Restoration Projects: Sales, Winter-Spring 2023

Sales, Summer-Fall 2022

  • Sold for $60,000 on May 18, 2023 (listed at $49,995)
    • Sold to an LLC based in Lexington
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,050 square feet, 0.15 acre
  • Price/square foot: $57
  • Built in 1914
  • Listed April 26, 2023
  • Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District
  • Listing: “Priced to sell!!”
  • District NR nomination: “One-story weatherboarded bungalow with a side-gable roof and a gabled front porch supported by square posts on brick piers; 12/1 sash, wood shingles and false beams in gables, exposed rafter ends, brick interior chimneys.”

2345 Pisgah Church Road, Kernersville, Forsyth County

  • Sold for $3.24 million on May 17, 2023
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,532 square feet, 37acres
  • Built in 1920
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Last sale: $34,000, December 2022 (with 1.17 acres)
  • Note: Sold as part of a 37-acre tract to a home-building company.
  • Sold for $130,900 on May 12, 2023 (originally $189,900)
  • Two houses and an old store building, 4 acres total
    • The Dewey Adams House, 1935: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,164 square feet
    • The Robert G. Mitchell house — county tax card: 1907, bedrooms and bathrooms not listed, 1,216 square feet, no heat, no electrical, construction grade F, unsound condition
    • The Robert G. Mitchell Store — county tax card: 1900, 720 square feet, no heat, no electrical, construction grade F, unsound
  • Price/square foot: $42
  • Listed March 3, 2022
  • Last sale: Not identifiable in online records
  • Note: The properties are in Wentworth but have a Reidsville mailing address.
    • The listing gives dates for the buildings that vary slightly from county records.
  • Sold for $115,000 on May 11, 2023 (listed at $115,000)
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 827 square feet, 0.58 acre
  • Price/square foot: $139
  • Built in 1938
  • Listed April 21, 2023
  • Last sale: 1940 (4519 Swift) and 1956 (4601 Swift), prices unknown
  • Neighborhood: Terra Cotta
  • Note: The property consists of two lots, one vacant.
    • “Sellers have never lived in property and have no knowledge if heat or cooling works, no oil in tank. House is being sold ‘AS IS’ Furniture there will not be removed.”
    • The property was bought in 1940 by Eugene McMurray (1909-1991) and Annie Mae Raleigh McMurray (1911-1977), who may have been the original owners. The house is being sold by their descendants.
    • The Terra Cotta community formed around a factory that at the time was about five miles west of Greensboro. Today, it’s well within the city.
      • “The Terra Cotta community was originally a company town for workers of the Pomona Terra Cotta Manufacturing Company. Built in 1886, the company primarily produced terra cotta pipes used in sewage systems across North Carolina as well as products like roof tiles and chimney liners. Company towns like Terra Cotta were communities built around one employer who provided housing as well as shops and other amenities. The Terra Cotta community was primarily African-American families who moved to the area for the work. …
      • “From the beginning, the Terra Cotta community was close-knit. At a time when the South was segregated and good jobs for African-Americans were limited, workers would tell their friends and family about opportunities. Many of the early residents were already related, and this sense of community grew.” (Terra Cotta Community Foundation)
      • What remains of Terra Cotta is a green island surrounded by a sea of asphalt between Wendover Avenue to the south, the railroad tracks to the north and Norwalk Street to the east (click the image to see it larger).

1924 E. 25th Street, Winston-Salem

  • Sold for $66,000 on May 11, 2023
  • 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,244 square feet, 0.34 acre
  • Price/square foot: $29
  • Built in 1920
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Last sale: $9,000, April 1973
  • Note: The house was owned from 1973 to 2023 by Thomas Jerry Duke Sr. (1931-2008) and Hilda S. Duke (dates unknown). Thomas was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked for Volvo White Trucking Company for 41 years.
  • Sold for $45,000 on May 10, 2023 (listed at $49,900)
  • 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,521 square feet, 1.84 acres
  • Price/square foot: $30
  • Built in 1890
  • Listed March 24, 2023
  • Last sale: Not identifiable in online Stokes County records.
    • The property has a Madison mailing address. It’s located just over the Stokes-Rockingham county line.
  • Sold for $165,000 on May 9, 2023 (listed at $160,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,663 square feet, 0.39 acre
  • Price/square foot: $99
  • Built in 1946
  • Listed January 4, 2023
  • Last sale: $93,000, October 2004
  • Neighborhood: Franklin Boulevard
  • Sold for $120,000 on May 8, 2023 (originally $150,000)
    • Despite the “classic” “charm and beauty” of this “dream home,” it was sold to a development company.
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,064 square feet, 0.81 acre
  • Price/square foot: $94
  • Built in 1930
  • Listed November 10, 2022
  • Last sale: $3,000, August 1977
  • Note: The new listing includes “charm and beauty,” “classic,” “great potential,” “dream home,” “original,” “timeless,” “gorgeous,” “inviting,” “perfect,” “plenty of potential,” “spacious,” “perfect” (again) and “unique.”
    • Sold for $110,000 on May 8, 2023 (originally $160,000)
    • 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,686 square feet, 5.91 acres
    • Price/square foot: $65
    • Built in 1910
    • Listed August 13, 2021
    • Last sale: $51,200, December 2019
    • Listing: “renovations started but not completed”
      • Some of the work has been good (the siding was milled from trees on the property); some, not so good (replacement windows).
      • The property includes a horse stable and a creek along the rear property line.
      • The property has a Westfield mailing address but is well to the east, roughly between Westfield and Lawsonville.

1523 W. 1st Street, Winston-Salem
The Robert and Emma Hopper House

  • Sold for $210,000 on May 5, 2023 (listed at $246,000)
    • The listing was withdrawn in October 2022 and was sold without being listed publicly again.
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,188 square feet, 0.32 acre
  • Price/square foot: $66
  • Built in 1923
  • Listed September 28, 2022
  • Last sale: $110,000, June 2002
  • Neighborhood: West Highlands
  • Note: Rental property
    • “… requires a full rehab but the structure is in good condition. The roof needs to be repaired or replaced, the kitchen and the bathrooms need to be redone, floors need to be changed, AC need to be installed and general maintenance is needed.”
    • The first residents listed in the city directory were Robert Lee Hopper (1868-1954) and Emma Florence McKeel Hopper (1874-1959). Robert was a tobacco auctioneer at Planters Warehouse.
  • Sold or $106,400 on May 2, 2023 (originally $112,000)
    • The buyer is something called Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB8, so this place may come up for sale again soon.
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,199 square feet, 0.23 acre
  • Price/square foot: $89
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed February 1, 2023
  • Last sale: $81,629, April 2022
  • Note: Another half-assed “fix-and-flip” attempt abandoned part-way through, with an exorbitant $30,000 markup. This one has a considerable amount of cheap plastic flooring now installed.
  • Sold for $170,000 on April 20, 2022 (listed at $170,000)
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,511 square feet, 9.05 acres
  • Price/square foot: $110
  • Built in 1900
  • Listed March 16, 2023
  • Last sale: $68,000, April 2006
  • Listing: The property includes a guest house (1 bedroom, 1 bathroom), a wired workshop, a two-car carport with an attached 25×25 metal storage building and three mobile home lots, each with its own septic system.
    • “Home needs some TLC”
    • No central air conditioning
    • The property is located 4 miles northeast of Mount Airy off East Pine Street.
  • Sold for $110,000 on April 19, 2023 (listed at $110,000)
    • Sold to an LLC
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,567 square feet 0.34 acre
  • Price/square foot: $70
  • Built in 1923
  • Listed March 30, 2023
  • Last sale: $3,000, October 1968
  • Neighborhood: Asheboro Community
  • Listing: “home needs some repairs”
  • Sold for $60,000 on April 16, 2023 (listed at $65,000)
    • Address of record for the buyer is in New Jersey
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 916 square feet, 0.20 acre
  • Price/square foot: $66
  • Built in 1924
  • Listed April 3, 2023
  • Last sale: $57,500, November 2022
  • Note: The house was sold in July 2022 for $11,500.
  • Sold for $85,000 on April 14, 2023 (listed at $99,900)
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 3,573 square feet, 3.08 acres
  • Price/square foot: $24
  • Built in 1921
  • Listed February 23, 2023
  • Last sale: $110,000, March 2007
  • Note: No heating or air conditioning systems
    • “This home needs to be restored”
  • Sold for $50,000 on April 14, 2023 (listed at $44,500)
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,492 square feet, 1.19 acres
  • Price/square foot: $34
  • Built in 1903
  • Listed March 16, 2023
  • Last sale: November 1983, price not recorded on deed
  • Sold for $24,000 on April 14, 2023 (originally $39,900)
    • Kicked from one LLC to another
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 900 square feet, 0.26 acre
  • Price/square foot: $27
  • Built in 1924
  • Listed February 22, 2023
  • Last sale: $17,000, July 2018
  • Neighborhood: Reidsville Historic District (NR)
  • Note: Although it’s in the historic district, the nomination form doesn’t mention it.

221 Vance Street, Lexington, Davidson County
The Samuel and Julia McMillan House

  • Sold for $90,000 on April 13, 2023 (originally $132,000, later $185,000)
  • 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,342 square feet, 0.21 acre
  • Price/square foot: $38
  • Built in 1920
  • Listed February 15, 2023
  • Last sale: $26,000, October 1997
  • Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District
  • District NR nomination: “One-and-one-half-story side-gable bungalow with a large gabled dormer and an engaged front porch supported by paired square posts on brick piers; 4/1 and 5/1 sash, sidelights at entry, brick interior chimney, weatherboards and vinyl siding.
    • “The house appears on the 1923 Sanborn map and was occupied by Samuel D. and Julia McMillan in 1925-26. Mr. McMillan was a telegraph operator at the Southern Railway Passenger Station.”
  • Sold for $54,000 on April 12, 2023 (listed at $34,900)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,564 square feet, 3.95 acres
  • Price/square foot: $35
  • Built in 1954 (per listing)
  • Listed March 1, 2023
  • Last sale: $46,291, January 2023 (foreclosure sale, reverted to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation)
  • Note: “A release and Hold harmless agreement must be signed by agents and purchasers before entering the property.”
    • Located about a mile and a half southeast of Milton off N.C. 57
    • County property records show the construction date as 1964
    • Last sale before foreclosure: $73,000, August 2001
  • Sold for $120,000 on April 10, 2023 (listed at $130,000)
  • 3 bedrooms (per county), 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,540 square feet, 1.49 acres
  • Price/square foot: $47
  • Built in 1853 (per county, but perhaps earlier; see note)
  • Listed March 24, 2023
  • Last sale: December 1982, price not recorded on deed
  • Neighborhood: Carthage Historic District (NR)
  • Note: The listing gives the date of the house as 1800 and says it has 4 bedrooms.
    • “The home has no utilities.”
    • The listing says the owners who sold the property in 1853, the Glascocks, “were first cousins of (President) George Washington, and it is said that a young George Washington would come from Virginia to visit his cousins the Glascock’s.”
  • The historic district’s National Register nomination references the Glascock family but doesn’t mention George Washington: “frame house combining three periods of construction and architectural style: gable-front, two-story wing with one-story, single pile, gabled wing extending to east at perpendicular; one-story porch shelters three front bays of one-story east wing, enclosed on east elevation;
    • “has bracketed turned posts, sawn balustrade, molded handrail; one-story rear ell; rear porches enclosed; beaded siding with rosehead nails on rear wall of one-story wing under enclosed porch; aluminum siding on rest of house;
    • “nine-over-nine and six-over-six windows; paved single-shoulder, exterior-end chimneys on west elevation of two-story wing;
    • “Italianate door with tabernacle panes, contemporary with late 19th century porch, opens to broad hall connecting two wings; rear door, next to beaded siding is early 19th century raised six-panel beneath transom; other doors are two-panel, matching several mid 19th century Greek Revival mantels; single Italianate mantel on second floor; quarter-turn with landing stair begins in hall, rises between rooms in two-story wing;
    • “Dr. John Shaw, purchased tract known as Patty Glasscock land in 1853, apparently made additions to small existing house, probably dating to second quarter of 19th century; Patty Glasscock was widow of Dr. John Glasscock;
    • “Dr. Shaw was physician and prominent town and county citizen — Register of Deeds, county commissioner, two terms in state house of representatives, trustee of Carthage Academy.”
  • Sold for $75,000 on April 5, 2023 (originally $99,900)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,168 square feet, 0.09 acre
  • Price/square foot: $64
  • Built in 1930
  • Listed November 10, 2022
  • Last sale: $125,000, March 2020 (part of a multiple-property sale)
  • Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NRHP)
  • District NRHP nomination: “The majority of bungalows in the district are clearly derived stylistically from the Craftsman influence popular in the early 20th century; typically, such houses have deep porches supported by tapered posts on brick piers, broadly overhanging roofs with exposed rafter ends and knee braces, windows with novelty upper sash, and craftsman-style doors. Intact examples include … 304 and 306 South Washington Avenue.”
    • “A well-appointed one and one-half story frame dwelling, this house is one of eight bungalows erected on this block of S. Washington Ave. during the second and third decades of the 20th century.
    • “Clad in drop siding with wood shingles in the gable ends, the house has a large gabled dormer with engaged balcony and a shed-roofed bay on the south elevation.
    • “Typical of craftsman bungalows, it has an engaged porch with heavy wooden posts on brick piers, a slat balustrade, and exposed rafter ends.
    • “Windows have latticed upper sashes, and interior brick chimneys pierce the asphalt shingle roof in front of the roof ridge.
    • “In 1929, this was the home of C.J. Neal of Model Dry Cleaners and Dyers”

3574 Piney Grove Road, Kernersville, Forsyth County

  • Sold for $36,000 on April 5, 2023
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,004 square feet, 0.56 acre
  • Price/square foot: $36
  • Built in 1920
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Last sale: $500, September 2011
  • Sold for $105,000 on March 27, 2023 (listed at $99,900)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,116 square feet, 3.94 acres
  • Price/square foot: $94
  • Built in 1940
  • Listed March 6, 2023
  • Last sale: $124,500, December 2022 (foreclosure)
  • Note: The property has a Gibsonville mailing address, but it’s 7 1/2 miles northwest of the town near Northeast Park.
  • Sold for $60,000 on March 24, 2023 (listed at $70,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,796 square feet, 0.5 acre
  • Price/square foot: $33
  • Built in 1930
  • Listed October 27, 2022
  • Last sale: $10,000, January 2020
  • Note: The property consists of two lots.
    • The owner is an LLC in Charlotte, which apparently has done nothing in almost three years of ownership except put it back on the market at seven times the price it paid.
  • Sold for $80,000 on March 20, 2023 (listed at $79,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,626 square feet, 0.41 acre
  • Price/square foot: $49
  • Built in 1920
  • Listed February 15, 2023
  • Last sale: $22,000, October 2016
  • Neighborhood: Colonial Drive School Historic District (local)

3741 & 3761 Harper Road, Clemmons

  • Sold for $450,000 on March 10, 2023
    • Sold to an LLC
  • 3741: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
  • 3761: Bedrooms and bathrooms not listed
  • Total square feet: 3,391, 6.56 acres
  • Price/square foot: $133
  • Built in 1922 (3741)
  • Not listed with MLS for sale
  • Last sale: $66,000, August 2017
  • Sold for $63,000 on March 10, 2023 (listed at $60,000)
    • The sale closed after 11 months under contract.
    • The owner died in 1971, intestate. She had five children, four of whom survived her and three of whom had heirs. Among her children and grandchildren, at least seven died intestate.
    • The grantors included six individuals, five married couples and two estates.
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,254 square feet, 0.15 acre
  • Price/square foot: $50
  • Built in 1926
  • Listed March 31, 2022
  • Last sale: $8,200, August 1964
  • Neighborhood: Arlington Park
  • Note: The property changed hands nine times between August 1925 and August 1928, making to difficult to identify the original owner of the house. It was listed as vacant in 1926 and 1927.
    • The first residents listed in the city directory were Arnold B. Whitt and Rose Lee Whitt, who bought the house in December 1927. Arnold is identified in the directory with only the word “transfer.”
      • In August 1928, Annie L. and Charles B. Pugh bought the house. Charles was a conductor. They lost the house in a foreclosure in 1930.
      • After a few years as a rental owned by real estate and investment companies, the next owners were Harry D. Donnell and Martha E. Donnell, who bought the house in 1936. Harry operated a grocery store a block away at 513 Andrew Street and later worked as a mechanic with Wysong & Miles. They lived in the house until they sold it in 1964.
  • Sold for $126,452 on March 9, 2023 (originally $235,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,371 square feet, 0.18 acre
  • Price/square foot: $92
  • Built in 1900
  • Listed June 10, 2022
  • Last sale: Not identifiable in online records
  • Neighborhood: Holly Avenue Historic District (NRHP)
  • District NRHP nomination: “A near twin to 110 S. Poplar Street, this two-story, cross gable house has paired and single two-over-two windows, and a hip roof porch with square posts. It has an irregular diamond shaped attic vent and asbestos siding.”
  • Sold for $170,000 on March 7, 2023 (listed at $125,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,312 square feet, 0.56 acre
  • Price/square foot: $130
  • Built in 1928
  • Listed September 26, 2022
  • Last sale: $20,500, August 1979
  • Neighborhood: South Fork
  • Listing: “Great opportunity for a complete remodel of the entire home”

602 Acadia Avenue, Winston-Salem

  • Sold for $150,000 on March 7, 2023
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,820 square feet, 0.30 acre
  • Price/square foot: $82
  • Built in 1915
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Last sale: $120,000, May 2022

4345 Old Thomasville Road, Davidson County

  • Sold for $133,000 on March 7, 2023 (listed at $133,497)
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,486 square feet, 1.25 acres
  • Price/square foot: $53
  • Built in 1914
  • Listed February 9, 2023
  • Last sale: $92,000, February 1994
  • Note: The house is in Davidson County but has a Winston-Salem mailing address.

211 Long Avenue, Graham, Alamance County
Former First Baptist Church Parsonage

  • Sold for $160,000 on February 24, 2023 (listed at $175,000)
    • Bought by an LLC
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,377 square feet, 0.20 acre
  • Price/square foot: $67
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed February 1, 2023
  • Last sale: $100,000, September 2022
  • Note: Another fix-and-flip abandoned partway through. The seller has ripped away almost all of the historic character from the house and now wants $75,000 more than he paid for it.
  • District NR nomination: “The two-story, frame Triple-A dwelling … features plain siding, a diamond vent in the front gable, a one-story gable ell, replacement one-over-one sash windows, and a one-story hip porch with turned posts and brackets. …
  • “The house was built circa 1900 as the First Baptist Church parsonage. The Reverend Rayborn P. Ellington family resided in the house in 1935.”
  • The house was being renovated in 1999 when the district’s National Register nomination was written.
  • Sold for $95,000 on February 21, 2023 (listed at $85,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,677 square feet, 0.32 acre
  • Built in 1921
  • Price/square foot: $35
  • Listed February 7, 2023
  • Last sale: Unknown
  • Neighborhood: College Heights
  • Sold for $230,000 on February 17, 2023 (listed at $250,000)
  • The listing says it’s divided into three apartments with five bedrooms and an unspecified number of bathrooms. County records say there are two, so there’s probably one that that was added without a building permit.
  • 3,388 square feet, 0.34 acre
  • Price/square foot: $68
  • Built ca. 1888 (per National Register)
  • Listed January 20, 2023
  • Last sale: $116,000, May 2000
  • Neighborhood: East Davis Street Historic District (NR)
  • Note: The listing says, “Needs work”; no interior pictures are included.
    • County records date the house to 1910.
  • District NR nomination (2000): “A number of late-nineteenth and early twentieth century Queen Anne style houses stand in the district. These are generally two-story frame dwellings with a gable and wing form. The earliest example of this style is the well-preserved John R. Foster House at 518 East Davis Street.
    • “Built circa 1888 for John R. Foster of Foster Shoe Company, the house started as three rooms and was enlarged into a twelve room, two-story dwelling with a pressed tin roof, shingle siding in the gable ends and a one-story wraparound porch with a second story balcony over the entrance. Turned posts and balusters, spindle friezes, and sawnwork brackets decorate porch and balcony. …
    • “John R. Foster … opened the Foster Shoe Company in the 300 block of Main Street in 1890. The store was one of the first specialty shops in Burlington. The store moved to E. Davis Street after Foster’s death in 1934 and continues to operate there today [as of 2000; it appears to have closed].
    • “By at least 1913 the house reached Its present configuration facing E. Davis Street. Upon Foster’s death in 1934, his wife Sallie moved to another house on E. Davis Street and the dwelling was divided into four apartments and rented. In 1935 the house was occupied by Robert Shoffner, clerk of Burlington Mills; Richard Pindell, an overseer; and Robert deFord of Scott’s Billiard Parlor.
    • “William A. Patty of Patty Appliances bought the house in 1949 and converted it back to a single family residence. A utility shed and barn which housed a cow, horse and chickens, were originally located at the rear of the property. The barn, which stood on the present lot of 123 Cameron Street, was removed by 1936 when the lot was sold to Faye Simpson. The utility shed was expanded in 1949 to provide a vacuum cleaner repair shop for William Patty.”
    • John Foster’s shoe store on a particularly busy day in 1918:
  • Sold for $55,000 on February 14, 2023 (listed at $60,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,528 square feet, 0.48 acre
  • Price/square foot: $36
  • Built in 1900
  • Listed January 27, 2023
  • Last sale: $58,000, February 2022
  • Note: A would-be “fix-and-flip” owner is walking away from this one after a year. “Buyer has done a great deal of demolishing … Cash buyers only as this house will not qualify for a loan. Interior is down to studs in some areas. Most of the Main joist and some upper floor joist have been replaced. Inside walls are ready for wiring and insulation. Back porch has been partially closed in. A lot of work has been completed.” Caveat emptor.

416 W. 5th Avenue, Lexington, Davidson County
The Orville and Jennie Craver House

  • Sold for $140,000 on February 22, 2023 (listed at $140,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,846 square feet, 0.31 acre
  • Price/square foot: $49
  • Built in 1935
  • Listed January 25, 2023
  • Last sale: $62,000, August 2013 (part of a multi-property sale)
  • Neighborhood: Lexington Residential Historic District (NR)
  • Listing: “diamond in the rough”
    • County records list the owner as Johnson Concrete Company.
  • District NR nomination: “Two-story brick Colonial Revival with a side-gable roof and a pedimented entry porch supported by paired Tuscan columns; vinyl replacement windows, entry with fanlight and sidelights, brick end chimney, brick foundation, flat-roofed porch with Tuscan columns spanned by a wood railing on the east elevation, one-story brick wing on the west elevation.”
    • Orville Rowan Craver (1893-1961) and Jennie Lee Leonard Craver (1896-1977) bought the property in 1925 and were listed at the address in 1937. Jennie sold the house in 1973. Orville was a contractor and owner of Craver Lumber Company and Craver Block Company. “He was one of the most widely known and popular citizens of Davidson County,” The Dispatch said in his obituary.
  • $52,000 (listed at $68,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,628 square feet, 0.48 acre
  • Price/square foot: $32
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed January 26, 2023
  • Last sale: $42,000, October 2019
  • Note: Restoration work in progress
  • Sold for $45,000 on February 21, 2023 (listed at $50,000)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,750 square feet, 0.51 acre
  • Price/square foot: $26
  • Built in 1916
  • Listed January 31, 2023
  • Last sale: $9,800, June 1974
  • Note: The listing provides no pictures of the interior.
  • Sold for $46,000 on February 20, 2023 (listed at $49,900)
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 2,475 square feet, 1.15 acres
  • Price/square foot: $19
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed January 11, 2023
  • Last sale: $55,000, July 1994
  • Listing: “The Home has Several Rooms that were used as Bedrooms, but Septic Permit is for 2 Bedrooms.”
    • The listing shows only 2,244 square feet.
    • Located just north of Randleman off U.S. 220 Business
  • Sold for $130,000 on February 14, 2023 (listed at $180,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2,582 square feet, 0.18 acre
  • Price/square foot: $50
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed November 25, 2022
  • Last sale: $3,500, March 1940
  • Note: No central air conditioning

221 College Road, Greensboro

  • Sold for $140,000 on January 25, 2023 (originally $300,000)
  • 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,660 square feet, 1.04 acres
  • Price/square foot: $53
  • Built in 1917
  • Listed May 27, 2021
  • Last sale: $70,000, March 2014

1606 O. Henry Boulevard, Greensboro

  • Sold for $33,000 on January 12, 2023
    3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2,090 square feet, 0.54 acre
  • Price/square foot: $16
  • Built in 1900
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Last sale: August 1997, price not recorded on deed
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  • Sold for $145,000 on January 18, 2023 (originally $155,000, later $210,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,592 square feet
  • Price/square foot: $56
  • Built in 1892
  • Listed December 9, 2019
  • Last sale: $125,000, August 2016

601 Park Avenue, Greensboro
The Rigdon and Helen Dees House

  • Sold for $124,900 on January 10, 0223 (listed at $199,900)
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,636 square feet, 0.10 acre
  • Price/square foot: $76
  • Built in 1912
  • Listed August 23, 2022
  • Last sale: $3,000, March 1976
  • Neighborhood: Dunleath Historic District (local), Summit Avenue Historic District (NRHP)
  • Note: Longtime rental property
    • No central air conditioning
    • Dr. Rigdon Osmond Dees (1884-1954) and Helen Hazel Groome Dees (1891-1988) were the original owners. Rigdon bought the property in 1913, and they sold it in 1933, although by 1923 they had moved to 305 S. Mendenhall Street. Dr. Dees was a physician and surgeon. He practiced with his brother, Ralph Erastus Dees (1881-1957). Rigdon and Helen moved to Myrtle Beach in 1952. They were the paternal grandparents of noted media figure Rigdon Osmond Dees III (b. 1950).
  • The district’s NRHP nomination classifies the house as a “non-contributing structure”: “Permastone, asbestos siding, and altered windows have compromised this dwelling’s integrity.”
  • Sold for $55,000 on January 10, 2022 (originally $93,000)
  • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,700 square feet, 0.8 acre
  • Price/square foot: $20
  • Built in 1910
  • Listed September 26, 2022
  • Last sale: $27,500, February 2016

402 E. Main Street, Stoneville, Rockingham County

  • Sold for $75,000 on January 6, 2023 (listed at $125,000)
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bedroom, 1,540 square feet, 0.50 acre
  • Price/square foot: $49
  • Built in 1918
  • Listed November 11, 2022
  • Last sale: $550, September 1942

705 Morehead Street, Greensboro

  • Sold for $195,000
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,785 square feet
  • Price/square foot: $70
  • Built in 1925
  • Not listed publicly for sale
  • Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District