Tag: Historic Preservation

More of the Best of 2023: 12 Remarkable 20th-Century Houses Sold in 2023

January 1, 2024

The most notable 20th-century historic homes sold in the Piedmont Triad this year are a diverse lot. They range from a 1905 Queen Anne in Troy to Mid-Century classics in Graham, Winston-Salem and, again, Troy. Oddly, the newest of the group is in Old Salem, a masterful 2010 reproduction of a lost house from the 1840s. The year’s only other historic house sale in Old Salem that I found was another reconstruction.

Other standouts include one of the oldest houses in Sedgefield, the party house of one of Gibsonville’s most colorful families and a monumental Neoclassical mansion no longer used as a residence in Winston-Salem. Details on each house are below; click on the address links for more information.

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Demolition Permit Issued for the 1883 Joseph Bason Whitsett House

May 31, 2023

Update, June 12, 2023: Demolition is under way.

Correction, June 13, 2023: The house wasn’t designated as a landmark by Guilford County. That reference has been removed.

The City of Gibsonville has issued a demolition permit for the Joseph Bason Whitsett House, an 1883 mansion built by the patriarch of the nearby town that bears the family’s name. The Whitsett House is on the north side of U.S. 70 just east of N.C. 61; the address is 7241 Burlington Road. It’s easily recognizable by the cellar built into a hill at the front of the property.

The property was bought in January by Ardmore Gibsonville LLC, a unit of Ardmore Residential of Greensboro. The Business Journal (paywall) reports the company plans to build 335 apartments on the site. A Gibsonville city official confirmed today that a demolition permit has been issued for the house.

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