Piedmont Historic Homes

Recent Sales

• Sold for $865,000 on December 29, 2023
  • The deed shows the sale was for 13.17 acres, described as “The Homestead on Conrad Estates.”
  • The original price was $2.395 million for “over 50 acres.”
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,856 square feet
• Price/square foot: $303
• Built in 1858
• Listed April 11, 2023
• Last sale: $5.475 million (339 acres)
• Note: County records show the house sitting on an 81-acre tract.
  • The house was built by either John Joseph Conrad (1805-1871) or his son Augustine Eugene Conrad (1828-1917). A.E. owned it when he died. He had served as chairman of the county Board of Commissioners for may years. “Mr. Conrad was one of the most prominent and widely known men in that section of the state,” The Charlotte Observer noted in reporting his death.
  • His estate sold it to William Joseph Conrad (1856-1941), one of his four surviving children. A.E. had six children by two wives over a period of 41 years. The house and much of the Conrad property remained in the Conrad family until 2022.
  • Dr. William J. Conrad was memorialized as the “dean of N.C. dentists” by the Winston-Salem Journal. He was a graduate of the Kernersville Institute, Emory & Henry and the Pennsylvania Dental College, class of 1876. He practiced until 1934, retiring at age 78.
  • He was a charter member of the Winston-Salem YMCA. He also was a member of the board of deacons at First Baptist Church for 50 years and superintendent of the Sunday school for 25 years. William died at Hilltops at age 85.
  • The current owners began selling off large tracts for development as soon as they bought the 365-acre Conrad property, now entirely on the Forsyth County side of the nearby Yadkin River. The Conrad family had 2,000 acres at one point, some of it, including the family cemetery, across the river in Yadkin County.
  • Sixty acres adjacent to 1291 Conrad Road was sold on a 50-50 basis to a Maine firm in the waste management and remediation business and a Georgia mental health clinic. Another 120 acres went to a local developer that originally planned a high-density residential development. Opposition from neighbors led to a revised plan for 15 high-end homes ($750,000 and up) and 42 mid-range houses ($350,000 to $500,000).

• Sold for $820,000 on November 17, 2023 (originally $895,000, later $725,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,912 square feet, 86.22 acres
• Price/square foot: $429
• Built in 1907
• Listed April 27, 2023
• Last sale: $255,500, March 2019
• Note: The property includes pasture areas, pond, spring, barns and shelters.
  • “There’s an additional farm house that can be restored for a guest house or vacation rental.”
  • The 2019 listing for the property said, “Old farmhouses and buildings are not given any value,” so the renovation of the main house must have been significant.

• Sold for $294,500 on October 27, 2023 (listed at $295,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,442 square feet, 10.31 acres
• Price/square foot: $204
• Built in 1920
• Listed September 20, 2023
• Last sale: July 1985, price not recorded on deed
• Listing: “The property includes various outbuildings and covered spaces, including a horse barn perfect for storing hay, equipment or with a little refurbishing, house your horses.”
  • The property has a Franklinville mailing address but is 6 miles north of town off N.C. 22.

• Sold for $525,000 on October 26, 2023 (listed at $624,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,369 square feet, 54 acres
• Price/square foot: $383
• Built in 1900
• Listed August 22, 2023
• Last sale: $250,000, September 2019
• Note: The house is toward the middle of the acreage.
  • The property has no road frontage. Access is by way of a driveway easement through an adjoining property.
  • The property has a Liberty mailing address but is 6.3 miles northwest of town, across U.S. 421.

• Sold for $468,000 on October 23, 2023 (listed at $475,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,712 square feet, 20.10 acres
• Price/square foot: $273
• Built in 1902
• Listed September 8, 2023
• Last sale: $135,300, June 2016
• Note: South Buffalo Creek runs through the property.
  • The historic character of the house has largely been renovated away.

• Sold for $575,000 on October 4, 2023 (listed at $650,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,954 square feet 46.33 acres
• Price/square foot: $294
• Built in 1912
• Listed July 4, 2023
• Last sale: $100,000, September 1994
• Listing: “Land is parklike, with trails, riding paths, open & wooded areas, watering area; wildlife habitat. 2 Pre-fab metal carports. Grape vines, fruit trees, etc. Well house. Small log cabin. Old store bldg. Above ground pool.”
  • The property has a Denton mailing address but is about 4 1/2 miles south of town.

• Sold for $510,000 on October 4, 2023 (listed at $524,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,035 square feet, 36 acres (per listing)
• Price/square foot: $251
• Built in 1887
• Listed July 21, 2023
• Last sale: 1949, price unknown
• Listing: “The historic 1792 road between Germanton and Bethania is located on the property.”
  • The property includes several outbuildings.
  • The listing shows 36 acres; county records, 54.63.
  • Legal documents show a telecom tower located on the property near the house. The agreement was signed in 2001 and is in effect until 2026.

• Sold for $800,000 on September 25, 2023 (listed at $859,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 3,118 square feet, 101.36 acres
• Price/square foot: $257
• Built in 1912
• Listed July 21, 2023
• Last sale: 1974, price unknown
• Note: The highway runs through the property.
  • No central heating or air conditioning
  • The original owners may have been Edward Nelson Russell (1837-1914) and Cerona Delphina “Della” Sanders Russell (1852-1937). Della sold the property in 1924 to Isham Gustus Harris (1862-1933) and Ida Lou Carter Harris (1873-1954). I.G.’s mother’s maiden name was Russell, so he and Nelson could have been related, although any common relative or ancestor is unknown. The property stayed in the Harrises’ family until 1974, when their daughter Lena Harris Andrews sold it to the parents of the current owner.

• Sold for $165,000 on September 21, 2023 (listed at $285,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,785 square feet, 42.23 acres
• Price/square foot: $92
• Built in 1920
• Listed August 25, 2023
• Last sale: $175,000, June 2008 (50% share of a 30.5 acre tract)
• Listing: “This home is a fixer upper”
  • The property includes a pond.

• Sold for $381,000 on September 1, 2023 (originally $399,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,613 square feet, 11.2 acres
• Price/square foot: $236
• Built in 1940
• Listed June 12, 2023
• Last sale: $135,000 on May 31, 2023
• Note: The exterior is remarkable, but on the interior, it now looks largely like the kind of home you can find in any subdivision.
  • The turn-around time on this house — 12 days — is amazing, especially in view of the price increase.

• Sold for $519,000 on July 21, 2023 (originally $558,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,450 square feet, 8.34 acres
• Price/square foot: $358
• Built in 1920
• Listed December 25, 2022
• Last sale: $125,000, January 2001
• Note: The property includes a six-stall barn with tack room, water and electricity; three fenced-in pastures; a riding ring with lights; paddocks; and a pond.
  • Located just off N.C. 49, 6 miles southwest of Liberty and 4 miles northeast of Ramseur.

• Sold for $191,500 on July 5, 2023 (listed at $199,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 870 square feet, 20.9 acres
• Price/square foot: $220
• Built in 1927
• Listed May 1, 2023
• Last sale: $70,000, July 2018
• Note: The property includes a solar-powered greenhouse, barns, chicken coop, 50-amp RV hookup, storage sheds, water, animal shelters, feeders, septic and well.
  • “The house needs some TLC.”
  • The house has no central air conditioning.
  • The property is about 3 miles from town, just off Bryant Street.

6507 Frieden Church Road, Guilford County

• Sold for $135,000 on May 31, 2023 (listed at $140,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,613 square feet, 11.2 acres
• Price/square foot: $84
• Built in 1940
• Listed February 17, 2023
• Last sale: Unclear; it may have been in the owner’s family since before 1959.
• Note: Apparently listed with an offer already accepted.

• Sold for $330,000 on May 26, 2023 (originally $525,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,251 square feet, 45.60 acres
• Price/square foot: $102
• Built in 1910
• Listed July 18, 2022
• Last sale: $
• Listing: “… needs TLC to restore its original majestic and stately beauty.”
  • The property has a Mount Airy mailing address but is 11 miles northeast of town, almost to the state line north of Mount Herman.

• Sold for $601,000 on May 22, 2023 (originally $630,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,382 square feet, 49.92 acres
• Price/square foot: $435
• Built in 1935
• Listed January 20, 2023
• Last sale: $365,000, October 2008
• Note: The property has a Liberty mailing address but is located in southwestern Alamance County.
  • The property includes two-acre pond, 30 acres of pasture, and three outbuildings — a three-stall tool shed, a seven-stall horse barn with a large upstairs area and a former milk house with hardwood floors.

• Sold for $625,000 on May 16, 2023 (originally $975,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,852 square feet, 42 acres
• Price/square foot: $337
• Built in 1900
• Listed June 17, 2022
• Last sale: 1909 or earlier, price unknown
• Note: The house may have been built by farmer Amos Julius Richardson (1854-1938). In 1909 ownership passed to two of his children, eight-year-old Arthur Wilbert Richardson (1901-1983) and Daisy Richardson (1884-1971). Arthur’s son Ralph Gray Richardson (1933-2021) inherited the farm in 1983. It is being sold by his heirs.
  • Ralph was a graduate of Eli Whitney High School and Burlington Business College. He was a cattle and chicken farmer and also worked at Western Electric and the UNC-Chapel Hill public safety department. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
  • Located 7 miles southeast of Snow Camp and 6 miles southwest of Eli Whitney

• Sold for $549,000 on April 28, 2023 (originally $559,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,807 square feet, 8.12 acres
• Price/square foot: $196
• Built in 1991
• Listed January 5, 2023
• Last sale: $365,000, February 2020
• Note: A rare recently built Queen Anne
  • Located about a mile and a half west of the village of Tobaccoville

• Sold for $460,000 on April 28, 2023 (listed at $499,900)
  • The buyer is an LLC based in Reidsville
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,790 square feet, 73.84 acres
• Price/square foot: $257
• Built in 1920
• Listed September 12, 2022
• Last sale: July 1986, price not recorded on property card
• Note: Located 12 miles east of Reidsville
• Note: “Old family farm house waiting for your imagination and creativity. Multiple barns/ shelters”
  • Photo from Google Street View, February 2023

• Sold for $425,000 on March 28, 2023 (listed at $425,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,533 square feet, 38 acres
• Price/square foot: $277
• Built in 1942
• Listed November 11, 2022
• Last sale: Listing says the property is being sold “for the first time in 200 years.”
  • Located 5 1/2 miles south of Sandy Ridge and 6 miles northeast of Danbury

• Sold for $775,000 on March 20, 2023 (originally $795,000, later $750,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,268 square feet (per county), 140 acres
• Price/square foot: $611
• Built in 1915
• Listed May 25, 2022
• Last sale: $40,000, October 1978
• Note: “Fenced Pasture, 2200′ of frontage on the little Yadkin River, Streams, Old Smoke House, Cattle/Horse Barn, Egg House, Pack house, Tobacco Barn, (3) old chicken houses (great for storage), Hunting / Fishing – full of wildlife, 4Wheeling / Tubing & Camping, Bonus room can be 3rd Bedroom, Outbuildings in need of repair, Cropland land is currently leased, (4) parcels combined covering both Surry & Forsyth County.”
  • The listing shows 1,960 square feet.
  • The current owners bought the property from Robia Franklin Fulk (1916-2002) and Margarette Jones Fulk (1920-2002). After 64 years of marriage, the Fulks died eight months apart, Roby in March 2002 and Margarette in November 2002.
  • The property has a Pinnacle mailing address but is 5 1/2 miles south of Pinnacle and 8 miles west of King.

• Sold for $200,000 on February 25, 2023 (listed at $175,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 696 square feet, 11.4 acres
• Price/square foot: $287
• Built in 1890
• Listed January 23, 2023
• Last sale: August 1973, price unknown
• Listing: “”Old 1890 farmhouse (part of which appears to be the original log cabin). … Swepsonville water but no sewer. Has an existing septic system. Tom Burke Lane runs parallel then intersects property … Total square footage doesn’t include 227 sq. ft. on main level due to ceiling height in under 7′. Approximately 12×20 useable, unheated space on second floor”
  • The property has a Graham mailing address but is located just south of Swepsonville.

• Sold for $594,000 on February 22, 2023 (listed at $600,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,316 square feet, 53 acres
• Price/square foot: $451
• Built in 1920
• Listed January 5, 2023
• Last sale: April 2018, price not recorded on deed; last price recorded on a deed was $48,500, April 1983
• Note: A creek runs through the property.
  • The property includes a barn and a metal garage.

• Sold for $500,000 on February 3, 2023 (originally $549,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,318 square feet (per county), 35.83 acres (two tracts)
• Price/square foot: $216
• Built in 1903
• Listed June 1, 2022
• Last sale: $144,000, August 1999
• Note: The listing shows 2,482 square feet.
  • “The exterior features a large in-ground saltwater pool possibly in need of a new liner. Numerous storage and outbuildings.”
  • Located 4.6 miles southeast of Mocksville

• Sold for $380,000 on February 3, 2023 (originally $550,000)
• There’s a remarkable disparity between county records and the details of the listing:
  • County records: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,900 square feet
  • Listing: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,350 square feet
  • As of October 18, 2022, the listing no longer mentions the house.
• 24.24 acres
• Built in 1900
• Price/square foot: $200
• Listed March 28, 2022
• Last sale: January 1884, price not recorded on deed
• Location: Just south of the city limits
• Note: Out-of-town owner
  • The property is part of what was once a 60-acre tract, at least part of which has been in the Sides family since 1884, when the congregation of the United Brethren of Salem sold it to Samuel Albert Sides (1860-1951). Samuel and his wife, Lillian Gertrude Pope Sides (1867-1943), had 12 children over 26 years (10 sons and two daughters; both daughters and eight sons survived to adulthood).
  • In 1935 they sold the property to their ninth son, Marcus Benjamin Sides (1905-1994), and his wife, Minnie Bedsaul Sides (1911-2001). Minnie passed the property on to their son in 1994. He is now selling it, ending the family’s 139 years of ownership.
  • The listing promotes the property for urban sprawl: “This is the next perfect location for a new neighborhood.”
  • The property consists of three contiguous parcels between Peters Creek Parkway/Salisbury Road and South Main Street. Wilshire Golf Club is to the west, and Hopewell Moravian Church is to the south (apparently the successor to the United Brethren of Salem).
  • Included on the property are a barn and workshop, both of which have been used as residences: “The barn has ‘finished’ sq footage of 1350 and also has an additional 550 square feet on main level that could easily be finished. The 1900 sq feet upstairs is great for storage or a potential second living area.
  • “The workshop has lots of finished sq footage also and has been used as an apartment in the past. It has a few rooms that were used as bedrooms and a full bath and kitchen.
  • “A few acres at the back of the property are in the flood zone. No survey on file.”

• Sold for $570,000 on January 26, 2023 (listed at $575,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,196 square feet, 17.65 acres
• Price/square foot: $178
• Built in 1937
• Listed October 24, 2022
• Last sale: $146,000, June 1997
• Note: The property includes about 10 acres of pasture with some fencing.
  • Two “creek beds” run along both sides of the property.
  • Outbuildings: Detached garage with a roll-up door and a one-vehicle carport and a storage building with cabinets and a mini split heating/cooling system
  • The property has a Ramseur mailing address but is in the Coleridge community, 7 1/2 miles south of Ramseur and 15 miles east of Asheboro.