Farms and Homes with Acreage

Updated August 20, 2025

These historic homes are on farms or other properties with substantial acreage.

Guilford County
Forsyth County
Alamance, Orange, Caswell and Rockingham Counties
Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie and Neighboring Counties
Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery and Neighboring Counties

Recent Sales

Guilford

Guilford County

1714brookhaven

1714 Brookhaven Mill Road, Greensboro

  • $915,000 (originally $946,764)
    • Note the original price. It’s rare to see a house priced at such a seemingly random figure or a figure ending in anything except 0, 5 or 9.
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,048 square feet (per county), 16.79 acres
  • Price/square foot: $300
  • Built in 1912
  • Listed July 23, 2026
  • Last sales: $250,000, July 2015; $5,500, December 1962
  • Neighborhood: Near I-85 just east of Greensboro, between McConnell and Millpoint roads.
  • Note: The property includes a remarkably narrow, two-floor guest house.
    • “Designed as the builder’s personal residence,” most of the historic character of the interior has been renovated away. Instead, it has replacement windows and a whole-house Lutron automation system with Siri-controlled blinds.
    • The house has a “walnut dining table, crafted from a tree on the property.” The listing doesn’t say whether it’s included in the sale.
    • “Follow the glowing string-light path through the bamboo …” The listing mentions one of the most perniciously invasive plants in the world as a feature of the property.
    • The property also includes pickleball-basketball courts.
    • The house may have been built by Barney Caldwell Tucker (1860-1943) and Cleodora Boon Boone Troxler (1864-1941). He operated a nearby flour and feed mill and was a prominent farmer. He sold the property in 1924.
    • Joseph James Stone (1967-1965) bought the property in 1924. Joseph came to Greensboro 1889 from Louisburg, where he was born. After working for a printing company, he started his own firm in 1896. He built it into one of the South’s major printers before selling it in 1947 and retiring. His wife, Helen Beitel Stone (1876-1969), was a school teacher.
    • Joseph was a major figure in Greensboro — one of the founders of the YMCA and a founder of Home Building & Loan Association, of which he was still chairman when died at age 97.
    • Joseph and Helen sold the property in 1962 to Joseph Samuel Smario (d. 1997) and Rebecca Swann Smario (d. 2003, age 73). It remained in their family for 53 years. Joseph was a Marine veteran of the Korean War. He worked for AT&T. Ownership passed to their son, who sold it in 2015.
  • Also worth noting: The property is adjacent to a 500-home D.R. Horton housing development, called Brookhaven. Below left, 1714 Brookhaven Mill Road is marked with a star; the adjoining D.R. Horton property is highlighted in red. Right, a 2023 diagram of part of the development is cut off at the bottom north of 1714. For reference, the nearby property 1614 Brookhaven Mill Road is shown on both images.

Forsyth

Forsyth County

7198spring

7198 Spring Hill Road, Lewisville, Forsyth County

  • $575,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,440 square feet, 8.63 acres (3 lots)
  • Price/square foot: $399
  • Built in 1798
  • Listed April 16, 2026
  • Last sale: $150,000, July 2002
  • Neighborhood: “in the heart of Lewsville”
  • Note: The property includes an outdoor kitchen.
    • For a house so old, remarkably little information about it exists online. It has no national or local historic designation and no owner’s name attached to it. Even the Lewisville Historical Society’s list of historic properties doesn’t mention it.
    • The house was owned from 1962 to 2002 by Bernie Lee Stultz (1925-1997) and Ann Hardy Stultz (1926-2022). Bernie was a World War II veteran of the Navy. Both were department-store managers. Bernie worked for Sears for 40 years. He was a member of the Antique Dealers Association and dealt in antiques and art. Ann worked for more than 40 years for Davis department stores in Winston-Salem. She sold the house to its current owners.

2669wagon

2669 Wagon Trail, Pfafftown, Forsyth County
The Millard and Lou Ella Jordan House

  • $389,900 (originally $449,900)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,288 square feet, 10.72 acres
  • Price/square foot: $303
  • Built in 1937
  • Listed February 16, 2026
  • Last sale: 1936, price not recorded on deed
  • Neighborhood: Off Yadkinville Road in Pfafftown.
  • Note: There is a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom mobile home on the property.
    • The listing includes no photos of the interior of the house.
    • The original owners of the house were Millard Henry “Pop” Jordan (1899-1992) and Lou Ella Howard Jordan (1904-1984). They bought the property in 1936; it is now being sold by a grandson. Millard was the owner of Jordan Electrical Supply for 40 years. Ownership passed to two of his children and ultimately to a grandson.

Alamance

Alamance, Orange, Caswell and Rockingham Counties

3542bason

3542 Bason Road, Mebane, Alamance County
National Register of Historic Places: The Griffis-Patton House
Listing withdrawn August 23, 2024; relisted October 3, 2024
Listing withdrawn October 29, 2024
Relisted April 16, 2025

  • $2.2 million (originally $2.3 million)
  • 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,847 square feet, 9.49 acres (per county)
  • Price/square foot: $454
  • Built circa 1840
  • Listed August 1, 2024
  • Last sale: $709,000, August 2009
  • Neighborhood: On Graham-Mebane Lake/Quaker Creek Reservoir, about 4 miles northwest of Mebane and 3 miles northeast of Haw River.
  • Previous listing: “The entrance to the main property offers an electric gate which leads to a large parking area flanked on the left by the side entrance porch. The back covered patio off the primary bedroom leads to the L-shaped pool. The pool has a pergola and large area for lounging.
    • “The formal established garden has roses, hydrangeas, flowing trees, spices, ornamental grasses, ivy, a large peony garden and a Wisteria-covered pergola. The garden is fully fenced with gates and additionally offers a raised vegetable garden, the original cook’s kitchen—which currently acts as an office/workout room, the historic well-house and gazebo.
    • “Outside of this area is a second 5 ft barbed wire lined fence along with a garden house, a wood shed, a tree house (with electricity and internet) and a 5 stall barn and tack room.”

National Register nomination: “The Griffis-Patton House, built 1839-1840 on the west side of the Hillsborough and Haw River Road northeast of the village of Haw River, is a handsome two-story, five-bay brick plantation house of commanding presence. …

“In addition to its local historical significance the house possesses local (county) architectural significance as one of the county’s few antebellum brick plantation seats and the most intact member of that group. The wide five-bay front elevation of the house and the two-story rear ell raise the house to a status above the more usual three-bay brick house of the North Carolina Piedmont. Its exterior trim and interior finish, particularly the door and window surrounds, their paneled reveals, and mantels executed in a transitional Federal/Greek Revival manner are the work of a fine vernacular craftsman, possibly William P. Griffis himself.”

The house was built on land owned by William Griffis through purchases beginning in 1795 and eventually totaling more than 1,000 acres. It was first occupied by one of William’s three sons, William P. Griffis, a carpenter, and Mary Robbins Griffis. They lived there until 1859, when they and other members of the family moved to Texas.

Another son, Dr. Thomas E. Griffis (1820-1903), a physician, took ownership of the house, although he, too, moved to Texas with William and their mother and never lived in the house. It became a rental for more than 50 years, eventually owned by Thomas’s descendants. Various records show it to have been at various times a store, a stagecoach stop and a tenant house.

The house and its then 138 acres were sold in 1912 and then again in 1916, this time to Lonnie Lee Patton Sr. (1880-1920) and Mary Bason Patton (1880-1958). Lonnie was a prominent farmer. Although he died just four years later at age 39, the family occupied the house for 62 years.

“Both Lonnie Patton and Mary Bason were descendants of long established and well respected families in the Quaker Creek area. Their marriage brought together a heritage of successful farming and community prestige. The Patton occupancy returned the house to its antebellum status as the property and home of a prominent Alamance County family.”

One of the Pattons’ daughters, Ida Hazeline Patton Tickle (1917-2014) became owner of the house and 37 acres in 1936. She lived there until she sold it in 1982. Hazeltine lived to be 97; she had a sister who lived to age 104 and two brothers who died in early childhood.

Hazeltine sold the house to W. Eric Hinshaw and Patricia A.K. Hinshaw. Eric was CEO of Kingsdown in Mebane for 31 years. After he retired, he and the company exchanged a string of lawsuits (here’s an interesting one) in which the company accused him of various forms of self-dealing and evading the oversight of the company’s board, of which he was chairman, which he denied. The tears and recriminations eventually ended with an out-of-court, confidential settlement.* Patricia sold the house in 2006, and everything seems to have been pretty quiet since then.

* I actually couldn’t find anything on the internet about how it all ended, so I asked ChatGPT about it. The bot said it had been resolved out of court, which apparently means it was either settled out of court or the LLM doesn’t know the answer and just made that up to amuse itself.

8262nc87

8262 N.C. Highway 87, Snow Camp, Alamance County
Cane Creek Farm

  • $1.69 million (originally $1.75 million)
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,861 square feet (per county), 55.7 acres (per county)
  • Price/square foot: $591
  • Price/acre: $31,418
  • Built in 1925
  • Listed May 23, 2026
  • Last sale: $375,000, June 2020
  • Neighborhood: Down there just south of Eli Whitney, about 8 1/2 miles east of Snow Camp and 5 miles south of Saxaphaw. The property has a Snow Camp mailing address.
  • Note: Fifty acres of the farm is protected by a conservation agreement with the Piedmont Land Conservancy. 
  • Website: “After decades of thoughtful family ownership and sustainable farming practices, the land entered a quiet retirement before being carefully reawakened in 2020 as Cane Creek Farm — a vibrant community-supported farm and gathering place dedicated to regeneration, education, and connection.
    • “Today, the property once again thrives under a philosophy of sustainable agriculture, producing pasture-raised livestock for local families and celebrated regional restaurants while serving as a destination for agritourism, ecotourism, and seasonal community events.”
    • The farm includes a “two-story Gothic-arch barn, constructed in 1945 by renowned craftsman Harvey Newlin, a striking example of enduring design and purposeful craftsmanship.”
    • The farm was part of a 111-acre tract bought by Loy E. Guthrie (1889-1974) and Daisy Thompson Guthrie (1888-1975) in 1933. Loy was a farmer. He served two terms on the Alamance Board of Commissioners and on the Eli Whitney school board. In 1968 they passed ownership to their four daughters. One of their daughters sold the farm to the current owner in 2020.

851case

851 Case School Road, Mayodan, Rockingham County
The Gann Farm

  • $999,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,480 square feet, 34.16 acres
  • Price/square foot: $403
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed May 13, 2026
  • Last sale: Probably 1858, price unknown (see note)
  • Neighborhood: Located about 4 miles northwest of Mayodan.
  • Note: The home’s historic materials have largely been renovated away (vinyl siding replaced wood, drywall replaced plaster walls, etc.).
    • The property includes a second home, built in 1999, of 864 square feet with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. There are also a workshop with garage door, concrete floor, office area and power meter; a barn; tractor sheds; equipment sheds; and storage building.
    • The acreage is a mix of hardwoods, pines and pasture.
    • The listing says the property has been owned by one family since the 1800s. Deeds suggest Samuel Thomas “Tommy” Gann (1824-1914) bought the property in 1858. The farm is being sold by a great-great granddaughter.
    • The Reidsville Review, March 31, 1914: “Uncle Tommy Gann, one of the oldest citizens of this section, died at his home west of Madison Tuesday night after a short illness. He was 90 years of age, and up until a few weeks ago could read and get about in a most remarkable manner. He was a good citizen and always kept well posted on State and national affairs.”
    • The farm was passed on successively to Uncle Tommy’s son Robert Reid Gann (1870-1967); then to the youngest of Robert’s eight children, George Samuel Robert “Sam” Gann (1895-1972); and then to Sam’s son Hassel Baber Gann (1918-1988). After Hassel’s death, his wife, Hazel Price Gann (1919-2015), inherited the farm. In 1997 she gave it to her daughter, Joy Gann Brown, who is now selling it.
    • Robert and Sam were farmers. Sam was also a veteran of World War I.
    • Hassel and Hazel owned Madison Furniture Company. Hassell served as president of the N.C. Electric Membership Corporation and as president of the Rockingham County Historical Society.

11948nc87

11948 N.C. Highway 87 S., Eden, Rockingham County
The King-Pulliam House
Listing withdrawn June 3, 2026; relisted June 17, 2026
Sale pending June 25, 2026
No longer under contract July 8, 2026

  • $889,000 (originally $1.2 million)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 3,069 square feet, 56.7 acres
  • Price/square foot: $290
  • Built in 1932
  • Listed January 15, 2026
  • Last sale: Bought as three tracts between 2018 and 2023 for a total of $300,500.
  • Neighborhood: Located about a mile and a half south of Eden.
  • Note: The property includes a smaller second house, a detached garage and a log cabin.
    • The house apparently has had only two or three owners. The property was part of a larger tract bought in 1931 by brothers James Frank King (1884-1962) and Edward Burdette King (1875-1940), founders of the Leaksville Light & Power Company. J. Frank bought Edward’s interest in 1936. His widow, Katie Millner King (1891-1980) sold the property in 1965.
    • The property was part of more than 130 acres bought in November 1965 by Lonnie Leo Pulliam (1920-2015) and Espie Marie Lawson Pulliam (1925-2016). Their sons sold this property to the current owners. Born in King, Lonnie was a graduate of Draughon’s Business College and an Army veteran of World War II. He worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. until returning to North Carolina as vice president of People’s Bank in Rocky Mount in 1960. In 1963 he became president of the the Leaksville Bank & Trust.

33152nc

3152 N.C. Highway 87, Alamance County

  • $765,000 (originally $795,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,376 square feet, 9.34 acres (two lots)
  • Price/square foot: $322
  • Built in 1920
  • Listed July 17, 2026
  • Last sale: $575,000, April 2025
  • Neighborhood: Located about 5 miles south of Graham. The property has a Graham mailing address.
  • Listing: “Level pasture, partially wooded, & serene walking trails. Chicken coop/sheep pen, cellar, 2 wells, + solar panels = exceptional homestead opportunity. Room for horses, goats, sheep, chickens, work trucks, RV, boat, etc. Attached 2-car garage + detached wired/plumbed 3-bay gar ( 40′ x 26′) w/auto lift.”
  • Note: The property appears to be part of a 120-acre tract sold in 1917 to John Henry Wood (1878-1942) and Cornelia Ann “Annie” Coble Wood (1877-1949) by Annie’s family. This property was passed to one of their five daughters, Willie Catherine Wood (1901-1989). Willie worked for Baker-Cammack Hosiery.
    • Willie sold it in 1975 to a nephew and his wife, Jerry Spencer Griffin (1943-2023) and Kay Loy Griffin. Jerry worked for Burlington Industries for 40 years. His estate sold the property in 2025.
  • $795,000
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,376 square feet, 9.34 acres (two lots)
  • Price/square foot: $335
  • Built in 1920
  • Listed July 17, 2026
  • Last sale: $575,000, April 2025
  • Neighborhood: Located about 5 miles south of Graham. The property has a Graham mailing address.
  • Listing: “Level pasture, partially wooded, & serene walking trails. Chicken coop/sheep pen, cellar, 2 wells, + solar panels = exceptional homestead opportunity. Room for horses, goats, sheep, chickens, work trucks, RV, boat, etc. Attached 2-car garage + detached wired/plumbed 3-bay gar ( 40′ x 26′) w/auto lift.”
  • Note: The property appears to be part of a 120-acre tract sold in 1917 to John Henry Wood (1878-1942) and Cornelia Ann “Annie” Coble Wood (1877-1949) by Annie’s family. This property was passed to one of their five daughters, Willie Catherine Wood (1901-1989). Willie worked for Baker-Cammack Hosiery.
    • Willie sold it in 1975 to a nephew and his wife, Jerry Spencer Griffin (1943-2023) and Kay Loy Griffin. Jerry worked for Burlington Industries for 40 years. His estate sold the property in 2025.

1664estes

1664 Estes Road, Rockingham County
Sale pending July 22, 2026

  • $600,000 (originally $665,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,504 square feet, 18.7 acres
  • Price/square foot: $240
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed April 14, 2026
  • Last sale: $340,000, January 2022
  • Neighborhood: Near the Oregon Creek community, about 8 1/2 miles north of Reidsville and about 4 miles west of Ruffin. The property has a Ruffin mail address.
  • Note: “Property features an AG-Certified store, making it ideal for Farm-to-Table Ventures, Agribusiness, or Hobby Farming.”
    • The property includes four fenced pastures, a stocked pond, fruit and nut trees, and grapevines.
    • Outbuildings include a 24×32 woodworking barn with power & water, barns and stalls with water access and a 30×50 building that can be used for storage or workshop space.

Stokes

Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie and Neighboring Counties

1pari

1 Pari Drive, Rosman, Transylvania County (also here)
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

  • $30 million
    • The current online listing doesn’t list a price. It was previously on LoopNet at $30 million.
  • 4 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 2,300 square feet (residence), 192 acres
    • 30-plus buildings, total square feet: 94,346
  • Price/square foot: $321
  • Built in 1962
  • Listed June 4, 2025
  • Last sale: $2.4 million, January 1999
  • Neighborhood: Pisgah National Forest, about 10 miles northwest of Rosman, 38 miles southwest of Hendersonville.
  • Note: “An international dark sky park surrounded by over a half million acres of protected national forest, ideal for both astronomical observation and scientific research.”
    • The property includes two 85-foot radio telescopes, more than 25 optical telescopes, research labs, guest cabins, a helipad, and a 200-person cafeteria and commercial kitchen capable of serving 500 meals per day.
    • “Located in an electromagnetically quiet zone, one of only about 100 in the world, PARI is decidedly positioned to leverage its institution-grade elements in an environment where few other sites can.”
    • The facility was built by NASA for satellite tracking. Later it was used by the National Security Agency for other purposes. Investment in the site has totaled more than $240 million.
    • Since 1998, it has been the home of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute: “From food to communication, transportation to public safety, space is the next frontier and exploring it has become more important than ever.  If we don’t arm future explorers with what they need to reach the next frontier, they’ll miss opportunities and be left behind.”
  • PARI Website: “While the listing describes what a full sale of the facility would entail, the option to purchase or lease only a portion of the site is also available.  Any change in ownership of part or all of the site and the conditions of that change must be approved by PARI’s board of directors and the North Carolina State Attorney General.  We are confident that they have the preservation of PARI’s mission as their top priority.
    • “The site has served many purposes in the past, from a NASA ground station, to Department of Defense facility, to its current role as a center for learning and research.  Of the three, the site has been owned by the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute since 1998, making our STEM mission the longest the site has ever served.  The decision to offer some or all of the property for sale was made to help give PARI the flexibility and resources to continue this mission for decades to come.”

8670us601

8670 U.S. Highway 601, Rowan County
The Lindsay-Tatum-Wyatt House
AKA the Centennial House

  • $999,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,757 square feet, 18.0 acres
  • Price/square foot: $362
  • Built in 1876 (see note)
  • Listed August 13, 2026
  • Last sale: $200,000, March 2017
  • Neighborhood: Just across the South Yadkin River from Davie County, about 5 miles southeast of Cooleemee and 8 1/2 miles north of Salisbury. The property has a Salisbury mailing address.
  • Note: County records show the date as 1900, but all other evidence suggests 1876, the year Captain Jack bought the property.
    • The current owners restored the house. The home’s front porch has a pierced wood railing. Inside are “original shiplap walls and ceilings in many of the rooms. In the living room and upstairs en suite sitting room, the shiplap walls are unpainted and stained.”
    • The property has about 1,600 feet of frontage on the river. The house is situated on a hill over the flood plain.
    • “The property includes a historic 1,173 sq. ft. original bathhouse overlooking a sandy beach area below at the river — a popular bathing and picnic spot in the late 1800s.” The bathhouse served as a Masonic lodge in the past.
    • “The two-car garage has been thoughtfully converted into a boutique floral shop, complete with a dog-wash station and a mini-split HVAC system. The property also includes a barn with 8 stalls, a tack room/utility room, permanent stairs to a hayloft, and solar panels installed on the roof.”
    • The house was built by John “Captain Jack” Lindsay (1831-1906). Captain Jack was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, (his youngest son was named Walter Scott Lindsay). He was in the milling business.
    • “Wednesday afternoon he was sitting on his porch reading, apparently in his usual health, when he fell from his chair unconscious and never rallied from the attack,” the Statesville Landmark reported in August 1906. “The deceased was a genial, kindly man and was very popular with all who knew him.”
    • Shortly before his death in 1906, Jack and Louisa, his third wife (he outlived the first two), sold the property to daughter Margaret Lindsay Tatum (1860-1953) and son-in-law Peasant Owen Tatum (1852-1947). The deal allowed them to continue to live in the house until Jack’s death; Louisa was allowed to stay for up to three months after this passing. Jack also sold P.O. his business interests.
    • The Rowan County register of deeds really knew how to do it up right.
    • Pleasant operated the South River Milling Company until he was about 84.
    • Margaret and Pleasant sold the house in 1920 to Julia S. Rainey (dates unknown). All that’s known about her is that she was a widow and that she sold the house in 1936.
    • The buyers in 1936 were Curtis L. Wyatt (1890-1971) and Margaret Linker Wyatt (1895-1976). Curtis was a machinist with Southern Railway at the Spencer shops. He also was co-owner of Yadkin Fuel Supply. Margaret was a counselor with the Rowan County school system. Ownership of the house passed to three nieces. The estate of one of the nieces sold the house to the current owners in 2017.

1098hwy60

1104 Old 60, Millers Creek, Wilkes County

  • $620,000 (originally $785,000)
  • 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,500 square feet, 33.66 acres (per county)
  • Price/square foot: $413
  • Built in 1880 (per county)
  • Listed May 29, 2024
  • Last sale: $167,000, January 2021
  • Neighborhood: The property has a Wilkesboro mailing address but is about 9 miles northwest of Wilkesboro in the Millers Creek community. Millers Creek is the birthplace of the late NASCAR champion Benny Parsons.
  • Note: The listing says that the cabin was built in 1800 and that the property is 34.14 acres. A 2021 deed also shows 34.14 acres, but a 2020 deed says 33.66, matching county tax and GIS records.
    • In addition to the cabin detailed above, the property also includes a one-story cabin with one bedroom and one bathroom.
    • The current owner is an LLC in Huntersville.
    • Part of a 70-acre tract owned for decades by Andrew Blaine “Dick” Johnston (1886-1957). The Charlotte Observer called him “one of North Carolina’s most prominent furniture manufacturers” in its obituary for him. He was co-founder of American Furniture Company and Drew Furniture Company. His widow, Ruby Pearson Johnston (1905-2003), owned the property until her death, 46 years after he died.

3450sparta

3450 Sparta Road (N.C. Highway 18), Mulberry, Wilkes County
Listing withdrawn March 3, 2026
Relisted May 15, 2026

  • $599,000 (originally $800,000)
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,190 square feet, 39 acres
  • Price/square foot: $274
  • Built in 1935 (per county, appears older)
  • Listed January 27, 2025
  • Last sale: $377,500, July 2002
  • Neighborhood: In the Mulberry community, 7 miles north of North Wilkesboro
  • Original listing (January 2025): “Pristine 40-acre organic family farm in North Wilkesboro, NC. 90 years in family, no pesticides or chemicals used, beautiful fertile clay soil fallow since 1980s.” Why would they remove that from the listing?
    • The property includes “a sturdy, antique barn.”
    • Although county records date the house to 1935, the style looks much older.
    • The property is being sold by the heirs of Velma A. Brown Rohla (1932-2022). It was previously owned by her parents, William Ira Brown (1893-1945) and Nettie Leona Kilby Brown (1900-2000), and grandparents, James Presley Brown (1866-1935) and Sarah Jane Brown Brown (1867-1927).

652johnson

652 Johnson Ridge Road, Elkin, Surry County
Sale pending January 4, 2024
No longer under contract January 28, 2025

  • $325,000 (originally $495,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,456 square feet, 19.83 acres
  • Price/square foot: $223
  • Built in 1925
  • Listed November 28, 2021
  • Last sale: Four tracts bought in separate transactions between 1925 and 1948, prices not recorded on all deeds
  • Note: The property includes a barn and another outbuilding.
    • The property has two separate listings, one labeled “Single Family” and one, “Lots/Land.” Neither listing has any photos of the interior of the house.

Davidson

Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery and Neighboring Counties

7388old

7388 Old 421 Road, Randolph County
The Ernest and Mary Moore House

  • $1.425 million (originally $1,999,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,094 square feet, 22.54 acres
  • Price/square foot: $681
  • Built in 1928
  • Listed May 17, 2026
  • Last sale: $148,000, October 1991
  • Neighborhood: In northern Randolph County, the Guilford-Randolph county line runs along the north end of the property. About 5 miles northwest of Liberty and 3 1/2 miles east of Julian. The property has a Liberty mailing address.
  • Note: The property includes fenced pastures, a horse barn with lean-to, a pole barn, multiple sheds and carports, a large garden and a pond.
    • There is also a modular home at the back of the property (1,800 square feet, 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms with a carport, an above-ground pool and a shed).
    • The original owners were George Ernest Moore (1889-1969) and Anna Mary Cox Moore (1893-1974), who bought the property in 1928. Their children sold it in 1980. George was a farmer.

1884silk

1884 Silk Hope Liberty Road, Silk Hope, Chatham County

  • $599,900
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,761 square feet, 18.54 acres
  • Price/square foot: $341
  • Built in 1926
  • Listed August 7, 2026
  • Last sale: 1953, price not recorded on deed
  • Neighborhood: About 6.7 miles northeast of Siler City and 11 miles west of Liberty. The property has a Siler City mailing address.
  • Note: The listing says the house has propane heat and no air conditioning.
    • “There are two kitchens, one upstairs and one downstairs. There is original shiplap and wood flooring under carpet and sheet vinyl. The home has NO AC and propane heat. There are six usable outbuildings, 2 barns, 2 tractor sheds, 1 chicken coop, and 1 smokehouse.”
    • County records show only three bedrooms.
    • The property was bought in 1953 by Barney Ross Hargrove (1895-1960) and Lillie Blanche Buckner Hargrove (1895-1989). It has been in their family ever since. Ross was a farmer and mechanic.
    • In 1984 ownership passed to their son Robert Elwin Hargrove (d. 2006, age 78) and Pearl Maness Hargrove. Like his father, Robert was a mechanic. One of their sons is now selling the property.

1204winfred

1204 Winfred Brady Road, Chatham County
The Scott-Brewer House

  • $249,990 (originally $850,000, later $395,000)
  • 5 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,987 square feet, 28.6 acres
  • Price/square foot: $126
  • Built in 1900
  • Listed September 28, 2025
  • Last sale: Unknown
  • Neighborhood: In southwest Chatham County, about 5 miles southeast of Bennett. The property has a Bennett mailing address.
  • Note: The property for sale is a little more than half of a 49-acre tract bisected by Winfred Brady Road.
    • After about five months, the price dropped straight from $850,000 to $395,000 (54 percent). On a percentage basis, that’s probably the biggest single price reduction I’ve seen. Then the price was raised again.
    • The property has been in the Brewer family since at least the time of John Carl Brewer (1899-1971) and Beulah May Lambert Brewer (1907-1990). The property may have come to John through the family of his mother, Elizabeth G. “Bettie” Scott Brewer (1866-1957).
    • Beulah left the house and land to son Roy Carlton Brewer (1935-1991). Roy was an Army veteran. He worked for Collins & Aikman. His wife, Thelma Jean Kidd Spoon Brewer (1940-2025) inherited the property. She worked at Ramseur Interlock and for the U.S. Postal Service. It is now being sold by her children.