Piedmont Historic Homes

Mid-Century Modern: 2018-2021 Sales

• Sold for $490,000 on December 22, 2022 (listed at $500,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,427 square feet, 0.34 acre
• Price/square foot: $202
• Built in 1980
• Listed November 11, 2022
• Last sale: $294,000, June 2013
• Neighborhood: Wedgewood
• Note: Original owners Robin R. Bryan and Carol S. Bryan bought the property in 1980. They sold it in 2013.

1703 Windsor Drive, Davidson County

• Sold for $305,000 on December 15, 2022 (originally $350,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,966 square feet, 0.76 acre
• Price/square foot: $155
• Built in 1965
• Listed October 29, 2022
• Last sale: $123,000, June 2001
• Neighborhood: Merry Hills
• Note: The house has a High Point mailing address.

382 Biscoe Road, Troy, Montgomery County

• Sold for $360,000 on December 2, 2022 (originally listed at $630,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5,610 square feet, 14.87 acres
• Price/square foot: $64
• Built in 1952
• Listed April 18, 2018
• Last sale: $300,000, May 2005
• Note: The property includes a two-car attached carport, two-car garage with workshop, circle driveway and pergola.
  • The listing was withdrawn in 2018. The house was sold to a family member four years later at a significant discount to the listed price.

• Sold for $345,000 on December 15, 2022 (listed at $375,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,100 square feet, 0.77 acre
• Price/square foot: $164
• Built in 1965
• Listed November 10, 2022
• Last sale: $210,000, August 4, 2000

1710 Wright Avenue, Greensboro
The Warren and Helen Ashby House

• Sold for $740,000 on November 23, 2022
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,122 square feet, 0.42 acre
• Price/square foot: $237
• Built in 1958
• Not listed publicly for sale
• Last sale: $266,000, December 2016
• Neighborhood: College Park
• Note: Designed by Helen Ashby and Edward Lowenstein, one of North Carolina’s most renowned Modernist architects
  • Dr. Warren Ashby (1920-1985) is a major figure in the history of the Women’s College and UNCG. He joined the faculty of Woman’s College in 1949 and taught at the school until he retired in 1983. “Ashby, who specialized in Western ethics, originated and served as head of the Department of Philosophy for twenty years. In 1970 he founded a residential college on the campus, later named Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust in his honor. He was the recipient of the UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in 1967. His book, Frank Porter Graham: A Southern Liberal, was published in 1980 after more than 20 years of research. His book A Comprehensive History of Western Ethics: What Do We Believe was published posthumously in 1997.” From 1964 to 1966, Ashby served as the Associate Director of the international affairs division of the American Friends Service Committee in Delhi, India. (Wikipedia)
  • UNCG’s annual Ashby Dialogues program was created “to implement the vision of the late Warren Ashby that the University should be a community of inquiry, with faculty and students engaged in the pursuit of understanding both in and out of the classroom.”
  • Helen Ashby (1915-2014) was assistant director for the Institute for Child and Family Development at the Woman’s College and UNCG from 1958 to 1964. Helen served as a board member and executive director of the YWCA and later became a professional weaver. She exhibited nationally; her work can be seen at UNCG’s Jackson Library and the Three College Observatory. She and Warren were prominent figures in Greensboro’s progressive and interracial politics.
  • The buyer was the listing agent for the house when it was sold in 2016.

5925 Westdale Acres Drive, Pleasant Garden, Guilford County
The JoAnne and Wayne Davis House

• Sold for $650,000 on November 21, 2022 (originally $789,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3,793 square feet (per county), 3.1 acres
• Price/square foot: $171
• Built in 1959
• Listed May 13, 2022
• Last sale: $620,000, December 2021
• Note: Designed by Edward Lowenstein
  • Listing: “A true work of art, this home is a must see for anyone, especially those with a love for mid-century modern architecture & the master architect who brought it to life.”
  • The listing shows 4,156 square feet.

• Sold for $185,850 on November 16, 2022 (listed at $185,850)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,379 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $135
• Built in 1956
• Listed September 12, 2022
• Last sale: $66,500, January 2019
• Neighborhood: O. Henry Oaks
• Note: For sale by owner
  • The home’s design came from a plan book (per N.C. Modernist).

• Sold for $500,000 on October 28, 2022 (originally $699,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,448 square feet, 1.2 acres
• Price/square foot: $145
• Built in 1965
• Listed July 28, 2022
• Last sale: $250,250, September 2020
• Note: Designed by Arthur Cogswell. The house received an AIA Award in 1966.
  • Listing: “meticulously restored”

• Sold for $375,000 on October 27, 2022 (originally $629,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,766 square feet, 0.70 acre
• Price/square foot: $100
• Built in 1954
• Listed May 13, 2022
• Last sale: $203,000, April 2001
• Note: The 18th green at Lexington Golf Course is across the street.
  • The listing shows only 3,600 square feet.
  • The original owners were Dr. Joseph Banks Hankins (1919-1994) and Nola Reed Hankins (1920-1995). They bought the property in 1951; it was sold by their heirs in 1996. Banks was an OB-GYN physician.

• Sold for $381,000 on October 19, 2022 (listed at $355,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,679 square feet, 0.27 acre
• Price/square foot: $227
• Built in 1978
• Listed September 16, 2022
• Last sale: $226,000, March 2020
• Neighborhood: Courthouse Square
• Note: The property includes an outbuilding upfit as an office and an in-ground pool.

3743 Crosland Road, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $279,900 on October 19, 2022 (listed at $279,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,935 square feet, 0.50 acre
• Price/square foot: $145
• Built in 1955
• Listed September 16, 2022
• Neighborhood: Old Town Heights
• Last sale: $145,000, April 2019

• Sold for $497,000 on October 14, 2022 (originally $619,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,607 square feet, 2.42 acres
• Price/square foot: $138
• Built in 1974
• Listed July 17, 2022
• Last sale: $275,000, July 2008
• Note: Located north of Mount Airy, just off U.S. 52 near Greenhill Lake

• Sold for $265,000 on October 14, 2022 (originally $315,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,109 square feet
• Price/square foot: $85
• Built in 1968
• Listed August 18, 2022
• Last sale: $210,000, June 2019
• HOA: $408/month
• Note: Condo in the 16-unit Wickliff Terrace complex.

• Sold for $422,000 on October 11, 2022 (listed at $398,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,388 square feet (per county), 1.15 acres
• Price/square foot: $96
• Built in 1965
• Listed August 14, 2022
• Last sale: $5,500, July 1960
• Neighborhood: Country Club Estates
• Note: The property hasn’t been sold since the house was built.
  • The house was built by Dr. Eugene Ray Strader (1927-2019) and Julia Black Strader (1925-2022). They bought the property in 1960. Gene was a graduate of Wake Forest University and a physician. Julia was a graduate of Furman University with a degree in Spanish; she received her nursing degree from Emory University. She served on the board of Family Services of Davidson County, volunteered with Meals on Wheels and was a supporter of the Hattie Lee Burgess Home, a local sanctuary for individuals and families fleeing domestic or sexual violence. Gene and Julia were married for 62 years.
  • The listing shows 4,848 square feet.

• Sold for $525,000 on September 23, 2022 (listed at $500,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,133 square feet, 4.96 acres
• Price/square foot: $160
• Built in 1960
• Listed July 21, 2022
• Last sale: $290,000, August 2019
• Note: The original owners were Charles Wallace Horton Jr. (1904-1988) and Polly M. Horton (dates unknown). Charles was a co-owner of Horton Furniture Company, a furniture and appliance store in High Point. The house remained in the Horton family until 2005.

• Sold for $799,000 on September 15, 2022 (listed at $799,000)
• 4 bedrooms, four bathrooms, 3,861 square feet, 0.63 acre
• Price/square foot: $207
• Built in 1968
• Listed August 10, 2022
• Last sale: $78,500, May 1972
• Note: The original owners, Forest R. and Suzanne G. Lowrey, left extremely few digital footprints. Nothing can be found about them except they owned the house in 1970 and sold it in 1972.
  • The Lowreys sold the house to Dr. Robert J. Cowan and Caroline S. Cowan, the current owners.

• Sold for $205,000 on September 13, 2022 (originally $239,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,086 square feet, 0.55 acre
• Price/square foot: $98
• Built in 1954 (per county records)
• Listed January 15, 2022
• Last sale: $1,650, March 1955
• Note: Although county property records give the date as 1954, the price listed on the 1955 deed suggests the house had not yet been built.
  • The property is being sold by the heirs of the original owners.
  • Joe Pete Powell (1926-1979) and Eleanor Greenwood Powell (1930-2021) were married in 1949. Joe was in the restaurant business before joining Piedmont Aviation in Winston-Salem. He was wholesale distribution manager at the time of his death from a heart attack at age 52.
  • One of the most intact examples of mid-century kitchen glory that you’re likely ever to see:

• Sold for $320,000 on September 9, 2022 (listed at $330,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,128 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $150
• Built in 1956
• Listed August 11, 2022
• Last sale: $215,000, June 2018
  Neighborhood: Emerywood
• Note: Morris Kiel (1916-1994) and Rhea Kiel (unknown-1986) bought the property in 1955 and by 1956 were listed at the address in the city directory. Morris was a salesman with Gate City Table. They sold the house in 1984.

• Sold for $200,000 on September 8, 2022 (listed at $185,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,357 round feet, 0.40 acre
• Price/round foot: $147
• Built in 1973
• Listed August 1, 2022
• Last sale: $136,000, June 2020
• Listing: “Detached garage with attic storage and additional insulated room”
  • Realtor Babble: “very unique and perfect for any buyer.”

1611 Dunbar Street, Greensboro
The William and Madeline Malone House

• Sold for $88,500 on September 8, 2022 (listed at $99,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,391 square feet, 0.21 acre
• Price/square foot: $64
• Built in 1956
• Listed July 7, 2022
• Last sale: $19,000, August 1973
• Neighborhood: Lincoln Heights
• Note: This one is really awful condition.
  • No central air conditioning
  • William P. Malone Jr. and Madeline Malone bought the house from Fidelity Construction Company in 1957, although the address doesn’t appear in the city directory until 1959. William was an educator with the county health department.
  • The Malones sold the house in 1962 to Odell Delano Clanton Sr. (1916-1993) and Mary M. Clanton (died 1969). The Clantons had a troubled marriage, and on Thanksgiving Day 1969, Odell killed Mary, beating her to death in the kitchen of the home. He was convicted of manslaughter, a ruling upheld on appeal to both the Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court.
  • In 1971, ownership of the house passed to the Clantons’ four chidren, who sold it in 1973.

2001 Boone Avenue, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $347,000 on August 30, 2022 (listed at $349,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,614 square feet, 0.35 acre
• Price/square foot: $215
• Built in 1957
• Listed July 8, 2022
• Last sale: $80,000, January 2022
• Neighborhood: Ardmore

2410 Cornwallis Drive W., Greensboro
The Hal and Adelaide Hilemn House

• Sold for $325,000 on August 26, 2022 (originally $355,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,196 square feet, 0.39 acre
• Price/square foot: $148
• Built in 1960
• Listed May 31, 2022
• Last sale: $128,500, December 1998
• Neighborhood: Guilford Hills
• Note: The original owners were Henry Hal Hilemn Jr. (1928-1996) and Adelaide Hilemn (1926-2019). Hal and his brother Charles Roger Hilemn (1931-1986) founded Hilemn Laboratories in 1957. The company manufactured mirroring chemicals and had a lab that provided physical and chemical testing of mirror products. It also performed water quality and wastewater analysis, specializing in trace metal analysis, and operated a silver refinery, producing silver nitrate and other chemicals. Hal Sr. also was a chemist and consultant to the mirror industry.
  • Hal Jr. and Adelaide bought the property in 1960 and sold it 1974. The house has been a rental property for several years.

152 Circle Drive, Thomasville, Davidson County
The Jack and Ruth Crouse House

• Sold for $365,000 on August 19, 2022 (listed at $350,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,244 square feet (per county), 1.51 acres
• Price/square foot: $113
• Built in 1960
• Listed July 23, 2022
• Last sale: $193,000, March 2019
• Neighborhood: Wall Cliff Acres
• Note: The listing just just 2,582 square feet.
  • The original owners were Jack Sullivan Crouse (1924-1981) and Ruth Hamilton Crouse (1922-2011). Jack was the owner of National Motor Company, a Phillips 66 gasoline station. They bought the lot in 1955 and first appeared in the city directory on Circle Drive in 1962. After his death, Ruth retained ownership until 2001.
  • Ruth sold the house to Dr. Howard G. Hochman, an anesthesiologist. He sold the house to the current owners in 2019.

804 Willowbrook Drive, Greensboro
The Robert and Lula Paschal House

• Sold for $255,000 on August 12, 2022 (listed at $242,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,144 square feet, 0.19 acre
• Price/square foot: $223
• Built in 1955
• Listed July 23, 2022
• Last sale: $229,000, November 2021
• Neighborhood: Lindley Park
• Note: The house was built by Robert G. Paschal (1909-1981) and Lula Busick Heath Paschal (1907-1990). Robert was a department manager at Binswanger & Company. They sold the house in 1969.
  • From 1985 to 2019, the house was owned by the family of Frederick J. Schultz (d. 2018, age 88) and Donna Hansen Schultz (dates unknown). Frederick had a doctorate in chemistry. He worked for Lorillard Tobacco Company for 30 years and retired as vice president of research and development. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the U.S. Power Squadron, Greensboro chapter.

179 Dr. Floyd Scott Lane, Burlington

• Sold for $590,000 on August 4, 2022 (originally $650,000)
• 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,214 square feet, 6.04 acres
• Price/square foot: $140
• Built in 1955
• Listed January 24, 2020
• Last sale: November 1948, no price recorded on deed
• Note: From realtor.com, Midcentury Modern Must-Sees: 11 Meticulously Maintained Gems on Sale Now — “Burlington beauty: Another time capsule, this home sits on 6 acres less than an hour outside Durham. Built in 1955, this brick ranch could use a few updates. However, many vintage details are in great condition—from the wood floors to the light fixtures. The six-bedroom home includes a huge basement. When the weather is warm, guests can enjoy the greenhouse and tennis court.”

330 Thompson Street, Burlington, Alamance County
The Burke-Foust House

• Sold for $261,999 on August 1, 2022 (listed at $260,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,361 square feet, 0.25 acre
• Price/square foot: $193
• Built in 1953
• Listed June 25, 2022
• Last sale: $110,000, September 2021
• Note: The house apparently was built by Claude Whitt Burke (1889-1970) and Flora Ann Nicks Burke (1893-1987). Claude owned Burke Auto Repair and speculated in real estate, buying several lots on Thompson Street in the 1940s and selling them again a few years later. Claude and Flora sold the house in 1961 to Raymond L. Burke, possibly their son (dates unknown), and Earlene Rudd Burke (dates unknown). Raymond was a firefighter with the Burlington Fire Department.
• In 1969, the house was bought by James Martin Foust (1938-2020), whose heirs sold it in 2021. James lived in Graham and apparently used the house as a rental property. He had a diverse career, working for Sears for 38 years, the state Department of Motor Vehicle for 8 years and Dick Shirley Motors for 12 years.

2330 Leight Street, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $230,000 on July 26, 2022 (listed at $249,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,953 square feet, 1.58 acres
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1960
• Listed June 1, 2022
• Last sale: $65,000, June 2015
• Neighborhood: Waughtown
• Note: The street was originally called Mill Road.
  • The house was probably built by Luther E. Ellliott (1928-1973) and Yonnie P. Elliott (b. 1932). They bought the property in September 1960 from Birchie Leight Mecum (1901-1989). She was a daughter of John Jacob Leight (1863-1941), a prominent Walkertown businessman who owned a large piece of land in the Waughtown area. They sold it in November 1961 for $24,750, suggesting the house had been built by then.
  • The buyers were John W. Tucker and Helen P. Tucker, about whom nothing else can be found online. They owned the house until 1975.

908 N. Hamilton Street, High Point
The Richard and Emilie Riemer House

• Sold for $299,000 on July 22, 2022 (listed at $275,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, 2,853 square feet, 0.39 acre
• Price/square foot: $105
• Built in 1970
• Listed July 1, 2022
• Last sale: $112,500, August 2018
• Note: The sale includes an adjoining lot.
  • Designed and built by Richard Riemer. The Riemers owned the house until 2001, when Emilie left it in her will to, apparently, a relative.

3105 Canterbury Drive, Greensboro
The Noble House

• Sold for $250,500 on July 25, 2022 (listed at $234,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,075 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $233
• Built in 1958
• Listed May 26, 2022
• Last sale: $85,000, January 2019
• Neighborhood: Kirkman
• Note: For sale by owner
  • The original owner was Robert E. Noble, a salesman. He bought the property in 1959. By the time he sold it in 1961, his wife, Willa Mae F. Noble, had been added to the deed. They sold it to Charles F. Noble Jr., also a salesman. He owned the house until 1978. No further details on any of them appear to be available online.

1405 Rankin Road, Greensboro
The J. Boyd Smith House

• Sold for $217,500 on July 14, 2022 (listed at $219,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,546 square feet, 0.87 acre
• Price/square foot: $141
• Built in 1951
• Listed June 4, 2022
• Last sale: The house has been in the Smith family since it was built.
• Neighborhood: Rankin
• Note: The original owner was John Boyd Smith (1914-1971), who bought the property in 1948. The address first appeared in the city directory in 1954. Boyd was the owner of the Smith Well Drilling Company. At his death, ownership passed to his wife, Opal Olivia Yarborough Smith (1915-2020). She worked at the Sears mail order facility on Lawndale Drive. The property has been held a family trust since 2004.

853 Buttonwood Drive, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $880,000 on July 6, 2022 (listed at $799,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,071 square feet (per county), 1.77 acres
• Price/square foot: $287
• Built in 1981
• Listed June 15, 2022
• Last sale: $699,900, June 2021
• Neighborhood: Sherwood Forest
• Note: Designed by Ed Bouldin.
  • The listing shows 3,582 square feet.
  • Previous listing: The property includes an Asian style landscape, two-level Japanese tea house, greenhouse/four-season sun room off the master bedroom.

4228 Starmount Drive, Greensboro
The Frank and Bertha Holliday House

• Sold for $700,000 on June 22, 2022 (originally $749,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,031 square feet, 0.57 acre
• Price/square foot: $231
• Built in 1952
• Listed April 6, 2022
• Last sale: $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 (1926-1917). 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.
  • The recent renovation of the home included painting the exterior stone work, a highly second-guessable decision:

555 Manning Wood Drive, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $384,900 on June 17, 2022 (listed at $384,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,862 square feet, 25.6 acres
• Price/square foot: $207
• Built in 1957
• Listed October 4, 2021
• Last sale: $155,000, September 2004 (sale included a total of 38 acres)
• Listing: “House sits on a bluff” overlooking a pond with woods on the far side.
  • The address was formerly 4719 Jenkins Road, and the property still shows up on Google Maps with that address.

5525 Williams Road, Lewisville, Forsyth County

• Sold for $875,000 on June 16, 2022 (listed at $1.25 million)
• 5 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 4,153 square feet, 33 acres
• Price/square foot: $211
• Built in 1972
• Listed March 1, 2022
• Last sale: Online records are oddly unhelpful in identifying it.
• Note: The listing shows 6,199 square feet.
  • Listing: “…screening room with original geometric wallpaper, paneled library lined with bookcases and a fireplace, spacious main level primary bedroom with fireplace inglenook, private guest suite on main plus a full finished walkout basement with three large bedrooms, office and large playroom. There is also an in-ground swimming pool with bath house and cabana and tennis court.”

186 Partridge Lane, Elkin, Surry County

• Sold for $335,000 on May 20, 2022 (originally $389,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,410 square feet, 0.75 acre
• Price/square foot: $98
• Built in 1974
• Listed March 10, 2022
• Last sale: $189,000, December 2011
• Listing: “Basement has finished apartment area.”

1111 Green Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County

• Sold for $175,000 on May 19, 2022 (listed at $167,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,433 square feet, 0.33 acre
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1960
• Listed April 15, 2022
• Last sale: $65,000, April 2014

1611 Longfellow Street, Greensboro
The Charles and Marjorie Jackson House

• Sold for $185,000 on May 16, 2022 (listed at $155,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,379 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $134
• Built in 1956
• Listed April 20, 2022
• Last sale: $95,000, May 2018
• Neighborhood: O. Henry Oaks
• Note: The house is tucked away in a little corner of the neighborhood where the streets are mostly named for famous American writers, including Alcott, Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow and Wolfe.
  • Charles T. Jackson and Marjorie D. Jackson bought the house from the builder, Kavanagh-Smith, in 1956. They paid $13,750. They owned it until 2018. Charles was a clerk with PTS (probably Postal Transfer Service).

1307 Latham Avenue, Greensboro
The George and June Newman House
Blog post — New Listing: A Mid-Century Modern Mansion in Greensboro Designed by a Top New York Architect, $550,000

• Sold for $530,000 on May 12, 2022 (listed at $550,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,506 square feet, 0.26 acre
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1948
• Listed February 21, 2022
• Last sale: $120,000, February 1987
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: The property includes an in-ground pool and a pool house with an additional bathroom.
  • The home was built by George M. Newman Jr. (1909-1969) and June S. Newman (1919-1987). He was vice president of Newman Machine Company on Spring Garden Street (George Sr. was president). The house was sold by their sons in 1970.
  • It was designed by architect J.P. Coble, who practiced in New York City. Jack Pickens Coble (1909-1984) was born in Greensboro. “He graduated from the Cornell University College of Architecture, where he won first prize in the 1934 Baird Prize Competition, $35 and a gold seal, for designing a proscenium arch and a curtain for an opera house,” his obituary in The New York Times reported. His residential clients included Edgar Bronfman, Bennett Cerf, Stephen Sondheim and Mrs. Marshall Field.

473 E. Main Street, Yanceyville, Caswell County
The Layton and Ann Everitt House

• Sold for $200,000 on April 25, 2022 (listed at $179,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,460 square feet, 0.38 acre
• Price/square foot: $81
• Built in 1965
• Listed March 17, 2022
• Last sale: September 1948, price nor recorded on deed.
• Note: Located across the street from Bartlett Yancey High School
  • The basement has four rooms and is finished except for the floor, which is bare concrete. That may explain the listing’s offer of “$9,000.00 FLOORING ALLOWANCE AVAILABLE With acceptable offer!!!”
  • County records show only 1,334 square feet, which looks like it doesn’t include the basement.
  • The property was bought in 1948 by John Oliver Gunn and Annie Warner Newman Gunn, from the Yanceyville Development Company.
    • John (1892-1992) was a farmer and owned a car dealership. He served as Caswell County treasurer from 1936-1940 and was elected to four terms in the N.C. House of Representatives in the 1940s and 50s. He was a charter member of the N.C. Automobile Dealer’s Association and the Yanceyville Rotary Club, of which he served as president. He served as secretary of the Caswell Development Company, director and secretary of Royal Hosiery Mills, and vice president and member of the executive committee of the Bank of Yanceyville. He was also active in the Boy Scouts and served as a national and regional representative.
    • Annie (1899-1996) was a graduate of Louisburg Junior College and worked as a school teacher. She also taught Sunday school at Yanceyville United Methodist Church for 57 years. She was a member of the Women’s Society for Christian Service, in which she held local and district offices.
    • In 1965, the Gunns gave the property to their daughter, Ann Newman Gunn Everitt, and son-in-law, Layton John Everitt. The Everitts built the house, one of the very few Mid-Cntury Modern homes in Caswell County. They lived there until their recent deaths.
    • Ann (1936-2020) was a graduate of Bartlett Yancey High and Duke University, where she majored in psychology. She also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Pratt Institute in New York City. After returning to Yanceyville in 1966, she served on the Caswell County Board of Education from 1975 to 2002.
    • Layton (1930-2021) was born in Brooklyn and graduated from N.C. State University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served a staff sergeant in the Army during the Korean War. He worked as a plant engineer with Hanover Mills before starting Caswell Heating and Air. He operated the business until 1990, when he began teaching at Piedmont Community College in Yanceyville. He served on the town council and planning board.

182 Golfview Drive, Bermuda Run, Davie County

• Sold for $250,000 on April 22, 2022 (originally $265,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,850 square feet, 0.1 acre
• Price/square foot: $88
• Built in 1972
• Listed January 3, 2022
• Last sale: $131,500, November 1984
• Neighborhood: Bermuda Run Country Club
• HOA: $225/month
• Note: The listing describes it as a “free-standing condo.”
  • The house backs up to the driving range and main clubhouse.
  • Country club membership is optional.
  • The narrative description says the home has 5 bedrooms, including “2 in the basement without windows.” Under the building code, bedrooms are required to have two ways in and out (typically a door and a window).

2853 Hope Church Road, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $210,000 on April 22, 2022 (originally $220,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,344 square feet, 2.25 acres
• Price/square foot: $156
• Built in 1946
• Listed October 14, 2021
• Last sale: $65,000, October 2020
• Neighborhood: South Fork/Muddy Creek

2212 Coy Street, Burlington, Alamance County
The Victor and Judy Chisholm House

• Sold for $430,000 on April 20, 2022 (listed at $410,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,372 square feet, 1.04 acre
• Price/square foot: $181
• Built in 1979
• Listed March 9, 2022
• Last sale: $7,500, May 1978 (lot only)
• Neighborhood: Spring Forest
• Note: The house has been in the Chisholm family since it was built.
  • It’s a Deltec house, made by a company in Asheville that produces round houses.
  • The property includes an in-ground pool.
  • Victor Thomas Chisholm (1943-1996) served with the Army in Vietnam and Thailand. He returned to Burlington and started Chisholm Services Inc., a heating and refrigeration company. He was a member of the Alamance Bicycle Club and owner of the Chisholm Bicycle Racing Team. He served on the Board of Alamance Community College and was a member of the Burlington Rotary Club, Burlington Shag Club and Alamance Plumbing & Heating Association, among many other organizations.

1 Kempton Drive, Greensboro

• Sold for $340,100 on April 18, 2022 (originally $279,000, later $299,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,170 square feet, 0.63 acre
• Price/square foot: $157
• Built in 1971
• Listed September 9, 2018
• Last sale: $64,900, June 1976
• Neighborhood: Forest Oaks
• Note: The front door opens to an interior courtyard.

2937 Buena Vista Road, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $599,900 on April 11, 2022 (originally $649,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,676 square feet, 0.62 acre
• Price/square foot: $163
• Built in 1968
• Listed August 13, 2021
• Last sale: $385,000, October 2012
• Neighborhood: Buena Vista
• Note: Sold by an LLC that also owns a million-dollar mansion on Reynolds Drive and an office building.

901 Ransom Road, Winston-Salem

• Sold for $420,000 on April 8, 2022 (listed at $399,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,111 square feet, 0.59 acre
• Price/square foot: $135
• Built in 1955
• Listed March 5, 2022
• Last sale: $110,000, June 2008
• Neighborhood: Mount Tabor

1009 Chatfield Drive, Greensboro
The Carey and Catheryn Gillis House

• Sold for $449,000 on March 7, 2022 (listed at $439,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,162 square feet, 0.3 acre
• Price/square foot: $142
• Built in 1976
• Listed February 18, 2022
• Last sale: $320,000, December 2016
• Neighborhood: Hamilton Forest
• Note: The original owners of the house were Carey and Catheryn Gillis. They bought the property in 1976 and sold it in 1986. Catheryn Gillis was president of Carpets By Direct.

212 Primrose Lane, Lexington, Davidson County

• Sold for $150,000 on March 3, 2022 (originally $260,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,916 square feet, 3.45 acres
• Price/square foot: $51
• Built in 1977
• Listed November 18, 2021
• Last sale: $160,000, February 2002
• Note: The property includes a pond with a dock.

1905 Colonial Avenue, Greensboro

• Sold for $374,000 on February 4, 2022 (listed at $382,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,170 square feet (per county), 0.3 acre
• Price/square foot: $320 ($239 if you believe the listing’s square footage; see note)
• Built in 1955
• Listed January 7, 2022
• Last sale: $252,000, May 2021
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood
• Note: The listing shows 1,566 square feet; the 2021 listing showed 1,362.
  • The property was sold in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Although county records show the date of the house as 1955, the address first appears in the city directory in 1954, listed as vacant. It’s shown in 1955 with an apparent renter as the occupant.
  • In January 1956, Earl Nello Brewer (1908-1991) and Faye East Brewer (1908-1981) bought the house. They owned it for 35 years. Earl, originally from Winston-Salem, was a salesman for plumbing supply companies. Faye also was a native of Forsyth County.

2608 Saddle Club Road, Burlington, Alamance County
The Norman and Ethel Allred House

• Sold for $355,000 on January 24, 2022 (listed at $395,000)
• 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms, 2,499 square feet, 0.98 acre
• Price/square foot: $142
• Built in 1957
• Listed December 3, 2021
• Last sale: $335,000, June 2020
• Note: Located on the Alamance Country Club golf course
  • Norman and Ethel Allred bought the property in 1955 and owned it for 64 years. They had built their house by 1960, the first year Saddle Club Road was listed in the city directory.
  • Norman Everett Allred (1921-2009) was a supervisor at Western Electric. During World War II, he was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps in Italy, serving as a ball turret gunner. He flew 51 missions and was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. 
  • Ethel Elsie Sykes Allred (1921-2019) was the seventh of 11 children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. She outlived them all. Ethel was a graduate of Burlington Business College. She worked for the Sykes Foundry & Machine Company and became treasurer and later president of Sykes Supply Company. She and Norman were both avid golfers. After her death, her heirs sold the house.