Tag: Buena Vista

New Listing: A Gorgeous 1925 Four-Square in Winston-Salem, $849,000

March 22, 2021

464 Carolina Circle, Winston-Salem
The Henry and Vera Sherrill House

  • $849,000
  • 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,281 square feet, 0.72 acre
  • Price/square foot: $259
  • Built in 1925
  • Listed March 22, 2021
  • Last sale: $575,000, February 2002
  • Note: Henry H. Sherrill (1886-1973) was president of Sherrill Paving Company. He bought the property in 1922. He and his wife, Vera (1892-1976) sold the house to their daughter, Annie Louise, in 1957 but continued to live there at least into the early 1960s.
    • The 1940 Census showed Henry and Vera at the address with their seven children: Frank, 27 years old; George, 25, Annie Louise, 22; Ralph, 20; Henry Jr., 18; James, 15; and Leon, 13. Two lodgers also were listed at the house.
    • Son James Nelson Sherrill (1926-2012) graduated from the NCSU School of Design and became a noted architect. He lived his adult life in Hickory and outlived his sister and all five brothers.

Sold: A Classic 1940 Cottage in Winston-Salem Designed by William Roy Wallace, $710,000

March 18, 2021

The Emil and Anna Shaffner House sold this week for $710,000, and it was a bargain. The price for the 4,200 square-foot mansion was just $168 per square foot. That’s a lot of money, but many relatively mundane homes in upscale neighborhoods sell for far more. The Shaffner House is an extraordinary gem. An elegant stone cottage with steep gables and a tile roof, it sits on two-thirds of a beautifully wooded acre in Buena Vista.

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The Maya Angelou House in Winston-Salem: A Literary Giant’s Modern Mansion, $2.395 Million

July 16, 2020

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Update: The house sold for $2 million on October 7, 2020.

The Maya Angelou House has had a $1 million-plus makeover since she died in 2014, so it’s quite different from what it was when she lived there. But it was her house for 20 years, so it definitely deserves its name. It’s for sale now at $2.395 million.

Maya Angelou became the third owner of the house in 1994. She had come to Winston-Salem in 1981 as the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest. After her death, the house was bought for $500,000 by Shelley and Daryl Bible. The current listing agent told Triad Business Journal that the couple “wanted to stay true to the essence of the home and its legacy, but it needed a lot of renovation.”

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