Mid-Century Modern: Recently Withdrawn

$1,099,000 (originally listed at $1.195 million)
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,864 square feet, 0.4 acre
Price/square foot: $384
Built in 1955
Listed July 25, 2019
Last sale: $225,000, September 2013
Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
Note: Designed by Thomas Hayes for his college roommate, construction executive Will Howard
- Listing: The house “has been completely restored to its former glory w/open floor plan, sleek lines, walls of glass, original terrazzo floors, 6 outdoor terraces & 2-story Casita. Completely rebuilt by Gary Jobe, preserving almost everything in the original 1955 plan.”
- The reconstruction addressed “long-term challenges related to materials, drainage, and sustainability. It retains its original H-shaped plan and honors the scope, scale and materials of the initial design.” (Preservation Greensboro)
- Architects for the restoration were Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn of UrbanLab of Chicago; Brent Skelton did the landscape design. (N.C. Modernist)
- Before being bought and restored by the current owners, the house was included on the N.C. Modernist 2013 Endangered List.

1 Kempton Drive
listing withdrawn June 6, 2019

$279,000
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,170 square feet, 0.63 acre
Price/square foot: $129
Built in 1971
Listed September 9, 2018
Last sale: $64,900, June 1976
Note: Located in the Forest Oaks neighborhood in Guilford County.
- The front door opens to an interior courtyard.
- There don’t appear to be any windows on the front of the house.

1903 Colonial Avenue
listing withdrawn September 1, 2018

$250,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,100 square feet, 0,41 acre
Price/square foot: $119
Built in 1953
Listed July 13, 2018
Last sale: $230,000, April 2014
Neighborhood: Kirkwood
Listing: “Original quarry tile flooring was discovered during remodel and restored to 1950’s condition.”
- This appears to have been the home of Robert A. Atkinson Jr., partner of Edward Lowenstein in the Lowenstein-Atkinson firm. He and his wife, Violet, owned the property and lived there from 1953 to 1977.
- Now a rental property