College Hill: Recent Sales

207 S. Mendenhall Street
The William and Lucy Neal House

• Sold for $358,000 on August 20, 2021 (listed at $369,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,224 square feet, 0.35 acre
• Price/square foot: $161
• Built in 1922
• Listed July 14, 2021
• Last sale: $215,000, March 2016
• Note: William Watt Neal (1881-1931) and Lucy Belle Vance Neal (1884-1969) were the original owners, moving from a house they owned at 928 Walker Avenue. Will was a clerk with the Railway Mail Service. After his death at age 49, Lucy lived in the house until 1965.
  • Greensboro College owned the house from 1965 to 1978. For about 20 years beginning in 1994, the house was owned by college benefactors Ruth and Jack Campbell, who provided it to the college as a residence for students engaging in community service.

610 S. Mendenhall Street
The Lewis-Stone House

• Sold for $257,000 on August 18, 2021 (listed at $269,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,620 square feet (per county)
• Price/square foot: $159
• Built in 1918
• Listed July 7, 2021
• Last sale: $235,000, February 2021
• Listing: “Being sold ‘as is’ … handyman special. Cash sale or private financing only. … Hardwood floors and many period details from the 1920’s make this home a diamond in the rough. Finish it off with your own personal touch.”
  • Lorena Belle Hollowell Lewis (1874-1951) bought the property for $1,000 in 1913. Her husband, Victor Charles Lewis (1875-1940), wasn’t on the deed, though he had been added by the time they sold the house in 1925. He operated a grocery store half a block away at 902 Spring Garden Street.
  • In 1950, Dearing Fauntleroy Stone (1884-1954) bought the property, and it remained in his family for 44 years. He was a trainman with Southern Railway. Ownership passed to his wife, Alma Jordan Stone (1891-1974), when he died. Their three children owned the house from 1974 until they died. A grandson, Dearing F. Stone III, was the last family member to own it, selling the house in 1994.

906 W. Market Street, Apartment B6
The Powhatan Apartments

• Sold for $112,500 on August 11, 2021 (listed at $110,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,166 square feet
• Price/square foot: $96
• Built in 1927
• Listed July 26, 2021
• Last sale: $80,100, December 2013
• Note: Rental unit, out-of-state owner
  • The condos at 904 and 906 W. Market Street are the only properties on the north side of Market Street that are included in the College Hill Historic District.
  • “The Powhatan Apartments were completed in 1927 at 904 West Market Street in College Hill. The elegant three-story brick building was an investment of Thomas A. Armstrong who lived nearby at 841 West Market Street. Armstrong commissioned architect Harry Barton to design the initial 12-unit complex for a second phase to the west, which was completed in 1929. The expansion contained six units that were larger than the first phase. The entire complex is united beneath a variegated red and beige tile roof, and includes limestone entryways and trim, and a heavy modillion cornice. Powhatan was the Native American father of legendary princess Pocahontas.” (Preservation Greensboro)

311 S. Mendenhall Street
The John and Elizabeth Edmunds House

• Sold for $442,000 (originally $425,000, later $449,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,492 square feet
• Price/square foot: $177
• Built in 1908
• Listed May 15, 2021
• Last sale: $275,000, July 2015
• Note: The listing shows 2,819 square feet.
  • John R. Edmunds (1864-1938) was a civil engineer. He and his wife, Elizabeth O’Connell Edmunds (1871-1958), bought the property in 1909, and it remained in their family for 52 years. After his death, Elizabeth and their daughter Mary Nash Edmunds (1910-1993) continued to live in the house. Mary spent her career as a clerk for the Internal Revenue Service. She sold the house in 1961 and moved across the street to an apartment at 320 South Mendenhall.
  • Carl G. Pemberton Jr. (1929-1996) and his wife, Ruby Wood Pemberton (1927-1982), bought the house from Mary and owned it until 1996. They divided the house into two apartments, initially sharing it with Carl’s widowed mother, Zelda.
  • By the time Carl died, the house had deteriorated so severely it was bought by the city Redevelopment Commission and was sold to Lane and Joy Herndon for restoration.

1010 W. McGee Street
The Everett Byerly House

• Sold for $375,000 on July 1, 2021 (listed at $325,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,325 square feet
• Price/square foot: $161
• Built in 1911
• Listed May 21, 2021
• Last sale: $108,000, June 1993
• Note: The house has had only three owners in 110 years. Everett Byerly (1883-1962) bought the property in 1909, and it was in his family for 76 years. He was a clerk for the Railway Mail Service. The children of Byerly and his wife, Alice Fritz Byerly (1884-1982), sold the house in 1985.
  • One of their sons, Everett Grant Byerly, graduated from Durham High School while attending the Duke University School of Music. He later was a member of the big bands of Les Brown, Johnny Long and others.
  • He also served as an officer of the Buccaneer Club of Greensboro, which the Greensboro Daily News described in the 1930s as “for several years a leading contributor to social life in Greensboro’s younger set.” Organized in 1931 by male graduates of Greensboro High School (now Grimsley), it lasted until its members went off to war in the ’40s.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 2
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $139,000 on June 29, 2021 (listed at $139,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 612 square feet
• Price/square foot: $227
• Built in 1905
• Listed June 1, 2021
• Last sale $107,000, May 2017
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mills, former grain mill

212 S. Mendenhall Street
The Brockmann-Ogburn House

• Sold for $496,000 on June 10, 2021 (listed at $475,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,545 square feet
• Price/square foot: $195
• Built in 1904
• Listed April 29, 2021
• Last sale: $349,000, July 2018
• Note: The property includes a two-car garage with electricity and attic space.
  • The first owner of the house was Charles Joseph Brockmann (1865-1954), a first-generation German-American born in Greensboro. He bought the land for $350 in 1902 and owned it for 51 years. He taught music at the Normal and Industrial College, now UNCG, and was proprietor of the Moore Mineral Spring at 1007 Spring Garden Street, now part of the UNCG campus. He previously lived at 404 Lithia Street, which is now the section of Tate Street running from Walker Avenue to Gate City Boulevard. His widowed mother, Bertha Raven Brockmann (1830-1910), and older sisters Emma (1858-1927) and Laura Brockmann (1863-1943) lived nearby at 716 Walker Avenue. Laura also taught music at the college and later lived at 212 S. Mendenhall herself.
  • Charles established the school’s first orchestra in 1900. UNCG remembers the Brockmanns: “Music performance (or applied music) has been a concentration within the music department since UNCG opened in 1892. The first concentration in performance offered was in vocal. It was not until 1900, with the addition of Charles J. Brockmann and his sister Laura Brockmann to the faculty, that a concentration in instrumental became available for piano and violin. Under this duo, the music department expanded by creating the first university orchestra, as well as offering classes in piano, which were previously taught off campus.”
  • Charles sold the house in 1953 to Thomas and Carrie Lorena Coffey Ogburn (1912-1981). Thomas Leighton Ogburn Sr. (1911-1993) was a postal worker and later a salesman. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. The Ogburns sold the house in 1979.
  • Later, the house fell into the hands of absentee landlords who let the house fall into ruin. It was bought by the city Redevelopment Commission in 1992, which sold it to architect Bruce Cantrell in 1993. He and his wife, Ann, restored the house.

116 S. Mendenhall Street
The Rev. Dr. Pinckney Lafayette Groome House
contract pending April 28, 2021

• Sold for $375,000 on June 9, 2021 (originally $400,000)
• Triplex: Downstairs unit has four bedrooms and two bathrooms; upstairs units each have two bedrooms and one bathroom; 4,760 square feet
• Price/square foot: $79
• Built in 1890
• Listed April 8, 0221
• Last sale: $300,000, February 2019
• Note: The house appears to have been divided into apartments as far back as 1925.
  • The first recorded occupant, in 1896, was Rev. Dr. Pinckney Lafayette Groome, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate and author of Rambles of A Southerner in Three Continents (published in 1889 and still in print through a publisher called Forgotten Books).

906 W. Market Street, Apartment B3
The Powhatan Apartments

• Sold for $121,000 on June 3, 2021 (listed at $110,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 954 square feet
• Price/square foot: $127
• Built in 1927
• Listed May 19, 2021
• Last sale: $87,500, March 2021
• HOA: $270/month
• Note: The condos at 904 and 906 West Market Street are the only properties on the north side of Market Street that are included in the College Hill Historic District.
  • “The Powhatan Apartments were completed in 1927 at 904 West Market Street in College Hill. The elegant three-story brick building was an investment of Thomas A. Armstrong who lived nearby at 841 West Market Street. Armstrong commissioned architect Harry Barton to design the initial 12-unit complex for a second phase to the west, which was completed in 1929. The expansion contained six units that were larger than the first phase. The entire complex is united beneath a variegated red and beige tile roof, and includes limestone entryways and trim, and a heavy modillion cornice. Powhatan was the Native American father of legendary princess Pocahontas.” (Preservation Greensboro)

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 23
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $125,000 on May 28, 2021 (listed at $115,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 605 square feet
• Price/square foot: $207
• Built in 1905
• Listed May 11, 2021
• Last sale: $85,000, March 2006
• HOA: $198/month
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mills, former grain mill

220 Tate Street

• Sold for $300,000 on May 20, 2021 originally $350,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,628 square feet
• Price/square foot: $114
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 12, 2021
• Last sale: $273,000, December 2006
• Note: Rental property. Even though it has five bedrooms and is very near UNCG, the house cannot be rented to five college students. Greensboro does not allow single-unit dwellings to be occupied by more than four unrelated persons. Under historic district zoning, the house cannot be divided into multiple units.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 5
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $130,000 on May 20, 2021 (listed at $129,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 766 square feet
• Price/square foot: $170
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 29, 2021
• Last sale: $100,000, May 2018
• HOA: $198/month
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mills, former grain mill

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 21
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $150,000 on May 18, 2021 (listed at $155,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 917 square feet
• Price/square foot: $164
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 17, 2021
• Last sale: $134,500, June 2019
• HOA: $198/month
• Note: Unit in Wafco Mills, former grain mill
  • Top-floor, two-story corner unit

904 W. Market Street, Apartment A1
The Powhatan Apartments

• Sold for $105,000 on May 14, 2021 (listed at $102,500)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,011 square feet
• Price/square foot: $104
• Built in 1927
• Listed March 27, 2021
• Last sale: $82,000, March 2017
• Note: The condos at 904 and 906 W. Market Street are the only properties on the north side of Market Street that’s included in the College Hill Historic District.
  • Not owner-occupied
  • “The Powhatan Apartments were completed in 1927 at 904 West Market Street in College Hill. The elegant three-story brick building was an investment of Thomas A. Armstrong who lived nearby at 841 West Market Street. Armstrong commissioned architect Harry Barton to design the initial 12-unit complex for a second phase to the west, which was completed in 1929. The expansion contained six units that were larger than the first phase. The entire complex is united beneath a variegated red and beige tile roof, and includes limestone entryways and trim, and a heavy modillion cornice. Powhatan was the Native American father of legendary princess Pocahontas.” (Preservation Greensboro)

130 Tate Street
The Rev. Samuel M. Rankin House

• Sold for $295,000 on May 5, 2021 (listed at $325,000)
• Triplex: total of 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,292 square feet
• Price/square foot: $129
• Built in 1907 (see note below)
• Listed March 1, 2021
• Last sale: $275,000, January 21, 2021
• Note: Rental property
  • The property was put up for sale less than six weeks after being bought. The listing notes the need for “minimal, light cosmetic rehab,” raising the question of why anyone would pay $325,000 for the exact same house that sold for $50,000 less earlier this year.
  • Originally a single-family home, it was divided into three units decades ago.
  • Rev. Rankin was chairman of the Presbyterian Home Missions committee.
  • County records give the house a 1940 date, but city directories show a residence at the address from 1907. The historic district’s NRHP nomination says 1905-10.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 20
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $151,000 on April 16, 2021 (listed at $154,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 955 square feet
• Price/square foot: $158
• Built in 1905
• Listed March 24, 2021
• Last sale: $128,000, July 2018
• HOA: $199
• Note: Unit in Wafco Mills, former grain mill

912 Spring Garden Street
The Wrenn-Foushee House

• Sold for $257,500 on March 23, 2021 (originally $288,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,386 square feet
• Price/square foot: $108
• Built in 1905
• Listed September 24, 2020
• Last sale: $185,000, May 2014
• Note: Rental property
  • According to the historic district’s NRHP nomination, the first owner was Owen Wrenn, a civil engineer.
  • The house was owned by Sam and Verna Foushee and their descendants from 1941 to 2010. Sam was a conductor on the Yadkin & Atlantic Railway.

905 W. McGee Street

• Sold for $318,900 on February 11, 2021 (listed at $318,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,894 square feet (per county)
• Price/square foot: $168
• Built in 1920
• Listed January 19, 2021
• Last sale: $19,500, August 1972
• Note: The listing shows 2,555 square feet.
  • Originally a single-family home, the house has been divided into an unspecified number of apartments.

630 Joyner Street

• Sold for $300,000 on February 23, 2021 (listed at $350,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,656 square feet
• Price/square foot: $113
• Built in 1920
• Listed May 18, 2020
• Last sale: $135,000, December 2001
• Note: The house has four 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartments. The house may have been built as a quadruplex. City directories show multiple households at the address as early as 1924.

610 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $235,000 on February 12, 2021
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,620 square feet
• Price/square foot: $145
• Built in 1918
• Apparently not listed for sale
• Last sale: $168,000, September 2016

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 13
National Register of Historic Places

• Sold for $142,500 on February 1, 2021 (listed at $145,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 988 square feet
• Price/square foot: $144
• The three sections of the building were constructed in 1893, 1907 and 1912
• Listed December 17, 2020
• Last sale: $110,000, May 2014
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill

130 Tate Street
The Rev. Samuel M. Rankin House

• Sold for $275,000 on January 21, 2021 (originally $277,500, later raised to $319,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,292 square feet
• Price/square feet: $120
• Built in 1907 (see note below)
• Listed September 24, 2020
• Last sale: $220,000, May 2014
• Note: Originally a single-family home, it was divided into two units decades ago.
  • Rev. Rankin was chairman of the Presbyterian Home Missions committee.
  • County records give the house a 1940 date, but city directories show a residence at the address from 1907. The historic district’s NRHP nomination says 1905-10.

2020

303 S. Mendenhall Street
The Effie M. Anderson House
Blog post — 303 S. Mendenhall Street: A 1914 Harry Barton Classic in College Hill, $449,900

• Sold for $449,900 on December 18, 2020 (listed at $449,900)
• 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,807 square feet
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1914
• Listed October 6 2020
• Last sale: $248,000 May 2008
• Note: Designated as a Guilford County historic landmark
  • Designed by Harry Barton. Few architects have been as historically prominent in Greensboro and across the state as Harry Barton. For more than 20 years until his death in 1937, he designed several of the Greensboro’s most notable buildings, including the UNCG Auditorium, the Quad and others on the campus; the Guilford County Courthouse; the Cone Export and Commission Building; First Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Church of the Covenant; and World War Memorial Stadium. 
  • Effie McLean Anderson was a widow. She bought the house in 1915, about a year after her husband died; they had been married less than four years. She had no children and never remarried. (Effie did have a step-daughter but may not have raised her. Fannie Anderson Sutton’s mother died at age 30 in 1910, when Fannie was four years old. Fannie lived to be 99, dying in 2006 at her home at Well-Spring Retirement Community.)
  • Effie owned the house until February 9, 1946; she died eight days later at the age of 61.
  • Her husband, William Irvin Anderson, died at age 35 while having his appendix taken out. He was the founder and owner of W.I. Anderson Produce at 245 E. Friendly Avenue. His building has been converted to offices but is still identifiable by the words “♦ FRUITS ♦ PRODUCE ♦” over the door facing East Friendly (click on the photo to see it bigger):

200 Tate Street

• Sold for $315,000 on November 13, 2020 (listed at $315,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,607 square feet
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1923
• Listed September 24, 2020
• Last sale: $195,000, April 2014
• Note: Originally a single-family home, house divided into two units decades ago.
  • 200 Tate Street was the address given for the St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, an African American institution, in the 1905-06 city directory. The church didn’t appear at the that address before or after that edition. The next year, its address was 710 Guilford Avenue in what is now Westerwood.

917 Carr Street

• Sold for $235,000 on October 30, 2020 (originally $280,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,938 square feet
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1935
• Listed July 24, 2020
• Last sale: $217,000, January 2017

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 14

• Sold for $145,900 on October 21, 2020 (listed at $148,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 871 square feet
• Price/square foot: $168
• Built in 1905
• Listed September 10, 2020
• Last sale: $128,000, February 2009
• HOA: $179/month
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

212 Tate Street

• Sold for $245,000 on October 9, 2020 (originally $275,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,784 square feet
• Price/square foot: $137
• Built in 1920
• Listed July 18, 2020
• Last sale: $160,000, June 2002
• Note: You’d never know from looking at it now, but this was one of the worst, most run-down rental houses in College Hill until the city took it into the neighborhood redevelopment program. It’s a great example of the impact of that very successful program.

708 Spring Garden Street

• Sold for $172,000 on October 8, 2020
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,100 square feet
• Price/square foot: $82
• Built in 1912
• Listed: Had a “For Sale By Owner” sign in the yard for some period of time during the summer
• Last sale: Not available in online records
• Note: Originally a single-family home, it was divided into apartments decades ago.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 18

• Sold for $148,884 on October 7, 2020 (originally $144,000, later $150,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 960 square feet
• Price/square foot: $155
• Built in 1905
• Listed February 29, 2020
• Last sale: $115,000, December 2017
• HOA: $197/month
• Note: The condo was listed originally as being for sale by owner. After six months, it was relisted with a real estate agent at a higher price.
  • Condo in Wafco Mill. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Not owner-occupied
  • The train tracks have been removed. The railbed will become part of the Downtown Greenway.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 1

• Sold for $134,000 on October 6, 2020 (listed at $139,900)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 840 square feet
• Price/square foot: $160
• Built in 1905
• Listed July 31, 2020
• Last sale: $113,500, October 2016
• HOA: $167/month
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

129 S. Tate Street
The Jobe-Faust House

• Sold for $365,000 on September 30, 2020 (listed at $363,500)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,567 square feet
• Price/square foot: $142
• Built in 1924
• Listed August 19, 2020
• Last sale: $320,000, August 18, 2020
• Note: The property was owned from 1916 (apparently before the house was built) to 1947 by W.S. and Mary Jobe. He was a salesman; she was a stenographer with Joseph J. Stone and Co., printers, engravers and bookbinders.
  • From 1950 to 1990, the house was owned by Bernice Foust, a saleswoman at The Corner, a retail institution at the corner of Tate Street and Walker Avenue for 60 years until its closing in 2011.

309 Tate Street

• Sold for $395,000 on September 9, 2020 (listed at $387,500)
• 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3,228 square feet
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1920
• Listed July 27, 2020
• Last sale: $105,000, May 1994
• Note: Originally a single-family home, it was divided into three apartments long ago.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 9

• Sold for $140,000 on September 4, 2020 (listed at $139,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 682 square feet
• Price/square foot: $205
• Built in 1905
• Listed August 8, 2020
• Last sale: $113,500, October 2016
• HOA: $204/month
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1005 W. McGee Street

• Sold for $232,000 on August 25, 2020 (not listed for sale)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,986 square feet
• Price/square foot: $117
• Built in 1920
• Last sale: $16,000, September 1968

211 S. Tate Street

• Sold for $315,000 on July 28, 2020 (listed at $295,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,236 square feet
• Price/square foot: $141
• Built in 1904
• Listed June 12, 2020
• Last sale: $255,000, March 2019

716 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $387,500 on July 23, 2020 (listed at $387,500)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,198 square feet
• Price/square foot: $176
• Built in 1905
• Listed June 12, 2020
• Last sale: $201,600, February 2020 (foreclosure)

706 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $210,000 on July 20, 2020 (listed at $210,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,992 square feet
• Price/square foot: $105
• Built in 1910
• Listed June 11, 2020
• Last sale: $145,000, February 2018
• Note: Single-family home divided into two apartments
  • The property has been the subject of local ordinance violations four times in the past nine years.

713 Morehead Street

• Sold for $112,000 on July 9, 2020 (listed at $99,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,170 square feet
• Price/square foot: $52
• Built in 1910
• Listed June 17, 2020
• Last sale: $159,000, May 2007
• Note: Originally a single-family home, this house was converted into three apartments many years ago. At less than $100,000, it’s a great candidate to be converted back into a single-family home.
  • The 2020 selling price of the property was 30 percent lower than the price 13 years ago.
  • The property has been the site of five local-ordinance nuisance violations in the past nine years.

1108 W. McGee Street
The Berta Melvin House

• Sold for $300,000 on May 11, 2020 (listed at $309,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,505 square feet
• Price/square foot: $120
• Built in 1900
• Listed March 13, 2020
• Last sale: $255,000 June 2018
• Note: County property records list the house at 2,505 square feet; some online for-sale listings say 2,401.

215 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $356,000 on May 9, 2020 (originally $400,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,860 square feet
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1900
• Listed June 12, 2019
• Last sale: $290,000, April 2004
• Note: The house has been a rental for several years; it has been renovated since the last tenants left.

621 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $226,000 on May 8, 2020 (listed at $225,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,768 square feet
• Price/square foot: $128
• Built in 1914
• Listed March 13, 2020
• Last sale: $115,000, September 1999
• Note: For sale by owner
  • Garden cottage converted to recording studio.
  • “Currently reviewing multiple offers. Happy to pay agent’s fee, but will go with best overall offer.”

906 W. Market Street, Unit B3
The Powhatan Apartments

• Sold for $87,500 on March 31, 2020
• 1 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,011 square feet
• Price/square foot: $87
• Built in 1927
• Apparently was not listed for sale
• Last sale: $79,000, August 2018
• Note: The condos at 904 and 906 W. Market Street are the only properties on the north side of Market Street that are included in the College Hill Historic District.
  • “The Powhatan Apartments were completed in 1927 at 904 West Market Street in College Hill. The elegant three-story brick building was an investment of Thomas A. Armstrong who lived nearby at 841 West Market Street. Armstrong commissioned architect Harry Barton to design the initial 12-unit complex for a second phase to the west, which was completed in 1929. The expansion contained six units that were larger than the first phase. The entire complex is united beneath a variegated red and beige tile roof, and includes limestone entryways and trim, and a heavy modillion cornice. Powhatan was the Native American father of legendary princess Pocahontas.” (Preservation Greensboro)

619 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $351,000 on March 24, 2020 (listed at $341,250)
• 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 2,896 square feet
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1928
• Listed January 18, 2020
• Last sale: $420,000, August 2018

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 11

• Sold for $160,000 on March 25, 2020 (listed at $159,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,008 square feet
• Price/square foot: $159
• Built in 1905
• Listed March 7, 2020
• Last sale: $132,000, August 2019

716 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $201,600 on February 6, 2020 (originally listed at $297,500)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,198 square feet
• Price/square foot: $92
• Built in 1905
• Listed November 20, 2019
• Last sale: $210,000, October 2019 (foreclosure auction)
• Note: Bank-owned property

1007 W. McGee Street

• Sold for $191,500 on January 17, 2020 (listed at $195,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,813 square feet
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built in 1931
• Listed December 4, 2019
• Last sale: $148,000, September 2005
• Note: Single-family residence that was divided into three apartments many years ago, two one-bedroom units and a studio apartment.

11 Springdale Court

• Sold for $200,000 on January 3, 2020 (listed at $200,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,064 square feet
• Price/square foot: $97
• Built in 1920
• Listed November 12, 2019
• Last sale: $71,750, July 1993
• Note: Duplex consisting of an apartment with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and another with 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom

2019

704 Morehead Avenue

• Sold on December 20, 2019 (one of two properties sold for $335,000; separate prices were not specified.)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,384 square feet
• Built in 1922
• Apparently not listed for sale
• Last sale: $127,000, February 2003
• Note: Originally a single-family residence, it was divided up many years ago into multiple apartments.

917 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $280,000 on November 22, 2019
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,294 square feet
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1880
• Not listed for sale
• Last sale: $262,000, October 2012

702 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $343,000 on October 18, 2019 (listed at $359,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,409 square feet
• Price/square foot: $142
• Built in 1911
• Listed August 14, 2019
• Last sale: $275,000, October 2017

801 W. McGee Street, No. 3

• Sold for $132,000 on October 4, 2019 (listed at $139,900)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,080 square feet
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1905
• Listed August 10, 2019
• Last sale: $122,000, February 2017
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill
  • Currently a rental unit

128 Tate Street

• Sold for $225,000 on September 20, 2019 (originally listed at $249,500)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,270 square feet
• Price/square foot: $99
• Built in 1923
• Listed April 15, 2019
• Last sale: $223,000, August 2007
• Note: The house has been divided into two apartments.

716 Walker Avenue

• Sold to the lender for $210,000 in a foreclosure auction Wednesday September 18, 2019
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,198 square feet
• Price/square foot: $96
• Built in 1905
• Listed September 4, 2019
• Last sale: $290,000, October 2006

801 W. McGee Street, No. 26

• Sold for $100,000 on September 6, 2019 (listed at $110,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 698 square feet
• Price/square foot: $143
• Built in 1905
• Listed July 18, 2019
• Last sale: $70,500, May 2013
• Note: Top-floor condo in Wafco Mills building.
  • Not owner-occupied

801 W. McGee Street, No. 25

• Sold for $129,000 on August 30, 2019 (listed at $124,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 960 square feet
• Price/square foot: $134
• Built in 1905
• Listed June 19, 2019
• Last sale: $97,500, June 2011
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill.
  • Sixteen of the 28 units appear to be owner-occupied, including this one.

801 W. McGee Street, No. 11

• Sold for $132,000 on August 19, 2019 (listed at $139,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 960 square feet
• Price/square foot: $137
• Built in 1905
• Listed July 29, 2019
• Last sale: $125,000, November 2007
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill
  • Sixteen of the 28 units appear to be owner-occupied, but not this one.

916 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $235,000 on August 13 2019 (listed at $255,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,952 square feet
• Price/square foot: $120
• Built in 1900
• Listed September 24, 2018
• Last sale: $113,900, July 2004
• Note: Single-family home divided into two apartments.
  • For sale by owner

921 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $212,500 on July 30, 2019 (listed at $209,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,460 square feet
• Price/square foot: $146
• Built in 1905
• Listed May 29, 2019
• Last sale: $18,000, June 1975
• Note: The property includes a storage building.

305 S. Mendenhall Street
The Stokes-Dees House

• Sold for $305,000 on July 13, 2019 (originally listed at $329,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,470 square feet
• Price/square foot: $123
• Built in 1918
• Listed August 4, 2018
• Last sale: $31,000, October 1978
• Celebrity Connection: The house was owned from 1933-53 by Rigdon O. Dees, M.D., grandfather of Rigdon Osmond Dees III.

1110 W. McGee Street
The Booker-Benton House

• Sold for $60,000 on June 14, 2019 (property was not listed for sale)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,654 square feet
• Price/square foot: $36
• Built in 1924
• Last sale: The house has been in the Booker and Benton family since it was built.
• Note: The county tax record indicates that the heirs of Maggie B. Bridges still hold a 12 percent interest in the house.
  • Photo courtesy of Preservation Greensboro

801 W. McGee Street, No. 21

• Sold for $134,500 on June 13, 2019 (listed at $129,900)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 917 square feet
• Price/square foot: $147
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 15, 2019
• Last sale: $108,000, September 2017
• Note: Condo in Wafco Mill.
  • Sixteen of the 28 units appear to be owner-occupied, including this one.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 19

• Sold for $127,000 on June 4, 2019 (listed at $139,900, see note below)
• 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 780 square feet
• Price/square foot: $163
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 16, 2019
• Last sale: $126,000, August 2008
• Note: This is a Zillow “Make Me Move” listing: “The owner of this home is interested in selling for the price posted.” It’s not listed with MLS or any other listing service.

216 S. Tate Street

• Sold for $205,000 on March 28, 2019 (listed at $229,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,055 square feet
• Price/square foot: $100
• Built in 1923
• Listed February 14, 2019
• Last sale: $170,000, March 2005
• Note: Currently a rental.
  • The house is in the College Hill Historic District. Historic-district zoning prohibits dividing single-unit houses into multiple units. Citywide zoning prohibits more than four unrelated persons from occupying a single unit.

211 S. Tate Street

• Sold for $255,000 on March 15, 2019 (originally listed at $269,900)
• 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,104 square feet
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1904
• Listed September 11, 2018
• Last sale: $243,000, May 2015

116 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $300,000 on February 4, 2019 (originally listed at $375,000)
• Single-family home divided into three units: 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,760 square feet
• Price/square foot: $63
• Built in 1890
• Listed March 20, 2018
• Last sale: $260,000, September 2004

2018

224 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $230,000 on October 10, 2018 (originally listed at $285,000)
• Originally a single-family house, now divided into six units — 8 bedrooms, 6 baths, 3,168 square feet
• Price/square foot: $73
• Built in 1928
• Listed February 26, 2018
• Last sale: $169,900, April 2002
• Note: The original listing said the house has six units “with potential 7th unit also.” According to Code Compliance Case 201500315, the owner was ordered in 2015 not to rent out the seventh unit.

13 Springdale Court

• Sold for $195,000 on September 11, 2018 (listed at $190,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,471 square feet
• Price/square foot: $129
• Built in 1924
• Listed August 8, 2018
• Last sale: $155,000, October 2013

624 Joyner Street

• Sold for $171,000 on September 6, 2018
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,273 square feet
• Price/square foot: $134
• Built in 1919
• Date listed: Apparently not listed
• Last sale: $133,000, June 2005

619 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $420,000 on August 24, 2018 (listed at $439,999)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 2,896 square feet
• Price/square foot: $145
• Built in 1928
• Listed June 26, 2018
• Last sale: $135,000, November 2012
• Note: Extensively renovated by the current owners

129 S. Tate Street

• Sold for $320,000 on August 20, 2018 (listed at $330,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,620 square feet
• Price/square foot: $122
• Built in 1924
• Listed May 22, 2018
• Last sale: $298,000, April 2001
• Note: The property for sale does not include the lot at 824 Rankin Place, immediately behind 129 S. Tate, which also is owned by the seller.

925 Carr Street

• Sold for $180,000 on August 1, 2018 (listed at $199,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,980 square feet
• Price/square foot: $91
• Built in 1923
• Listed February 27, 2018
• Last sale: $137,500, March 2011
• Note: Has been a rental for several years.
  • Although there are five bedrooms, under Greensboro zoning rules only four unrelated people can live in a single-unit house such as this.

212 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $349,000 on July 24, 2018 (listed at $359,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,416 square feet
• Price/square foot: $144
• Built in 1904
• Listed May 5, 2018
• Last sale: 1993, no price available in online records
• Note: For sale by owner.

611 Joyner Street

• Sold for $222,000 on July 25, 2018 (listed at 219,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,186 square feet
• Price/square foot: $187
• Built in 1923
• Listed June 20, 2018
• Last sale: $129,900, February 2018
• Note: Thoroughly renovated by current owners

1108 W. McGee Street

• Sold for $255,000 on June 29, 2018 (originally listed at $309,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,505 square feet
• Price/square foot: $102
• Built in 1900
• Listed March 19, 2018
• Last sale: $215,000, August 2001

307 S. Tate Street

• Sold for $220,000 on June 15, 2018
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,818 square feet
• Price/square foot: $121
• Built in 1920
• Last sale: $229,000, May 2006
• Note: The property wasn’t listed for sale when sold.
  • It was on the market for a few months in 2017, originally at $239,000.

107 S. Mendenhall Street
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• Sold for $370,000 on June 5, 2018 (listed at $369,900)
• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,300 square feet
• Price/square foot: $112
• Built in 1922
• Listed April 16, 2018
• Last sale: $144,900, April 2014 (foreclosure)
• Note: For sale by owner
  • Extensively renovated by current owners.
  • Still has its original terracotta tile roof.
  • Lower level has a separate entrance and could serve as an in-law suite.

706 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $145,000 on February 28, 2018 (originally listed at $169,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,992 square feet
• Price/square foot: $73
• Built in 1910
• Listed September 24, 2017
• Last sale: 1974, price not available in online records
• Note: Originally a single-family house, now divided into two apartments.

611 Joyner Street

• Sold for $129,000 on February 22, 2018 (listed at $125,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,186 square feet
• Price/square foot: $109
• Built in 1923
• Listed February 11, 2018
• Last sale: $27,500, June 1978
• Note: Rental house. Per the listing, it has no heating system. “Cash only buyers!”
  • Priced below tax value ($131,300). Listing includes no photos of interior.

2017

623 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $199,900 on December 11, 2017 (listed at $199,900)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,768 square feet
• Price/square foot: $113
• Built in 1914
• Listed October 24, 2017
• Last sale: $163,000, May 2005
• Note: Currently a rental

702 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $275,000 on October 20, 2017 (listed at $289,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,534 square feet
• Price/square foot: $109
• Built in 1890
• Listed August 29, 2017
• Last sale: $160,000, March 1998

306 South Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $338,000 on August 15, 2017 (originally listed at $355,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,735 square feet
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1922
• Listed December 2015
• Last sale: September 1982, $40,000

214 S. Mendenhall Street
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• Sold for $359,000 on August 1, 2017 (listed at $359,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,810 square feet
• Price/square foot: $128
• Built in 1900
• Listed May 20, 2017
• Last sale: $255,000, February 2003

909 Walker Avenue

• Sold for $118,800, February 15, 2017 (foreclosure)
• 8 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2,222 square feet
• Price/square foot: $53
• Built in 1924
• Listed August 2, 2016
• Last previous sale: Sold in foreclosure auction, July 15, 2016, to Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); no price was entered in county records. Before that, the last previous sale was in September 2007, $188,000.

126 South Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $385,000 on January 27, 2017
• 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3,100 square feet
• Price/square foot: $124
• Built in 1915
• Listed October 31, 2016
• Last sale: February 2011, $370,000

Condos and Townhouses

904 W. Market Street, Unit B3
The Powhatan Apartments

• Sold for $79,000 on August 17, 2018 (listed at $82,900)
• 1 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,011 square feet
• Price/square foot: $78
• Built in 1927
• Listed August 1, 2018
• Last sale: $82,000, April 2006
• Note: With this sale, it appears that four of the 12 units in the building are owner-occupied.
  • The condos at 904 and 906 W. Market Street are the only properties on the north side of Market Street that are included in the College Hill Historic District.
  • “The Powhatan Apartments were completed in 1927 at 904 West Market Street in College Hill. The elegant three-story brick building was an investment of Thomas A. Armstrong who lived nearby at 841 West Market Street. Armstrong commissioned architect Harry Barton to design the initial 12-unit complex for a second phase to the west, which was completed in 1929. The expansion contained six units that were larger than the first phase. The entire complex is united beneath a variegated red and beige tile roof, and includes limestone entryways and trim, and a heavy modillion cornice. Powhatan was the Native American father of legendary princess Pocahontas.” (Preservation Greensboro)

Wafco Mills, 801 West McGee Street

810 W. McGee Street, Unit 20

• Sold for $128,000 on July 13, 2018 (listed at $135,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 955 square feet
• Price/square foot: $134
• Built in 1905
• Listed June 9, 2018
• Last sale: $126,000, November 2011

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 5

• Sold for $100,000 on May 9, 2018 (listed at $112,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 735 square feet
• Price/square foot: $136
• Listed March 14, 2018
• Built in 1905
• Last sale: $35,000, April 1993
• Note: Wafco Mills’ 28 condos are 50 percent owner-occupied.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 12

• Sold for $106,250 on May 7, 2018 (listed at $106,900)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 686 square feet
• Price/square foot: $155
• Built in 1905
• Listed April 11, 2018
• Last sale: $100,500, December 2007
• Note: Not owner-occupied.
  Wafco Mills’ 28 condos are 50 percent owner-occupied.

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 16

• Sold for $96,500 on March 27, 2018 (listed at $99,900)
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 609 square feet
• Price/square foot: $158
• Built in 1905
• Listed January 15, 2018
• Last sale: $70,000, September 2012

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 18

• Sold for $115,000 on December 20, 2017 (originally listed at $115,000)
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 960 square feet
• Price/square foot: $120
• Built in 1905
• Listed June 20, 2016
• Last sale: $127,000, November 2009
• Currently a rental

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 21

• Sold for $108,000 on September 29, 2017 (originally listed at $124,900)
• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 917 square feet
• Price/square foot: $118
• Built in 1905
• Listed August 5, 2017
• Last sale: January 1990, $50,000
• Currently a rental

801 W. McGee Street, Unit 2

• Sold for $107,000 on May 23, 2017 (originally listed at $114,000)
• 1 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 612 square feet
• Price/square foot: $175
• Built in 1905
• Listed August 2016
• Last sale: $114, October 2007

801 West McGee Street, Unit 3

• Sold for $122,000 on February 22, 2017
• 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 1080 square feet
• Price/square foot: $113
• Built in 1905
• Listed August 6, 2016
• Last sale: September 2014, $91,000

Multi-Family Homes

412 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $358,500 on June 7, 2018 (listed at $369,900)
• 4-unit apartment building, 3,976 square feet
• Price/square foot: $90
• Built in 1925
• Listed March 22, 2018
• Last sale: $280,000, October 2013
• Note: There’s an identical building immediately to this right of this one. Different owner.

614 S. Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $235,000 on January 31, 2018 (listed at $249,000)
• Triplex (1 one-bedroom, 2 two-bedroom units), 1,814 square feet
• Price/square foot: $130
• Built in 1910
• Listed January 11, 2018
• Last sale: $175,000, November 2004

500 South Mendenhall Street

• Sold for $274,500 on June 23, 2017 (listed at $285,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,587 square feet (per county tax listing), divided into three apartments,
• Price/square foot: $106
• Built in 1900
• Listed April 13, 2017
• Last sale: October 2003, $240,000
• Note: Originally a single-family home, now divided into three apartments. Previous listing stated: “Appraiser suggested if $10K spent could convert back to single family dwelling and per sq ft would increase.” Previously listed without a sale in March 2015 (19 months), October 2013 (10 months) and February 2011 (12 months). Asking prices ranged from $329,000 down to $275,000 when last listing ended.