MCM: Withdrawn Listings

160 Johnson Dairy Road, Rockwell, Rowan County
Listing withdrawn January 2, 2024

  • $675,100
  • 3 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and “several” half bathrooms, 3,687 square feet, 18.07 acres
  • Price/square foot: $183
  • Built in 1987
  • Listed August 13, 2022
  • Last sale: $230,000, February 2006 (part of a multi-property sale)
  • Note: Yeah, they’re pyramids. And there are two of them.
    • The blue one “features an open floor plan with kitchen, dining and living room with a wood burning fireplace and oven. Two master suites, one downstairs and one upstairs with a balcony overlooking the 6 fenced in pastures. Tons of storage, laundry room, built-ins, skylights, 5 full baths and several half bathrooms throughout both homes.”
    • The red one is unfinished and described as “a huge garage space with multiple rooms for second living quarters.”
    • The property includes a creek; an outbuilding with electricity and water; and banana, apple and fig trees.
    • Click here for more about the pyramids and James Kluttz, their designer and original owner.

2023

1905 Colonial Avenue, Greensboro
Sale pending June 21 to July 13, 2023
Listing withdrawn September 21, 2023

  • $388,500 (originally $425,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,170 square feet, 0.3 acre
  • Price/square foot: $332
  • Built in 1955
  • Listed June 21, 2023
  • Last sale: $374,000, February 2022
  • Neighborhood: Kirkwood
  • Note: The house was sold in 2021, 2022 and now is for sale again.
    • This time, the house is being marketed as a short-term rental. The sale will include the furnishings. It’s now owned by an LLC.
    • 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.

7410 Spoon Road, Guilford County
Listing withdrawn March 15, 2023

  • $450,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,775 square feet, 11.43 acres
  • Price/square foot: $162
  • Built in 1989
  • Listed February 21, 2023
  • Last sale: The property hasn’t been sold since the house was built.
  • Note: Geodesic dome with attached geodesic garage with loft.
    • The property includes a detached outbuilding described as a “garage/shop.”
    • The property has a Liberty mailing address but is in southeast Guilford County near Kimesville, Alamance and Julian.

2022

205 Chadwick Drive, Jamestown, Guilford County
listing withdrawn September 30, 2022

  • $785,000 (originally $867,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,314 square feet, 2.88 acres
  • Price/square foot: $237
  • Built in 1978
  • Listed April 8, 2022
  • Last sale: $550,000, December 2019
  • Note: Architect unknown, according to N.C. Modernist, who would know.

1122 Trogdon Drive, Eden, Rockingham County
listing expired March 31, 2022

  • $209,900
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,254 square feet, 0.71 acre
  • Price/square foot: $93
  • Built in 1959
  • Listed October 21, 2021
  • Last sale: $114,000, January 2021
  • Neighborhood: Leaksville

2021

1903 Colonial Avenue, Greensboro
The Robert and Violet Atkinson House
listing withdrawn August 27, 2015; relisted April 23, 2017
listing withdrawn May 11, 2017; relisted July 13, 2018
contract pending August 15-30, 2018
listing withdrawn December 10, 2020; relisted May 13, 2021
listing withdrawn June 30, 2021

  • “Bidding starts at $335,000.” (see note below; originally listed at $250,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,075 square feet, 0,41 acre
  • Price/square foot: $161
  • Built in 1953
  • Listed July 27, 2015
  • Last sale: $230,000, July 2014
  • Neighborhood: Kirkwood
  • Note: This was the home of Robert A. Atkinson Jr. (1923-1976), partner of Edward Lowenstein in the Lowenstein-Atkinson firm. He and his wife, Violet Gertrude Hedrick Atkinson (1926-1993), owned the property and lived there from 1953 to 1985.
    • Listing: “Place offers between May 14-23 at 5 p.m. Seller using transparent offer platform for all offers. Bidding starts at $335,000. Buyers must register and be pre-qualified.”
    • Even in this sellers’ market, this was an audacious move with a house that’s been listed twice in recent years, at considerably lower prices, and withdrawn without a sale each time. The house was priced originally at $250,000 and the second time at $309,000.
    • The house was sold in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2014.
    • “Furniture in the home is for sale as well!”
    • Previous listing: “Original quarry tile flooring was discovered during remodel and restored to 1950’s condition.”
    • Now a rental property

2750 Thornfield Road, Winston-Salem
listing withdrawn February 1, 2021

  • $795,000
  • 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,141 square feet, 1.39 acres
  • Price/square foot: $192
  • Built in 1968
  • Listed December 7, 2020
  • Last sale: $654,000, April 2018
  • Neighborhood: Reynolda Estates
  • Note: Designed by Ray Troxell
    • The house includes separate guest quarters and a main-level two-car garage.
    • Japanese-themed landscape

2020

510 Emerywood Drive, High Point
The Wayne and Betty Lackey House
listing withdrawn July 1, 2020; relisted September 28, 2020
listing withdrawn December 31, 2020

  • $800,000 (originally $750,000, previously as low as $699,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,025 square feet, 0.71 acre
  • Price/square foot: $199
  • Built in 1960
  • Listed September 13, 2018
  • Last sale: $450,000, November 2009
  • Listing: Stone fountain in foyer
    • New bathrooms in 2017 “w/white Zen quartz, LED mirrors“
    • Whole house water filtration system with reverse osmosis/alkaline for drinking water
    • Solar panels
    • Schonbek chandelier in dining room
    • Owned by an LLC in Florida

2019

3905 Henderson Road, Greensboro
The Will and Diane Howard House
Blog post — A 1955 Mid-Century Masterpiece in Greensboro, $1.099 Million
listing withdrawn December 5, 2019

  • $1.099 million (originally listed at $1,195,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,864 square feet, 0.4 acre
  • Price/square foot: $384
  • Built in 1955
  • Listed July 25, 2019
  • Last sale: $225,000, September 2013
  • Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
  • Listing: Designed by Thomas Hayes for his college roommate, Will Howard
    • Listing: The house “has been completely restored to its former glory w/open floor plan, sleek lines, walls of glass, original terrazzo floors, 6 outdoor terraces & 2-story Casita. Completely rebuilt by Gary Jobe, preserving almost everything in the original 1955 plan.”
    • The reconstruction addressed “long-term challenges related to materials, drainage, and sustainability. It retains its original H-shaped plan and honors the scope, scale and materials of the initial design.” (Preservation Greensboro)
    • Architects for the restoration were Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn of UrbanLab of Chicago; Brent Skelton did the landscape design. (N.C. Modernist)
    • Before being bought and restored by the current owners, the house was included on the N.C. Modernist 2013 Endangered List.