Mid-Century Modern: Sales, 2026

1228quandry

  • 2018 photo

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.

1804nottingham

  • Two lots, the highlighted one and the long, narrow lot to the right

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.

210kemp

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.