Triangle Modernist Houses

Compiled by George Smart, Jr.                                                          

DAN MACMILLAN

Dan MacMillan is one of Fayetteville's most recognized architects.  He is featured in the video After the Dust Settles as architect for the Kistler-Hollstein House, now destroyed.  He founded MacMillan and MacMillan in the 1950s.  In 1968, he joined with two new partners to form MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft and Thames.  That partnership broke up in 1970. 

1964 - The William S. and Mary Jane Ward Residence, 401 Ramblewood Drive, Raleigh, a U-shaped house built on 3.4 acres - over a stream!  That is something cities don't let you do anymore. After Ward committed suicide in the driveway, his widow sold the property to Carl and Anne Broadus in 1968.  Sold to Philip and Sylvia Redwine in 1973.  Sold to R. L. and Jean Poe Martin in 1976.  Sold to Emerson Scarborough in 1978.  Sold to Lonnie Poole, CEO of Waste Industries, in 1991.

1958 - The Kistler-Hollstein House, 323 Birnam Drive, Fayetteville NC.  The Kistler-Hollstein house was considered one of the best examples of modern architecture in Fayetteville. Dell Hollstein lived on the 2.1 acre property for more than 50 years. She had it on the market for a number of years and lowered the price several times.  There were calls to save the house by moving it but that was impossible as it was on a concrete slab.  Preservation North Carolina officials visited the site but interest came too late to save it.  Developer Buzz Loyd said he became interested in the land only after Hollstein removed the condition that the house remain. He paid Hollstein $825,000, records show.  It was demolished in 2005.  The five new houses will sell in the mid to upper six figures.

For the full story on video, see After the Dust Settles.