Greensboro Historic Homes For Sale

605 Chancery Place

• Sold for $426,500 on December 21, 2020 (originally $445,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,697 square feet
• Price/square foot: $158
• Built in 1923
• Listed October 9, 2020
• Last sale: $325,000, July 2016
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: Replacement windows

211 Elmwood Drive
The Elliott R. Carver House

• Sold for $352,500 on November 29, 2020 (listed at $369,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,373 square feet, 0.36 acre
• Price/square foot: $149
• Built in 1926
• Listed October 6, 2020
• Last sale: $24,750, July 1946
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The house was last sold to Ford D. Little in 1946. He was president of W.P. Ballard and Company of Greensboro, which sold laundry supplies and equipment. The house has been in the family ever since.
  • The original owner, Elliott R. Carver, was an executive of Central Insurance Company and Piedmont Finance Company. He lost the house to foreclosure in 1933.

3405 Wynnewood Drive

2323 N. Elm Street

1815 Dalton Road
The A.W. Kaplan House
Blog post — 1815 Dalton Road: 98 Years, Three Owners (August 2, 2020)

310 Country Club Drive
The D. Newton and Eula Farnell House

• Sold for $628,000 on September 25, 2020 (listed at $669,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,334 square feet, 0.32 acre
• Price/square foot: $269
• Built in 1937
• Listed July 24, 2020
• Last sale: $615,000, March 2019
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The house includes a basement suite with a small kitchen, bathroom and private entrance.
  • The property was sold in 1936 to D. Newton and Eula Farnell, who built the house. It was next sold 77 years later by the estate of their daughter Gloria Farnell Cowan. Newton Farnell was a lawyer and the 1942 president of the Greensboro Bar Association.

1903 Fernwood Drive

• Sold for $239,000 on September 10, 2020 (originally $249,900)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,431 square feet
• Price/square foot: $167
• Built in 1927
• Listed August 1, 2020
• Last sale: $218,500, November 1995
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

600 Chancery Place

• Sold for $380,000 on June 10, 2020 (listed at $365,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,037 square feet
• Price/square foot: $187
• Built in 1933
• Listed May 15, 2020
• Last sale: $197,000, October 1995
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

607 Sunset Drive
The James W. Brawley House

• Sold for $1,750,000 on June 1, 2020 (listed at $2 million)
• 5 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 6,020 square feet, 0.89 acre
• Price/square foot: $291
• Built in 1921
• Listed April 21, 2020
• Last sale: $1.5 million, April 2005
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Listing: “more than generous rooms … Master suite beyond description”
  • The Greensboro Country Club is across the street.
  • Brawley was an agent for Pilot Life.

718 Dover Road

• Sold for $526,000 on May 5, 2020 (originally $629,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,143 square feet
• Price/square foot: $167
• Built in 1938
• Listed May 11, 2015
• Last sale: $562,500, January 2008
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Listing: “Original Otto Zenke built-ins and mantle.”
  • Not owner-occupied
  • The owners are belated victims of the crash of 2008. They bought the house eight months before the crash. Twelve years later, their asking price is less than the price they paid.

1309 Latham Road

• Sokd for $375,000 on April 24, 2020 (listed at $375,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,348 square feet
• Price/square foot: $160
• Built in 1940
• Listed March 11, 2020
• Last sale: $337,000, November 2017
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: The property includes a detached garage.

1009 W. Northwood Street

• Sold for $305,000 on April 20, 2020 (listed at $309,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,433 square feet
• Price/square foot: $213
• Built in 1942
• Listed March 15, 2020
• Last sale: $96,100, August 2015
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

2020 St. Andrews Road

• Sold for $800,000 on April 7, 2020 (originally $1.03 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,384 square feet, 0.54 acre
• Price/square foot: $182
• Built in 1957
• Listed April 4, 2019
• Last sale: $579,500, March 1997
• Note: A fine example of high-end 1950s residential architecture.

308 Meadowbrook Terrace

• Sold for $1.6 million on February 28, 2020
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,996 square feet, 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $320
• Built in 1928
• Listed: Apparently was not listed for sale
• Last sale: $901,000, October 2012
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

507 Chancery Place

• Sold for $175,000 on February 27, 2020
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,335 square feet
• Price/square foot: $75
• Built in 1928
• Listed: Apparently not listed for sale
• Last sale: $120,000, November 1989
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: Bought by a home builder, possibly as a tear-down (like the house next door)

1601 Wilton Drive

• Sold for $259,900 on February 18, 2020 (listed at $259,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,859 square feet
• Price/square foot: $140
• Built in 1959
• Listed January 7, 2020
• Last sale: $228,000, October 2018
• Neighborhood: New Irving Park

801 Dover Road

• Sold for $788,000 on January 31, 2020 (originally listed at $834,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,659 square feet, 0.34 acre
• Price/square foot: $215
• Built in 1940
• Listed May 22, 2019
• Last sale: $425,000, June 2010
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

701 Sunset Drive

• Sold for $1.3 million on December 10, 2019 (originally listed at $1.785 million)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,597 square feet,  0.81 acre
• Price/square foot: $283
• Built in 1937
• Listed April 19, 2017
• Last sale: $1.575 million, January 2004
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

802 W. Cornwallis Drive

• Sold for $407,500 on September 10, 2019 (originally listed at $529,500)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,952 square feet, 0.78 acre
• Price/square foot: $138
• Built in 1975
• Listed May 4, 2018
• Last sale: $293,000, July 2016
• Note: Written about in O.Henry magazine, February 2018

1508 Edgedale Road

• Sold for $715,000 on September 3, 2019 (originally listed at $775,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,008 square feet, 0.41 acre
• Price/square foot: $238
• Built in 1928
• Listed March 15, 2019
• Last sale: $119,500, June 1978
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The house was designed by Harry Barton.
  • The property includes a guest house with a full bath and a two-car garage.

1 Saint Regis Court

• Sold for $330,000 on August 26, 2019 (listed at $349,500)
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,087 square feet, 0.73 acre
• Price/square foot: $107
• Built in 1973
• Listed July 2, 2016
• Last sale: $249,500, April 1998
• Neighborhood: New Irving Park
• Note: For sale by owner
  • The house was previously listed without a sale from 2013-16 at prices as high as $379,000.
  • The listing describes the house as a “California Seaside Home.”
  • County tax records show the house as 3,087 square feet; the listing says 3,575.

401 Sunset Drive

• Sold for $1.8 million on August 19, 2019 (listed at $1.975 million)
• 6 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 7,507 square feet, 0.62 acre
• Price/square foot: $240
• Built in 1911
• Listed March 20, 2019
• Last sale: $2.1 million, June 2016
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The listing says the house may be the second-oldest in Irving Park.
  • Slate roof
  • The property is across the street from the Greensboro Country Club.

203 Wentworth Drive

• Sold for $1.2 million on June 28, 2019 (listed at $1.225 million)
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5,339 square feet, 0.67 acre
• Price/square foot: $225
• Built in 1926
• Listed April 22, 2019
• Last sale: $480,000, September 1985
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The property includes a detached two-car garage.

2316 Lafayette Avenue

• Sold for $375,000 on June 7, 2019 (originally listed at $499,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,014 square feet, 0.58 acre
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1928
• Listed April 5, 2018
• Last sale: $393,000, August 2007
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

514 Woodland Drive

• Sold for $700,000 on June 6, 2019 (listed at $709,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,651 square feet
• Price/square foot: $264
• Built in 1926
• Listed May 16, 2019
• Last sale: $465,000, August 2011
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1906 Fernwood Drive

• Sold for $268,000 on June 5, 2019 (originally listed at $285,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,050 square feet
• Price/square foot: $131
• Built in 1928
• Listed March 21, 2019
• Last sale: $241,000, March 2015
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

700 Woodland Drive

• Sold for $1.75 million on May 31, 2019 (listed at $1,950,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 full bathrooms and 2 half-baths, 6,340 square feet, 0.43 acre
• Price/square foot: $276
• Built in 1941
• Listed January 29, 2019
• Last sale: $1.1 million, May 2014
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The owners are Steven Rendle, CEO of VF Corp., and his wife, Julie, who are relocating to Denver along with the corporate headquarters.
  • The house includes an elevator and a swimming pool.
  • The house was extensively renovated in 2014.

1819 Dalton Road

• Sold for $740,280 on May 10, 2019 (listed at $749,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,573 square feet
• Price/square foot: $207
• Built in 1924
• Listed March 18, 2019
• Last sale: $520,000, January 2011
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

2107 Medford Lane

• Sold for $385,000 on March 25, 2019 (originally listed at $450,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,478 square feet, 0.82 acre
• Price/square foot: $155
• Built in 1975
• Listed August 10, 2018
• Last sale: $400,000, July 2017
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood
• Note: The property includes part ownership of an adjacent pond.
  • Detached two-car garage

310 Country Club Drive

• Sold for $615,000 on March 4, 2019 (originally listed at $775,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,334 square feet, 0.32 acre
• Price/square foot: $263
• Built in 1937
• Listed May 11, 2018
• Last sale: $555,500, May 2015
• Note: The house includes a basement suite with a small kitchen, bathroom and private entrance.
  • The listing shows 2,815 square feet; county property records show 2,334.

1505 Allendale Road

• Sold for $660,000 on February 15, 2019 (originally listed at $835,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,249 square feet, 0.48 acre
• Price/square foot: $203
• Built in 1936
• Listed September 20, 2018
• Last sale: $96,000, November 1976
• Note: The property includes handmade brick, copper gutters, a slate walkway, and a guest house.
  • The house overlooks Dogwood Park.

302 Wentworth Drive

• Sold for $530,000 on February 15, 2019 (originally listed at $599,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,798 square feet
• Price/square foot: $189
• Built in 1920
• Listed August 14, 2018
• Last sale: $641,000, July 2004
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The asking price is $42,000 below what the owners paid in 2004.

2001 Fernwood Drive

• Sold for $239,000 on December 14, 2019 (previously listed at $244,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,140 square feet
• Price/square foot: $210
• Built in 1930
• Listed October 2, 1028
• Last sale: $150,000, July 2018
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1004 Dover Road

• Sold for $709,190 on December 6, 2018 (listed at $789,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,945 square feet, 0.46 acres
• Price/square foot: $241
• Built in 1956
• Listed September 20, 2018
• Last sale: $594,500
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: Mid-Century Modern home designed by Edward Lowenstein
  • The house has had a $200,000-plus remodeling over the last two years.
  • Located on the seventh fairway of the Greensboro Country Club

1207 Grayland Street

• Sold for $227,000 on November 13, 2018 (listed at $229,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,500 square feet
• Price/square foot: $151
• Built in 1926
• Listed September 25, 2018
• Last sale: $169,000, May 2003
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

2001 Fernwood Drive

• Sold for $150,000 on July 20, 2018
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,140 square feet
• Price/square foot: $132
• Built in 1930
• Last sale: $118,000, December 2002
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1001 Country Club Drive

• Sold for $1.35 million on June 28, 2018 (originally listed at $1.899 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and 2 half-baths, 8,023 square feet, 0.66 acre
• Price/square foot: $168
• Built in 1928
• Listed May 18, 2017
• Last sale: $425,000, February 1982
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Listing: “Massive Elizabethan style dwelling w/steeply pitched gables, stuccoed walls patterned in diamonds & squares at gables, all topped with distinctive tile roof.”

304 Wentworth Drive

• Sold for $940,000 on June 28, 2018 (originally listed at $985,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and two half-baths, 4,360 square feet
• Price/square foot: $216
• Built in 1917
• Listed March 22, 2018
• Last sale: $905,000, October 2013
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The property includes a guesthouse (445 square feet, not included in figure above) and garage.

704 Dover Road

• Sold for $1,402,400 on June 27, 2018 (no list price available, apparently wasn’t listed)
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 5,373 square feet, 0.46 acre lot
• Price/square foot: $261
• Built in 1928
• Last sale: $607,500, December 1995
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1810 Saint Andrews Road

• Sold for $535,000 on June 14, 2018 (originally listed at $675,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,930 square feet
• Price/square foot: $183
• Built in 1927
• Listed May 26, 2017
• Last sale: $69,500, June 1976
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1114 Grayland Street

• Sold for $183,000 on May 4, 2018 (originally listed at $199,900)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,184 square feet
• Price/square foot: $155
• Built in 1927
• Listed September 15, 2017
• Last sale: $151,500, September 2006
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: Not owner occupied.

711 Sunset Drive
The Joseph M. and Kathleen Price Bryan House
Blog post

• Sold for $1.655 million on March 12, 2018 (listed at $1.675 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 6,008 square feet
• Price/square foot: $275
• Built in 1935
• Listed February 1, 2018
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: The Bryans bought the house when it was built in 1935. He left it to the Bryan Foundation in his will. The foundation provided it to UNCG as the chancellor’s residence until the university bought a new home in 2017.

200 Irving Place

• Sold for $825,000 on March 2, 2018 (originally listed at $1.075 million)
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,829 square feet
• Price/square foot: $171
• Built in 1948
• Listed: May 4, 2017
• Last sale: $485,000, November 1993
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

601 Chancery Place

• Sold for $550,000 on January 5, 2018 (listed at $559,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,448 square feet
• Price/square foot: $160
• Built in 1925
• Listed October 19, 2017
• Last sale: $530,000, May 2015
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

1309 Latham Road

• Sold for $337,000 on November 28, 2017 (originally listed at $350,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,546 square feet
• Price/square foot: $132
• Built in 1940
• Listed April 22, 2017
• Last sale: $105,000, November 1998
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

1905 W. Cone Boulevard

• Sold for $139,500 on November 27, 2017 (listed at $135,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,677 square feet
• Price/square foot: $83
• Built in 1961
• Listed September 15, 2017
• Last sale: $126,000, February 2014
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

415 Sunset Drive
The Thornton Brooks House
Blog post

• Sold for $1.5 million on October 6, 2017
• 6 bedrooms, 6 and two half bathrooms, 6,360 square feet, 1.5 acres
• Price/square foot: $243
• Built in 1937
• Not listed on MLS when sold
• Last sale: $375,000, March 1984

1220 Northwood Street

• Sold for $205,000 on September 6, 2017 (listed at $209,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,242 square feet
• Price/square foot: $165
• Built in 1910
• Listed July 17, 2017
• Last sale: $125,000, November 2016
• Neighborhood: Latham Park
• Note: Extensively renovated. Probably is the oldest home in Latham Park.

1404 W. Cornwallis Road

• Sold for $298,000 on August 14, 2017 (listed at $297,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,379 square feet
• Price/square foot: $125
• Built in 1940
• Listed May 30, 2017
• Last sale: $170,000, January 2005
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1820 Colonial Avenue

• Sold for $206,000 on August 11, 2017 (originally listed at $224,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,180 square feet
• Price/square foot: $183
• Built in 1946
• Listed April 13, 2017
• Last sale: $202,000, April 2013
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1217 Hill Street

• Sold for $302,000 on August 9, 2017 (originally listed at $330,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,444 square feet
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1940
• Listed June 9, 2017
• Last sale: $255,000, August 2009
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

707 Blair Street
The James H. and Anne B. Willis House, National Register of Historic Places
Blog post

• Sold for $524,095 on August 2, 2017 (originally listed at $600,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,077 square feet
• Price/square foot: $170
• Built in 1965
• Listed April 8, 2017
• Last sale: $495,000, October 2002
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: Mid-Century Modern classic, designed by the Lowenstein-Atkinson firm. The house has been meticulously restored by the current owners. Lot is 0.7 acre.

1606 Independence Road

• Sold for $224,900 on July 25 (originally listed at $264,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,814 square feet
• Price/square foot: $133
• Built in 1948
• Listed: January 4, 2017
• Last sale: $212,000, February 2006
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1504 Edgedale Road

• Sold for $717,000 on July 24, 2017 (listed at $649,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,835 square feet
• Price/square foot: $253
• Built in 1938
• Listed May 16, 2017
• Last sale: $450,000, August 2000
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1109 Grayland Street

• Sold for $269,000 on July 21, 2017 (listed at $269,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,060 square feet
• Price/square foot: $131
• Built in 1928
• Listed April 19, 2017
• Last sale: $235,000, June 2009
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

1705 Colonial Avenue

• Sold for $215,000 on June 15, 2017 (originally listed at $239,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,645 square feet
• Price/square foot: $145
• Built in 1947
• Listed March 30, 2017
• Last sale: $209,000, May 2013
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1202 Hill Street

• Sold for $360,000 on June 14, 2017 (originally listed at $385,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,620 square feet
• Price/square foot: $137
• Built in 1929
• Listed March 15, 2017
• Last sale: $315,000, June 2012
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

1406 W. Cornwallis Drive

• Sold for $362,500 on June 8, 2017 (listed at $369,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,394 square feet
• Price/square foot: $151
• Built in 1928
• Listed July 2015
• Last sale: $300,000, November 2006
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

2003 Dellwood Drive

• Sold for $378,000 on June 6, 2017 (listed at $399,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,886 square feet
• Price/square foot: $131
• Built in 1950
• Listed May 1, 2017
• Last sale: $83,000, February 1989
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood-Hillcrest

1219 Hill Street

• Sold for $417,000 on June 1 (listed at $425,000, originally listed at $439,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,980 square feet
• Price/square foot: $140
• Built in 1940
• Listed December 7, 2016
• Last sale: $320,000, August 2012
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

1512 Colonial Avenue

• Sold for $243,500 on June 1 (listed at $249,800)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,719 square feet
• Price/square foot: $142
• Built in 1947
• Listed March 21, 2017
• Last sale: $219,000, April 2008
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

607 Woodland Drive

• Sold for $999,000 on May 31 (listed at $999,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,403 square feet
• Price/square foot: $312
• Built in 1939
• Listed February 24
• Last sale: $640,000, May 2002
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1808 Independence Road

• Sold for $255,000 on May 11, 2017
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,987 square feet
• Price/square foot: $128
• Built in 1947
• Listed March 30, 2017
• Last sale: $237,000, March 2010
• Neighborhood: Kirkwood

1104 Sunset Drive

• Sold for $550,000 on May 9, 2017
• 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,370 square feet
• Price/square foot: $169
• Built in 1948
• Listed March 9, 2017
• Last sale: $427,000, May 1996
• Neighborhood: Irving Park

1216 Hill Street

• Sold for $510,000 on April 12, 2017
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3,592 square feet
• Price/square foot: $151
• Built in 1940
• Listed March 2016
• Last sale: $215,000, December 2005
• Neighborhood: Latham Park

809 Woodland Drive

• Sold for $1.295 million on January 27, 2017 (listed at $1.4 million)
• 6 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 4,935 square feet
• Price/square foot: $262
• Built in 1930
• Listed August 29, 2016
• Last sale: $750,000, September 2000
• Neighborhood: Irving Park
• Note: Three-stop elevator, generator, golf simulator room, Tuscan wine cellar, gated patio. Garage includes office or guest quarters.