Piedmont Historic Homes

October 31, 2025

A Fire Chief’s 1900 Queen Anne in Graham, $335,000

200 Albright Avenue, Graham, Alamance County
The William Long House

• $335,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,146 square feet (per county), 0.50 acre
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built in 1900
• Listed October 31, 2025
• Last sale: $25,000, April 2018
• Neighborhood: North Main Street Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “A number of late-nineteenth century Queen-Anne-style houses stand in the district. … The most intact example of this style is the well-preserved Dr. William Long House at 200 Albright Avenue.” Dr. William Long Jr. (1867-1954) was the state’s oldest fire chief when he died at age 87. He was a founder of the fire department and served as chief for more than 40 years. He also was a dentist.

October 28, 2025

A Plumbing Executive’s 1952 MCM in Greensboro, $839,900

4228 Starmount Drive, Greensboro
The Frank and Bertha Holliday House

• $839,900
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,031 square feet, 0.57 acre
• Price/square foot: $277
• 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 president of Holliday Manufacturing Company and secretary-treasurer of F.R. Holliday and Company, plumbers.

October 28, 2025

An elegant 1920s House in Greensboro’s westerwood, $719,000

401 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro
The Hugh and Ann Wolfe House
Sale pending July 13-30, 2018
Listing withdrawn July 30, 2018
Relisted October 27, 2025
Blog post (2018) — Classic House of the Week: A Fine Example of 1920s Westerwood Elegance, $339,500

• $719,000 (originally $339,500)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,337 square feet, 0.22 acre
• Price/square foot: $308
• Built in 1926 (per county, but probably a few years earlier; see note)
• Listed May 8, 2018
• Last sale: $295,000, June 2006
• Neighborhood: Westerwood

The price is now twice as expensive as it was when it failed to sell in 2018. This is the fourth time since 2011 that the owners have tried to sell the house, which is odd in Westerwood, an especially popular neighborhood.

The property was bought in 1920 by Dr. Hugh C. Wolfe (1892-1957). He and Ann Elizabeth Bagley Wolfe (1890-1980) were listed at the address in the 1921 city directory. Ann sold the house in 1961. By 1940 they had moved to the newer Starmount Forest neighborhood. They converted the house into apartments, and it remained so for more than 40 years.

October 27, 2025

An Impressively Priced Historic Condo in Downtown Winston-Salem, $699,900

1 W. 5th Street, Suite 301, Winston-Salem

• $699,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,502 square feet
• Price/square foot: $280
• Built in 1925
• Listed October 30, 2025
• Last sale: $399,500, February 2014
• Neighborhood: Downtown North Historic District (NR)

Although the price is remarkably high for a condo, it’s large enough that the price/square foot is in line with other high-end condos that have sold recently. These condos have had unusually stable ownership lately. The most recent sale occurred in October 2023.

October 26, 2025

The 1814 Bartlett Yancey House, A Major Restoration Project

699 U.S. Highway 158 W., Yanceyville, Caswell County
The Bartlett Yancey House
National Register of Historic Places

• Request for restoration proposals, deadline December 11, 2025.
  • “Preservation North Carolina is seeking qualified preservation-minded buyers for the purchase and restoration of the historic Bartlett Yancey House. … The proposal selection process will focus on the best preservation solution for the property. …
  • “The property will require a complete rehabilitation including updates as needed to systems (HVAC, plumbing, electrical), porch repair, restoration carpentry, paint, cosmetic repairs, and updates to the kitchen and baths.  Outbuildings will require stabilization and rehabilitation once the main house is completed.”
  • The sale will include a historic preservation agreement held by Preservation North Carolina and a rehabilitation agreement.
• Bedrooms not specified, 2 bathrooms, 3,766 square feet (see note), 15.93 acres
• Built circa 1814, expanded in 1856
• Listed October 23, 2025
• Last sale: $260,500, May 2006

The Yancey House Restaurant occupied the house from 2006 to 2012. The house apparently has been unoccupied since then. A larger development was planned in 2004 but didn’t happen. Outbuildings include a smokehouse, tobacco packhouse, barn, remnants of the original law office and a modern event pavilion. The property also includes the Yancey family cemetery.

Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828) was a lawyer, congressman and state senator. “The stylish features of the earliest phase hold importance, but it is the decorative features of the 1856 portion of the house that have statewide, if not national, significance as having been created by the workshop of Milton-based cabinetmaker Thomas Day.”

October 25, 2025

A 1920s Mansion in Winston-Salem with Some Notable Owners, $1.25 million

1970 Georgia Avenue, Winston-Salem
Sale pending October 25, 2025

• $1.25 million
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,600 square feet (per county), 0.51 acre
• Price/square foot: $272
• Built in 1928
• Listed October 23, 2025
• Last sale: $210,000, November 1979
• Neighborhood: West Highlands
• Note: The property includes a detached three-car garage.

The house is a Georgian Colonial Revival, displaying the style’s characteristic symmetry; pediment, pilasters and transom above the door; side-gabled roof with dormers; and cornice with dentil molding. It has had only four owners, including a Wachovia executive, a state senator and two medical-school doctors. The owner accepted an offer two days after listing the house for sale.

October 24, 2025

A Flurry of 1960s MCM Listings

‘He built it like a bunker’ in Greensboro’s Forest Oaks, $549,900

4800 Oakcliffe Road, Greensboro

• $549,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,302 square feet, 1.67 acres
• Price/square foot: $167
• Built in 1969
• Listed October 24, 2025
• Last sales: $432,500, January 2023; $291,000, July 2017
• Neighborhood: Forest Oaks
• Note: Located on the seventh hole of the Forest Oaks Country Club golf course.

NC Modernist: “Designed and built by William Hitt, who was an engineer for Fluor/Daniels … According to his daughter Linda, ‘He built it like a bunker, using all his knowledge from designing nuclear plants.’ … According to past owner Win Johnson, the structure is of commercial grade quality with structural steel and a unique concrete ductwork system.”

On Dave’s Mountain in Asheboro, $447,000

1142 Westover Terrace, Asheboro, Randolph County

• $447,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,978 square feet, 0.72 acre
• Price/square foot: $226
• 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. Lawyer and judge Hal Hammer Walker (1918-1987) and his sister Jane Page Walker Croom (1923-1976) bought the property in 1961. They had sold the property by 1981, but it’s not clear when.

A Car Dealer’s 1969 Home in Winston-Salem’s Sherwood Forest, $670,000

1241 Yorkshire Road, Winston-Salem

• $670,000
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,448 square feet, 0.54 acre
• Price/square foot: $274
• Built in 1969
• Listed October 23, 2025
• Last sale: $329,500, June 2015
• Neighborhood: Old Sherwood Forest

The house has a salt-water swimming pool, a two-car garage and a new TPO roof. Richard Badger Chappell (1932-2004) bought the house in 1972. Richard was a car dealer, founder of Colony Dodge and Volvo of Winston-Salem and president of Honda of Winston-Salem.

October 23, 2025

A 1909 Prairie-Style Bungalow in High Point, $425,000

206 Louise Avenue, High Point

• $425,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,855 square feet, 0.19 acre
• Price/square foot: $149
• Built in 1909
• Listed October 23, 2025
• Last sales: $275,000, February 2023; $105,000, July 2003

A relatively uncommon local example of Prairie style, with some Craftsman elements, such as the enclosed eaves. Its Prairie style is seen in the low-pitched, hipped roof; broad overhanging eaves; bands of windows in the dormer; muted earth-tone colors; and strongly horizontal elements such as the wide porch, grouped windows and the long, low proportions. The central entry is framed by massive porch supports and wide openings.

October 23, 2025

A Relatively Affordable 1890 House in an Eden Historic District, $199,900

615 S. Hamilton Street, Eden, Rockingham County
The Dillard-Stone-Stocks House

• $199,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,698 square feet, 0.26 acre
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1890
• Listed October 24, 2025
• Last sales: $96,500, December 2019; $11,000, February 1965
• Neighborhood: Central Leaksville Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “This two-story one-room-deep house with a triple-A roof and rear one-story ell originally stood approximately five blocks southeast on the present site of the Wearwell Bedspread Mill … Except for aluminum siding, the exterior of the house remains intact, and retains its pressed tin roof, box posts at the hip-roofed porch, and sidelighted front door.”

October 20, 2025

A 1925 Colonial in Winston-Salem’s Ardmore, $569,900

1102 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem

• $569,900
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,654 square feet, 0.21 acre
• Price/square foot: $215
• Built in 1925
• Listed October 13, 2025
• Last sale: $352,000, July 2018
• Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “Colonial Revival. Two story; hip roof; brick; eyebrow dormers with fanlights; six-over-one, double-hung sash; hip-roof porch; segmental arch at porch entry; brick piers; porte-cochere; sidelights; paired brackets; one-story wing/sunporch.”

October 18, 2025

An 1890 House in Glencoe Mill Village, $425,000

2463 Glencoe Street, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

• $425,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,898 square feet, 0.36 acre
• Price/square foot: $224
• Built in 1890
• Listed October 17, 2025
• Last sale: $33,000, April 2005
• Neighborhood: Glencoe Historic District (local and NR)

Glencoe Mill Village is on the Haw River just north of Burlington. Its 30-some restored houses comprise one of the most intact mill villages still standing in North Carolina. The mill closed in 1954. The village was acquired by Preservation North Carolina in 1997. The houses themselves have been renovated and in many cases, like this one, thoughtfully expanded. The current owner bought the house from Preservation North Carolina in 2005.

October 18, 2025

A 1900 Folk Victorian Farmhouse in Randolph County, $200,000

2967 Wayne White Road, Randolph County
The White-Jones House

• $200,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,699 square feet, 2.53 acres
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1900
• Listed October 15, 2025
• Last sale: $46,000, March 1981.
• Neighborhood: Located just over the Guilford-Randolph county line, about 2 miles south of Climax and 17 miles northeast of Asheboro. The house has a Climax mailing address.

No interior pictures are included in online listings. The house is a Folk Victorian, characterized by its symmetrical front with a wraparound porch, centered gable with simple trim and windows, and the decorative porch spindlework and brackets. The property was owned by members of the White family from 1903 to 1981.

October 16, 2025

Two Cotswold Cottage-Style Stone Houses

The 1936 Cottage of Gilmer Hinton, Who Gave Away $10 Million

6325 U.S. Highway 21, Jonesville, Yadkin County
The Pardue-Hinton House

• $262,000
• 6 bedrooms, 1 bathroom (per county), 2,148 square feet, 0.96 acre
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1936
• Listed October 15, 2025
• Last sale: $242,000, February 2024

The house was bought in 1938 by William Freel Pardue (1892-1986) and Mamie Sue Burchette Pardue (1895-1974). It remained in their family for 86 years. In 2002, ownership passed to Betty Jean Pardue Hinson (1928-2019) and the remarkable Gilmer Watson Hinton (1927-2020). They lived in the house for the rest of their lives.

After serving in the Navy, Gilmer took an entry-level job with Lowe’s Home Improvement, where he worked for 40 years. He bought Lowe’s stock through the years, eventually owning 75,000 shares. Shortly before his death, he donated $10 million in Lowe’s stock to seven organizations, $1.4 million each, including the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, Surry Community College, a Bible college, two churches and two local foundations.

A 1951 Cottage in Winton-Salem, $375,000

4720 Old Rural Hall Road, Winston-Salem

• $375,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 1,517 square feet, 0.89 acre
• Price/square foot: $247
• Built in 1951
• Listed October 15, 2025
• Last sale: $6,000, July 2008 (that doesn’t make sense, but it’s what the deed says)
• Neighborhood: Montview-Ogburn Station
• Note: “The separate entertainment house includes a recording booth and a fully equipped commercial kitchen”

The original owners were Claude Allen Brown (1925-1973) and Sue Billings Martin Brown (1926-1991). Claude was a pipe-fitter at R.J. Reynolds. They were listed at the address in 1951, the first year the city directory listed addresses on Old Rural Hall Road.

October 15, 2025

A 1920s Foursquare in Winston-Salem’s West End, $665,000

157 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem
The Jeff and Mattie King House

• $665,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,272 square feet, 0.28 acre
• Price/square foot: $293
• Built in 1921 (per county, but probably a bit later; see note)
• Listed October 14, 2025
• Last sales: $350,000, January 2025; $6,000, August 1976
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: Flipped house, caveat emptor.
  • The house first appeared in the city directory in 1925. The West End nomination for the National Register puts the date as circa 1927.

District NR nomination: “The King House is a straightforward, two-story frame, four-square house tied to the architectural character of the district by its scale, use of materials, and simple Craftsman detailing. The weatherboarded dwelling is characterized by a low pyramidal roof with widely overhanging bracketed eaves, paired bungalow windows, and a front porch with tapered wood posts on brick plinths and a heavy plain balustrade. First owner-occupant Jeff D. King was a tobacco buyer.”

October 14, 2025

A 1963 Broyhill Family Mid-Century Modern in Lenoir, $1.4 Million

153 Hillhaven Place SE, Lenoir, Caldwell County

• $1.4 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

Designed by Ajii Tashiro. 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. 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.

October 13, 2025

A 1910 Southern Colonial in Winston-Salem, $350,000

5008 Rural Hall Road, Winston-Salem

• $350,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,314 square feet, 0.84 acre
• Price/square foot: $151
• Built in 1910
• Listed October 10, 2025
• Last sale: $85,000, August 2021
• Neighborhood: Montview-Ogburn Station
• Note: The house is set much farther back from the street than its neighbors.

Southern Colonial style, combining Colonial Revival and Greek Revival. The symmetrical façade is Colonial Revival; the two-story portico with classical columns and small triangular front gable with a pediment are Greek Revival features. The simple trim and minimal ornamentation are more modest than those of 19th-century Greek Revival structures.

In 1918 Charles Rober Ferguson (1887-1958) and Carrie Pearl Ogburn Ferguson (1884-1958) bought the property and owned it until their deaths in 1958. Around 1947, Charles constructed a building on the property and opened a store, Early American Furniture Company (the building no longer exists).

October 12, 2025

A 1925 House in Winston-Salem, Priced at a Loss for the Seller, $415,000

1444 W. 4th Street, Winston-Salem

• $415,000
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,254 square feet, 0.23 acre
• Price/square foot: $184
• Built in 1925
• Listed October 2, 2025
• Last sales: $425,000, March 2024; $130,000, April 2023
• Neighborhood: Wachovia Highlands

Extremely few houses are listed for sale these days below the price the seller paid. For some reason, this is one. Owned by an out-of-town LLC rental company. The house has been sold five times among four LLCs since 1999.

October 12, 2025

A 1915 Home in Winston-Salem’s West End, $425,000

1100 W. 4th Street, Winston-Salem
The Maslin-Tudor-Martin House

• $465,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,435 square feet, 0.20 acre
• Price/square foot: $135
• Built in 1915
• Listed October 10, 2025
• Last sale: $121,000, August 1985
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: Designed by the prominent London-born architect C. Gilbert Humphreys.

District NR nomination: “While the Colonial Revival continued, the formality of that style began to give way to the informality of the Craftsman style–with the Colonial Revival the second of the two most frequently expressed architectural styles in the West End. Many houses reflected the influence of both styles, such as … the ca. 1917 Maslin-Tudor-Martin House …”

October 12, 2025

A Trucking Magnate’s 1980 MCM near High Point, $1.5 Million

1503 Davidson Road, Davidson County
The Earl and Kitty Congdon House

• $1.5 million
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,286 square feet (per county), 3.42 acres
• Price/square foot: $350
• Built in 1980
• Listed September 26, 2025
• Last sale: $650,000, March 2023
• Neighborhood: Just across the Davidson-Guilford county line. The property has a High Point mailing address.

Designed by Norman Zimmerman (1934-2014). “He loved working by hand, never changing over to CAD, and it is said he could fix anything with duct tape.” (NCModernist)

Earl Congdon Jr. (b. 1930) and Kathryn W. “Kitty” Congdon (b. 1932) bought the property in 1977. They sold the house 34 years later. Earl was president of Old Dominion Freight Lines. He had succeeded his mother in 1962. He served as CEO until 2008 and as executive chairman until 2018.

October 10, 2025

A Mayor’s 1875 Queen Anne Cottage in Cameron, $450,000

509 Carthage Street, Cameron, Moore County

• $450,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,330 square feet, 0.46 acre
• Price/square foot: $193
• Built in 1875 (per county)
• Listed October 1, 2025
• Last sale: $70,000, December 2017
• Neighborhood: Cameron Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “The index to deeds indicates that John Scott sold this lot to Dr. Kenneth Ferguson [1859-1921] in 1886 (D7, p. 422). Ferguson served as mayor of Cameron for several terms (see Branson’s Directory for 1890 and 1896). …

“The house Ferguson built in Cameron is a one-and-a-half story triple A Victorian cottage with decorative sawnwork bargeboards in the broken pediment front gable. The porch roof has a broken pediment which repeats the woodwork in the gable. Square posts with carved brackets support the one-story porch sheltering the front facade.”

October 10, 2025

‘One of the most outstanding bungalows in Stokes County,’ $525,000

637 Stokesburg Road, Walnut Cove, Stokes County
The Harry and Willie Sanders House

• $525,000
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,116 square feet, 2.09 acres
• Price/square foot: $248
• Built in 1924
• Listed October 16, 2025
• Last sale: $77,000, April 1994
• Neighborhood: Stokesburg
• Note: Included on the state’s study list for the National Register.

Stokes County Historic Inventory (1989): “One of the most outstanding bungalows in Stokes County is the 1923-1924 Harry Sanders House in Walnut Cove. Harry and Willie (Hairston) Sanders [1885-1946] had spent a couple of years in California prior to moving to Walnut Cove· and building their house. While in California they had become enamored of the bungalow house type and chose it for their own dwelling, calling it their ‘California bungalow.’

“The impressive house makes good use of dark-stained, wood-shingle siding and contrasting Mount Airy granite for the foundation, chimneys, porch, and porte-cochere. Typically, the front porch is offset, the low roof lines have widely overhanging eaves with braces and exposed rafter ends, and windows are primarily in groups of two, three, or four.”

October 10, 2025

A 1917 Restoration Project in Winston-Salem, $225,000

119 S. Sunset Drive, Winston-Salem
The Ernest and Katherine Martin House

• $225,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms bathrooms, 2,129 square feet, 0.17 acre
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built circa 1917
• Listed October 10, 2025
• Last sale: $140,000, March 2020
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)
• Note: Something terrible happened upstairs from the living room.

District NR nomination: “This simple, neat bungalow is typical of many built in the 1910s and 1920s. It is a one-and-a-half-story frame house with a broad gable roof with overhanging eaves, a front shed dormer, interior end chimneys, paired six-over-one sash windows, and a front porch with square wood posts on brick plinths and a plain balustrade. In recent years the house was sheathed with aluminum siding, but this has had little adverse effect on its overall integrity. A low stone retaining wall borders the front yard.”

October 9, 2025

A Remarkable, Secluded House in Winston-Salem’s West End, $495,000

708manly

708 Manly Street, Winston-Salem

• $495,000
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,668 square feet, 0.31 acre
• Price/square foot: $186
• Built 1925
• Listed October 9, 2025
• Last sale: $21,000, May 1969
• Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “Largely hidden from street view, this unusual Craftsman style dwelling is located back from Manly St. and on the edge of the cliff above West End Blvd. The two-story house has a granite first story, a wood shingled second story, a gable roof with widely overhanging eaves, and an off-center gable end granite chimney. The north side yard is granite terraced, and a massive granite retaining wall borders the yard along the cliff above West End Blvd.”

He house has been owned since 1969 by Roy Clifton Matthews Jr. and Anna H. Matthews. Both taught at the School of the Arts. Anna taught diction and vocal performance. Clifton was a member of the piano faculty for more than 43 years. He conducted an international masterclass for 24 years at the Tibor Varga Festival in Sion, Switzerland.

October 8, 2025

A circa 1900 Restoration Project in Greensboro’s College Hill, $235,000

507 S. Cedar Street, Greensboro
The Matlock-Irwin House

• $235,000
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,634 square feet, 0.10 acre
• Price/square foot: $144
• Built circa 1900
• Listed October 7, 2025
• Last sale: $2,750, September 1949
• Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “Queen Anne I-house. This two-story, two·room·deep, gable-end dwelling apparently was originally erected on the corner lot to its south (now 610 Morehead Avenue) at the opening of the century, its first occupant grocer Matlock. ” In 1949, Woodrow Wilson “Pop” Irwin (1914-1987) and Mary Fredda Darby Irwin (1914-1984) bought the house. It has now been owned by their family for 76 years.

October 8, 2025

A 1910 Farmhouse in Trinity, $254,900

6842 Welborn Road, Trinity, Randolph County
The James and Maggie Elliott House

• $254,900
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,780 square feet, 0.69 acre
• Price/square foot: $143
• Built in 1910
• Listed October 6, 2025
• Last sales: $105,000, October 2016; $192,500, December 2006

James Doctor Franklin Elliott (1871-1948) bought 140 acres, including this property, in 1913. Daughter Addie Gray Elliott Young (1911-1996) sold it in 1996.

October 2, 2025

A Prominent Lawyer’s Home Built Around a 1920 Log Cabin, $1.85 Million

3030 Memorial Industrial School Road, Germanton, Forsyth County

• $1.85 million
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,432 square feet, 22.79 acres (two lots)
• Price/square foot: $539
• Built in 1920 (see note)
• Listed October 1, 2025
• Last sale: Two transactions, 1963 and 1964, prices not recorded on deeds
• Neighborhood: Located about 3 1/2 miles south of Germanton and about 11 miles north of Winston-Salem. The property has a Germanton mailing address.
• Note: The listing says the original 1920 log cabin was built from “hand-hewn logs sourced on site.”

The buyer in the 1960s was attorney Fred G. Crumpler Jr. (d. 2020, age 89). Crumpler is best known as the lawyer in 1970 for murder defendant Henry Alford, whose “Alford plea” set a national legal precedent. Crumpler also defended Madge “Mama Rabbit” Roberts. If you don’t recognize her name, you really should click the link.

October 1, 2025

A Railroad Conductor’s 1888 Mansion in Mocksville, $469,000

110 W. Church Street, Mocksville, Davie County
The Hawkins-Thompson House

• $469,000
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,988 square feet (per county), 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1888
• Listed September 30, 2025
• Last sale: $24,500, April 1987
• Neighborhood: North Main Street Historic District (NR)
• Note: The neighborhood’s historic-district nomination dates the house to 1895.

District NR nomination: “substantial frame transitional Italianate/Queen Anne style house with complex plan; main two-bay hipped front pavilion intersected by side hipped pavilion; narrow octagonal tower at northeast corner with faceted conical roof … local tradition says was residence of a Captain Hawkins, one of the first railroad conductors in Mocksville; purchased by Charles L. Thompson (1875-1953) in 1913.”

October 1, 2025

An 1870 Triple-A Farmhouse on 7 Acres in Chatham County, $749,000

6578 U.S. Highway 15-510, Chatham County
The Dr. Hackney House

• $749,000
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,160 square feet, 7.0 acres
  • House: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms; apartment: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
• Price/square foot: $347
• Built in 1870 (per county; see note)
• Listed July 27, 2025
• Last sales: $540,000, April 2021; $275,000, October 2015
• Neighborhood: Located about 6 1/2 miles northeast of Pittsboro, just north of Bynum and almost to Fearrington. The property has a Pittsboro mailing address.

From the 2016 for-sale listing: “[T]his home was moved by the current family in the 60’s to take advantage of the pond view and modernized at that time.” The current listing calls the house “rich in history,” but much of the historic character has been lost to vinyl siding, replacement windows, sliding glass doors, etc. A National Register nomination for a similar house in Chatham County says of the Hackney house, “There is nothing to suggest the age of this house other than its style.”