835 square feet, 1.08 acres
• Price/square foot: $420
• Built in 1976
• Listed October 7, 2025
• Last sales: $445,000, December 2016; $475,000, February 2008
• Neighborhood: Located on High Rock Lake, about 14 miles southwest of Lexington. The property has a Lexington mailing address.
• Note: The property includes a heated saltwater pool, pool house with a full bathroom, four-car garage with heat and air conditioning, and private pier.
  • The original owners were Elmer Gray Davis Jr. (d. 2015) and Mary Dauch Davis (d. 2020). They bought the property in December 1974 and built the house soon after. they sold it in 2005.
  • Elmer served in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and was co-owner of Brothers II, a men’s clothing business. Davis was a director of Wachovia Bank in Lexington and president of the Davidson County Community College Foundation.
  • Mary was director of the Davidson County battered women’s shelter and a counselor for Hospice of Davidson County. She helped start the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Lexington.

1228quandry

1228 Quandary Lake Lane, Swepsonville, Alamance County
The Andy and Dora Nicola House

• Sold for $680,000 on February 24, 2026 (listed at $660,000)
• 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,408 square feet, 1.27 acres
• Price/square foot: $154
• Built in 1975
• Listed January 29, 2026
• Last sale: $460,000, October 2020; $235,000, August 2018
• Note: The 2018 listing said the house needed a total renovation. NC Modernist says it had been abandoned for several years. It had been listed for sale off and on since at least 2010.
  • A Deck House: Unlike earlier modular houses, “built mostly with mass-produced materials such as aluminum and linoleum, Deck House introduced natural woods and stones such as mahogany and slate. Deck Houses feature post and beam construction, tongue and groove vaulted ceilings, and sliding glass doors leading out to a deck. Over the years, Deck House and its successor companies have designed or built more than 20,000 houses around the world.” (NC Modernist)
  • The original owners were Dr. Andraos N. Nicola (1926-2017) and Theodora Marie Van Gennap Luhrs Nicola (1919-2013). They bought the property in 1974 from the Piedmont Crescent Recreational and Development Company. They owned the house for the rest of their lives.
  • Andy was born in Ramleh, Palestine. He was a physician and clinical director of the Alamance-Caswell Mental Health Center. He received his medical degree at the American University of Beirut. He and Dora met while they were working for the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) in Saudi Arabia. Dora was a registered nurse. Her parents were Dutch. She was born in Hong Kong and lived in Macau until age seven.

701locust

701 Locust Place, High Point
The Richard and Lajeune Parrish House

• Sold for $229,900 on February 9, 2026 (originally $269,900)
  • Sold to an LLC in High Point
• 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.

1804nottingham

1804 Nottingham Road, Greensboro
The Sidney and Kay Stern House

• Sold for $1 million on February 4, 2026
• 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,510 square feet, 0.7 acre
• Price/square foot: $222
• Built in 1956
• Not publicly listed for sale
• Last sale: $7,700, July 1955
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: Designed by Edward Loewenstein.
  • The property is protected by a historic preservation agreement held by the Greensboro Historic Building Trust.
  • The original owners were Sidney Joseph Stern Jr. (1914-1991) and Katherine Goodman Stern (1924-2023), two of the more prominent Greensboro residents of their time. To design the house, they commissioned Loewenstein, who was married to Sidney’s cousin Frances Stern Loewenstein. They bought the property from the Stern family development company. It was sold by their children.
  • Sidney was born in Greensboro and received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina. He was an Army veteran of World War II. In addition to practicing law, he was a commercial developer. He developed shopping centers, including the Golden Gate Shopping Center with Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles and others. He also was a founder of First Mortgage Insurance Company, which became United Guaranty Corporation (now Arch Mortgage).
  • In 1947, Sidney was chairman of the women’s U.S. Open golf tournament played at Starmount Forest Country Club. He served as president of the Jaycees in 1948. He also served as chairman of the Greensboro Coliseum Commission and the Greensboro Board of Alcohol Control. Sidney and Kay were active supporters of the United Way of Greater Greensboro; they donated $1.2 million in 1991 to build a new headquarters.
  • Kay was born in Wilmington. She attended Duke University, graduating in three years. She then became women’s editor at The Morning Star in Wilmington. In Greensboro, she was a founder the Cerebral Palsy School, which become Gateway Education Center, and Preservation Greensboro. She also served on the Board of Trustees of Duke.

1358tellowee

1358 Tellowee Road, Eden, Rockingham County
The Charles and Josephine Whisenant House

• Sold for $355,000 on February 4, 2026 (originally $377,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,740 square feet, 1.62 acres (per county; see note)
• Price/square foot: $204
• 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.

210 Kemp Road East, Greensboro
The Ellen and Edgar Marks House

• Sold for $1.75 million on January 14, 2026 (originally $2 million)
• 6 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 9,621 square feet (per county), 0.97 acre
• Price/square foot: $182
• 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.

1142westover

1142 Westover Terrace, Asheboro, Randolph County

• Sold for $440,000 on January 5, 2026 (listed at $447,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,978 square feet, 0.72 acre
• Price/square foot: $222
• 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.