Miscellaneous Chapel Hill / Carrboro / Orange County

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1956 - The Harry Macklin House, 112 Noble Street, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown; probably built from mail order plans, according to historian Ruth Little.  Sold in 1966 to Ralph and Sandra Macklin.  Sold to a variety of mortgage companies during the 1970s.  Sold in 1975 to Eleanor and Jerome Seng.  Sold in 1999 to John and Rita O'Sullivan who still owned it as of 2012.

1957 - The John S. Clayton House, 1115 Sourwood Circle, Chapel Hill.  Manufactured by the National Homes Corporation.  Sold in 1967 to Helen Norgord Gillin.  Sold in 1996 to Joseph Sica.  Sold in 2002 to Thomas C. Tucker.  Sold in 2007 to Cheryle J. Wicker.   

1957 - The Ann Thibaut House, 1004 Highland Woods Road, Chapel Hill.  Designed by Chicago architect Edward D. (Ned) Dart.  Built by Van Thomas of Siler City NC.  The family lived there for over 50 years.  Sold in 2011 to Alexander McLachlan and Mary Turner.

1957 - 312 Ridgecrest Road, Chapel Hill.  Unknown architect.  Sold in 1989 to to Sledge Chip Corporation.  Sold to Virginia S. Koelle.  Sold in 1992 to Sonya Ishii and James Hirschfield who still owned it as of 2012.  Studio addition by Dail Dixon.  Photo by Dail Dixon.

1958 - 916 Kings Mill Road, Chapel Hill. Architect unknown. 1705 square feet.  Sold in 1965 to Richard and Nancy Knapp.  Sold in 1977 to Albert Richard Elam, Jr.  Sold in 1999 to Margaret Able Elam.  Sold in 2001 to Edward Jacke who still owned it as of 2012 who still .  Photo by Dail Dixon.

1960 - The Dan Pollitt House, 1018 Highland Woods, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  3,000 plus sq ft with nanny/in-law suite with separate entrance.  Sold in 2012 to Wei and Benjamin Z. Duan-Porter.

1960 - The Joyce and Dave Dobson House, 1034 Highland Woods, Chapel Hill.  Surrounded by Modernist houses, many by Jim webb, these owners chose a traditional ranch straight out of the Durham Morning Herald weekly feature on houses.  According to their daughter Pamela Dobson, Herman Lloyd was the builder. Sold to Jane and Richard Caswell in 2007.  There was a fire in 2009 and the house sat empty for several years.  As of 2011, it was being rebuilt along more modern lines.  

1961 - The Thom and Beulah Stowe Collins House, 1920 South Lakeshore Drive, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown. The family had a colonial-era church bell they rung every July 4, according to former neighbor Kathy Higginbotham.  Beulah Collins died in 1983.  In 1985 the house was sold by sons Todd, Paul, and Kent Collins to Louis Crittenden who redid the kitchen and bathrooms.  Sold in 1989 to William Edward McConaghay.  Sold in 2004 to Richard Crandall.  Sold in 2006 to Chad and Jennifer McGlone.  Renovated by Steven Fisher of Carrboro. He closed in the carport and added the second story. None of the current or previous owners know the name of the architect.  Kent Collins recalls the builder as M. J. Cowell.   He also recalls that the original house number was 15 Lakeshore Drive.  In the 1970's, Chapel Hill renumbered the entire Lake Forest neighborhood.

1961 - The Francis X. Foster and Constance E. Foster Residence, 381 Wesley Court, Chapel Hill.  3100 square feet.  Although not modernist in the traditional sense, this plain looking split-level was unique on the inside.  Constance Foster significantly modified a magazine plan and got John Cates to build it for $22000.  Some subsequent owners recall it without fondness; the layout was chaotic and didn't make sense.  It has been subsequently renovated and much improved.  Sold in 1964 to Maurice and Marcia Hall.  Sold in 1967 to William J. and Sally L. Powers.  Sold in 1971 to Andrew McDowd (Mac) Secrest and Ann Secrest.  Sold to Donald W. Johnson.  Sold to Liselott Weininger Mathews.  Sold to James Gray McAllister.  Sold to Gordon R. Dragt.  Sold in 1985 to John L. and Evelyn Monroe.  Sold in 1990 to Gregg D. and Carmela Kemp.  Sold in 1992 to Don Andrews and Amy Svoboda.  Sold in 2005 to Michael and Sally Gray.  Sold in 2006 to Charles and Christine Stanley.  Sold in 2009 to Brian Laduc and Louise Williams.   

1961 - The Earle and Elaine M. Wallace House, 215 Marilyn Lane, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown; the design may have been from a plan book, according to their son, Scott.  There was a fire in the 1980's that did extensive structural damage. The house was rebuilt and sold in 1993 to Christopher S. and Denise M. Adams.  Sold in 1996 to Holden Thorp.  Sold in 1999 to Coalter Lathrop and Amy Santin.  Sold in June 2010 to Keith Hayes and Bridget Hillyer. 

1962 - The Gilbert and Kathleen Berentzen Chase Residence, 2105 Damascus Church Road, Chapel Hill.   The architect was John Eldridge (Jack) DeCell III from Yazoo City MS and New Orleans LA.  DeCell graduated from Yale in 1958 and was a Fulbright Scholar in Italy from 1960-62.  The builder was Robert Oakes.  Sold to James and Marylin Riddle.  Sold to John Edmund Phillips.  Sold to Mary Beth Powell.  Sold in 2005 to Richard and Cyan Godfrey.  Arthur Cogswell did an addition in 1972.

1962 - The Robert M. Lester Jr. and Margaret C. Lester House, 117 Bowden (aka SR 1946), Chapel Hill.  7.5 acres.  A large addition came later in 1962 including an entry foyer with half bath, study, and master suite on the south side of the house.  Designed by Robert M. Lester, Jr.  He asked a local architect to draw up his idea.  Built by a local contractor.  The basement, added with the addition, was intended to be a rec room. It included both an exterior stairwell and door and trap-door access from a closet inside the master suite.

Sold in 1979 to Bernard Flatow.  Sold in 1999 to Eugene and Susana Polisky.  As shown in the lower photos it seriously deteriorated.  Foreclosed in early 2011.  Sold in 2011, and the new owners promise to restore it. Top two photos by Brooks Lester.

1962 - The Jonas and Alice Kessing House, 401 North Elliott Road, Chapel Hill.  This was a prefab house designed by Richard Wright.  According to Alice Kessing, they hired Oliver Spainhour to put it together and add on a room.  They added on again in 1964.  Sold to Samuel Longiotti in 1973.  Sold to Edward and Jean Lacombe in 1981.  Sold in 2010 to Wai Lee Lui and Johannes M. Hoerler.  Renovation/addition in 2011 by Vinny Petrarca and built by David Ballard Construction. Landscaping by Francis Landscaping.

1964 - The Paul L. and Mary Ellen Jones Munson House, 407 Clayton, Chapel Hill.   Designed by Lyle Stayman.  Sold in 1971 to Kenneth B. and Cecily Collins.  Sold in 1972 to Paul T. Tompkins.  Sold in 1976 to Thomas L. Eisenhower.  Sold in 1984 to Louis A. Jansen.  Sold in 2000 to Genevieve A. Jansen who still owned it as of 2012.  Photo by Heather Wagner.

 

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1965 - The Troy and Roberta Chandler Andrews House, 600 Bolin Brook Farm Road, Carrboro.  Designed by the Swiss architect Franc Sidler who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in the early 1950's.   Sidler was not involved in its construction but he did attend the housewarming party along with several invited faculty from the NCSU School of Design.  The walls of the house are made primarily of a light-colored lava (dacite felsite) which came from a local volcano that was active about 650 million years ago. 
As of 2012 owned by their daughter, Jean Earnhardt, and her husband John. 

1966 - The Richard A. Hocks and M. Elaine Dowling Hocks Residence, 412 Caswell Road, Chapel Hill. Hocks, an English professor, drew the plans himself while a Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill.   The builder was Ed Mann.  Hocks would eventually move to Columbia MO and design a larger house there for his family. Sold in 1965 to Jean Wood Walston.  Sold in 1969 to Edgar V. and Nancy Nash.  Sold in 1980 to Merrell and Jo Ann McClelland Flair. Sold in 1992 to Anne K. Parrish who rented it for a few years, then left it vacant for 16 years with extensive damage (top three photos) and deterioration. Sold to William B. Miller and Elisabeth Vermilye in 2011.  Renovations in 2012, bottom six photos, by architect Jay Fulkerson.

1966 - The J. Herbert and Catherine Holland House, 1904 South Lakeshore Drive, Chapel Hill.  Unknown architect.  Built by J. P. Goforth.  Sold in 1970 to Joseph J. and Jamescina Degraffenreidt, Jr. Sold in 2006 to Scott Dwyer.  Exterior photo by Dail Dixon.  Sold in 2012 to Mary Salcedo Norton and Fernando B. Norton.

1966 - 505 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill.   Architect unknown, but probably built by J. P. Goforth from mail order plans as was the similar 404 North Elliott Road.  Sold to Richard Frautschi.  Sold to S. K. Heninger, Jr.  Sold to Michael J. Evanson.  As of 2012 owned by David Schanzer and Elizabeth Losos.  Photo by Dail Dixon.

1967 - The Clifton P. and Clara Jones House, 550 Piney Mountain Road, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  Sold in 1980 to Jack E. and Nora K. Reed.  Sold in 1987 to David and Terry Snyder.  Sold in 1989 to Gary J. and Elizabeth Pielak.  Sold in 1993 to Bryan and Lilith Shane.  Sold in 1998 to Santos and Mary Alverez.  Sold in 2007 to Anne S. Lawrence and Sheridan Bell.  Sold in 2008 to Jeffrey Dewitte.  For sale in 2011.

1967 - 1709 Curtis, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  Built by JP Goforth.  Sold in 1971 to Joseph Rowand. Sold in 1986 to Clifford A. Parrish Jr.  Sold in 2010 to George D. Wicker.  Photo by Heather Wagner.

1968 - The Frances Brantly Goodwin House, 406 Lyons Road, Chapel Hill.  Goodwin moved to NC from Santa Fe NM where her house was designed by Frank Welch, a noted Texas modernist architect.  Taking ideas from that house, she created a new one with additional ideas from a plan book.  Originally 1900 square feet.  Carolina Builders Corporation provided and installed the original Pella windows.  In 1972, Goodwin sold the property to Lorin and Sue Campbell.  In 1976, Lorin Campbell sold the property to Sue Campbell who sold to ]Janet Kagan who still owned it as of 2012.  An addition was designed by Ellen Weinstein, bottom photo.  

 



1968 - 7 Bartram, Chapel Hill.  Built by JP Goforth.  For sale in 2012.  

1969 - The Robert Byrd House, 404 North Elliott Road, Chapel Hill.  Built from mail order plans by JP Goforth of Security Building Company. Sold to Patricia Bryan.  Sold to Stephen Huddart.  Sold to Lisa Tust who still owned it as of 2012.  Color photo by Lucy Pittman.

1970 - The Charles Herbert (Herb) and Elizabeth (Betty) W. Ellis House, 411 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill. Designed by Herb Ellis, a senior engineer at IBM.  Sold in 1983 to Eliot Roy Weintraub and Margaret Edwards Weintraub.  According to Roy Weintraub, "Herb seemed to have been in charge of design; indeed, he made the building his work. He was one of those engineers who are always in error  but never in doubt. I know for instance that he purchased the bricks from a destroyed warehouse in Greensboro and the wood from a farmhouse that was being torn down. It took him a few years to accumulate that kind of stuff.  It was designed around the swimming pool since Betty had a degenerating spine and spent her time lying down.  But the house was a wonder. From the Rube Goldberg plumbing system, which no plumber could fix, to the structural defects of a flat roof, to the absence of an entrance to the house except through the carport and swimming pool, to the crazy-making kitchen which was divided into essentially two rooms, to the fact that every bathroom had a door exit to the pool. The kitchen has since been remodeled. Sold in 1989 to Anthony B. and Marsha S. O'Hare. Sold in 1997 to Katherine Coleman Ballew and J. Hunter Ballew. Sold in 2006 to Emily Moseley and Robert J. Esther.

1970 - The Walter and Gretchen E. Locher House, 1713 Audubon, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown, but probably built from mail-order plans as was the similar 404 North Elliott Road. Built by J. P. Goforth. Sold in 1983 to Michael J. Rosenberg and Ellen Ruina. Sold in 2001 to James and Joan Seifert Rose who still owned it as of 2012.  Photo by Heather Wagner.

1970 - The Kenneth F. Bott Jr. House, 624 Sugarberry, Chapel Hill.  Designed and built by Bruce Crumpton of Spence Lester and Crumpton.  As of 2012 still owned by the Botts.

1971 - The Henry and Elizabeth Watkins House, 2520 Falls Drive, Chapel Hill.  1723 sf.  Architect unknown.  Built by Don Ward.  Sold in 2005 to Owen Franklin and Charles Cobine.  Sold in 2007 to  Michael and Laurie Kronenberg.  Sold in 2010 to Mark and Constanza Radcliffe.

1972 - 309 Shelton Street, Carrboro.  Flat roof with cinder block walls.  Architect unknown.  Sold in 1973 to Willaire Inc.  Sold in 1988 to Elsie Gooch.  Sold in 1994 to Susan Rodemeir who still owned it as of 2012.  Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1974 - The John H. Harrison House, 806 Kenmore, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  The guest house is on the left.  Sold to James R. Stringer in 1997.  Sold in 1998 to Jeff Moe and Audrey Green who still owned it as of 2012.

1974 - The John J. and Kathleen Gallagher House, 401 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill.   Architect unknown.  Sold in 1984 to William and Nancy Hook.  Sold in 2004 to Joel D. Farren and Darcy Berger. Renovated in 2005 by architect Jay Fulkerson.  Sold in 2008 to Jeffrey and Sonya Fischer.  Sold in May 2011 to William and Valerie Copeland.

1974 - The Bob Bryan House, 206 Davie, Chapel Hill.  Designed and built by Bob Bryan, a realtor.  Sold in 1976 to Marge and Bill Cowan.  Sold in 2007 to Barrington Hill.  Renovated by Jay Fulkerson.  Second photo by Heather Wagner.  For sale in 2011.

 1974 - The Jan and Aletta Boeke House, 613 Kensington, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown by all parties - it was probably a Deck or plan book house.  Sold in 1992 to Robert and Vivian V. Plonsey.  The Plonseys added onto the house and repositioned the front steps.  Sold in 2001 to David W. and Elizabeth Hays, Jr.  Sold in 2003 to Geoffrey Harpham and Joan Barasovska.  Photo by Heather Wagner.

1977 - The Vivian Lovell House, 104 Wolf's Trail, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  Sold to Lani Cartier.  She had the plans but they had no date or architect's name.  Sold in 2011 to Emily and Michael Triplett.

1977 - The Don W. and Joann Powell Residence, 102 Porter, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown.  Built by JP Goforth.  Sold in 1992 Ronald Peter Strauss who still owned it as of 2012. 

1977 - The William and Dorothy Koch House II, 104 Stoneybrook, Chapel Hill.  Architect unknown, but according to their daughter he was also the builder.  To save the trees, the architect/builder used mules to move heavy equipment in and out.  Sold in 1986 to Carol J. Irvin.  Sold in 1988 to Glenn A. and Marilyn Kille.  Sold in 1996 to Walter and Mary Sikora.  Went into default.  Sold in 2002 to Bruce Hertzberg.  Sold in 2011.

1980 - The Cliff and Linda Butler Residence, 867 Cedar Fork Trail, Chapel Hill.  Designed by the owner.  Working drawings by John Couch of Security Building Company's in-house design department.  Leon Meyers built the house, also while working for Security Building Company.  Dail Dixon did a kitchen renovation and addition in 2004, built by Meyers under his own firm.  As of 2012 still owned by the Butlers. Photos by Leon Meyers.

1980 - The David Godschalk House, 202 Davie Lane, Chapel Hill.  This is a well-executed knockoff of a Deck House, designed and built by Bob Bacon of Bomar Construction.  Originally set up for Godschalk's  mother-in-law, she moved out after a year and the house became a rental for decades.  Sold in 2008 to Clay and Betty Whitehead, who lived there while their new house nearby was under construction.  They reroofed and put in new HVAC, extensively remodeled the interior and kitchen, created a master suite, and added a carport and deck above it.   As of 2011, it was a rental again.

1981 - The William Nealy and Holland Wallace House, 4912 Boulder Run, Chapel Hill.  Designed by architect Ronald L. (Ron) Mace.  17 acres.   Sold in 2010 to Steven Dock.

1981 - The Alan E. and Mary Lynn Taylor Rimer Residence, 609 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill. Architect unknown.  Sold in 1996 to Gart D. and Anne T. Davis. Sold in 2004 to Carrie W. and Thomas C. Perkins.

1985 - The Roy and Laura Mathew Residence, 3813 Windy Hill Road, Chapel Hill.  Designed by Robert Anderson of Nashville TN, a friend of the Mathews.  Built by C. S. Witt.  Sold to Luca Rigotti and Marily Nixon in 2003.  Sold in 2010 to Mia Halman.

1994 - The Peter and Sabrina U. Glass House, 2409 Falls Drive, Chapel Hill.  Designed by Sabrina Glass.  Leonard Vogel drew up the plans.  Ken Kissella of Raleigh was the builder.  Sold in 1999 to James Boyle and Lauren Dame.  For sale in 2012.

1999 - The Kirsten and Brent Lambert House, 118 Glendale, Chapel Hill. 
Designed and built by Lee Munson.  3351 sf.  As of 2012 still owned by the Lamberts.

2000 - The Peter and Judith Margolis Residence, 7505 Talbryn Way, Chapel Hill.  Designed by Vickie J. H. Braxton. 11 acres. Lighting designed by George Sexton and Associates.  Sold in 2009 to Alexandre and Emilie Huin. 

2002 - The David and Frances R. Abosch House, 635 Sugarberry,

2005 - The David Poulos and Peggy Tate House, 528 Dogwood Drive, Chapel Hill. 
Designed by built by Lee Munson.  Commissioned 2002. 

2006 - The Eduardo Aversano and Eunice Polido House, 1017 Starfield Circle, Hillsborough NC.  Designed by John Hartley.  Sold in 2010 to Diana K. and Herman Robinson III.

2008 - The Rob and Lauren Munach House, 319 Wrights Way, Pittsboro.  Designed and built by Rob and Lauren Munach.  Rob Munach was also the structural engineer with help from their friend Jack Haggerty.

2008 - The William M. (Jr.) and Jonathan Quesenberry House, Chapel Hill.   Designed by Jonathan Quesenberry.  Built by Q-Squared Builders (owned by the Quesenberrys).  Was for sale briefly in 2012.  Rented through 2013.

2010 - The Paul E. and Annette H. Rossouw House, 1105 Sourwood Drive, Chapel Hill.  3113 sf.  
Built as a spec house by Streetscape Builders.  Designed by Charles N. (Nick) Mincey of Durham. Photo by Dail Dixon.

2011 - The Vanessa Litwinski House, 107 Partin Street, Chapel Hill.  Commissioned 2009.  Designed and built by Ramon Garcia of Construction Services Contractor Inc.