Mid-Century Modern

Updated August 23, 2021

Can a house be both historic and modern? If it’s Mid-Century Modern, yes. Greensboro and Guilford County have a surprising variety mid-century classics, some designed by renowned architects like Edward Lowenstein and others from plan books, some costing millions of dollars and others affordable for first-time home buyers.

The authoritative source for information on Mid-Century Modern homes in North Carolina is North Carolina Modernist Houses.

Recent sales | Recently withdrawn

30 Kemp Road East
listing withdrawn December 2, 2020
relisted August 20, 2021

$1.9 million (originally $2.2 million)
5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 half-bathrooms, 6,645 square feet, 0.61 acre
Price/square foot: $286
Built in 2017
Listed October 29, 2019
Last sale: $370,000, July 2015 (lot only)
Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
Note: Designed by Adam Sebastian of STITCH Design Group and built by Gary Jobe
- On Starmount Country Club Golf Course

3303 Kettering Place
listing withdrawn August 22, 2019; relisted November 14, 2019
contract pending April 29 to May 7, 2021
contract pending August 22, 2021

$925,000 (originally listed at $1.175 million)
4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 6,277 square feet, 0.79 acre
Price/square foot: $147
Built in 1985
Listed March 20, 2019
Last sale: $1,054,000, January 2007
Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
Listing: Built by Bea Melton, who built a number of Mid-Century Modern homes in the Triad.

1 Chowan Road
contract pending August 4, 2021

$875,000 (originally $950,000)
4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 5,111 square feet, 1.73 acres
Price/square foot: $171
Built in 1975
Listed June 23, 2021
Last sale: $513,000, October 2018
Neighborhood: Sedgefield
Listing: “Authentically modern and historically preserved, this home is a living piece of art”
- The house sits along 600 feet of the 13th and 14th holes of the Sedgefield Gold Club course.
- “Its minimalist design creates unobstructed views of the course and surrounding landscape, highlighted indoors by vaulted ceilings, immense windows, and natural woods.”
- Designed by iconic Modernist architect George Matsumoto. N.C. State College of Design: “Matsumoto taught architecture at the (then) School of Design from its inception in 1948 until 1961, after which he went into architecture practice full time. He came to North Carolina from San Francisco, and, along with Dean Henry Kamphoefner and the founding faculty of the School, led the state to the forefront of the modernist architecture movement. Many faculty members, including Matsumoto himself, were in practice while teaching, and the residences and commercial buildings they designed are still celebrated today.”

5000 Manning Drive
The Jerome and Barbara Procton House
contract pending August 21, 2021

$530,000 (originally $599,000)
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,168 square feet, 0.54 acre
Price/square foot: $167
Built in 1967
Listed June 16, 2021
Last sale: $260,000, January 2000
Neighborhood: Hamilton Lakes
Note: The original owners were Jerome Charles Procton (died 1998) and Barbara Spielman Procton (1932-1997). They owned the property from 1967 to 1991.
- Jerome was vice president of a company called Distributors Supply Company. Now called Endura Products, it manufactures door components. He was awarded a patent in 1980 for an insulating threshold. Shortly before his death, a patent application was filed listing him and three others as inventors of “a building entryway system with a high degree of modularity.” The patent was granted in 1999. One of the other inventors was one of their sons, Brad Procton. Their other son, Bruce, is now president of Endura.
- Barbara had a master’s degree from UNCG and taught at Bennett College. She served as president of the Greensboro chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women and chaired the Russian Resettlement Program of the Jewish Federation.