Another Historic Mansion in Greensboro Is Being Demolished

Two weeks ago, developer Roy Carroll paid $4.5 million for the 1937 J. Spencer Love House at 710 Country Club Drive in Greensboro. Now he’s tearing it down. The 11,000 square-foot mansion had a distinguished history — built by the founder of Burlington Industries, then owned for 37 years by Benjamin and Anne Cone of Cone Mills, and finally sold to Carroll by Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, founder of Pace Communications, former ambassador and now chair of the American Red Cross. It was one of the major structures of the Irving Park Historic District on the National Register. The property is three acres in the heart of Irving Park, across the street from the Greensboro Country Club.

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