LOUIS SUMNER WINN, JR. (1928-2000)

Sumner Winn grew up in Worchester MA and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1950.  After a year at the Sorbonne in Paris and four years in the Air Force during the Korean War, Winn earned a BS in Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.  He moved to Chapel Hill around 1960 and worked for Archie Royal Davis.  In 1967 he worked as Winn/Condoret architects with Jon Condoret.  In approximately 1968 he joined Don Stewart's CPAA as a partner.  He left in 1973 to form his own practice in Chapel Hill.  Most of his records and drawings were destroyed in 1994 when his home office at 127 Stateside Drive burned. 

With second wife Genie, he rebuilt the house in 1998 but professionally spent his last years sharing an office in Carrboro with designer John Lindsey, known for the Wellspring Groceries, Magnolia Grill, and Aurora among others.  Winn's houses are known for beautiful corner windows, brick mass fireplaces, and extended post and beam exterior eaves. 

1957 - The RJ Shankle Residence, 1306 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill.  2400 square feet. Sold in 1982 to Jeffrey B. Tyler.  Sold in 1986 to Elinor Koechley.  Sold in 2008 to current owners Maryann Feldman and Gordon Allen.  Renovations underway by designer John Lindsey.  Bottom two photos by Gordon Allen.

1964 - The Sumner and Jean Winn House, 812 Shady Lawn Drive in Chapel Hill.  Photo by Nicole Alvarez.  Sold to Frank J. and Rosemary B. Munger in 1971.  Sold to Kenneth Levin in 1983.  Sold to Mary Ellen Priestly in 1996.  Sold to current owner Richard Dworsky in 2001.  

1965 - The Bennie and Jeannette Barker Residence, 517 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill.  3200 sf on one acre.  Sold to Robert and Marian Mueller in 1975.  Sold in 2008 to current owner Alan Lee.  Photos by Derek Mangum.

1966 - The Richard Hiskey Residence, 521 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill.  Designed by Winn and Jon Condoret. Sold to current owners Jim and Cassandra Sloop in 1979.  Renovated by Jon Condoret.  Sold in 2008 to current owners John G. and Eleanor M. Lipham.

1966 - The Richard L. and Ida Simpson Residence, 604 Brookview Drive, Chapel Hill. 
Built for the current owners.

1966 - The E. J. "Peg" and Patsy Owens House, 812 Kenmore Road, Chapel Hill, 12 acres.  Owens, the developer for the Lake Forest neighborhood, died in 1971 and widow Patsy sold to the current owner, Britt Properties, controlled by Amway executives Bill and Peggy Britt.  The Britts subsequently engaged Winn to design several landscape and interior renovations. 

1969 - The Hal and Jo Fallon Residence, 2312 Honeysuckle Court, Chapel Hill.  Built by C. S. Witt.  Sold in 1974 to Kal and Joan Cohen.  Jon Condoret assisted in the design. 3486 square feet.  Sold in 2009 to Duncan Higgins. 

1970 - 2619 Meacham Road, Chapel Hill.  12.34 acres and a pool.  2986 sf.  Three bedrooms, 3.5 baths.  Bought by Albert Mattocks and Lillian Mattocks in 1966.  Now owned by Mattocks trustees Craig Mattocks and Maria Christina Forbes.  Top four photos by Peter Simon.

1970 - The William L. and Patricia Black Residence, 611 Brookview Drive, Chapel Hill.  Sold in 1976 to James L. and Karen Nash.  Sold in 1980 to Edward L. Berson.  Sold in 1985 to Edgar Foster Daniels.  Sold in 1988 to current owners Howard and Carrie Krasnow. 

1972 - The James and Martha Lamb House, 612 Greenwood Road, Chapel Hill.  Sold to Barrie and Arlene Bergman in 1975.  Sold in 1989 to the National Humanities Center and Robert and Carolyn Connor as a guest house for visiting scholars.  Sold in 1996 to Josef Woodman.  Sold in 2005 to current owners Daniel Colella and Victoria Krebs.

1973 - The James Carney House, 201 Lystra Estates Drive, Chapel Hill, Chatham County.  Now owned by Stewart Gold and Donald Steinberg.  Renovation by John Lindsey.

1979 - The James Terry Sanford and Margaret Rose K. Sanford Residence, 2500 Auburn Street, Durham.  Sold in 2003 to current owners Charlotte and Banks Clark. 

1986 - The Robert Chapman and Vicky Lee Patton Residence, 2525 Lanier Place, Durham. 
Built for current owners.

1986 - The Martin and Anne M. Bernholz Residence, 819 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.  Sold in 2003 to current owners David and Kelly Young.  Photo by Nicole Alvarez.

1989 - The Mark and Carol Owens House, 605-C Bowden Road, Chapel Hill.  Mark Owens grew up in a Winn house at 812 Kenmore Road, Chapel Hill.  Sold to current owners Linda and Mark Lang.  Photos by Linda Lang.

1998 - Renovation of his home/office at 127 Stateside Drive, Chapel Hill.  
After Winn's death, it was sold in 2001 to current owners Cherie Kuzmiak and Stacy Kassebaum.