Stately Luxury Home in Historic West Square - FOR SALE - Greg Rapp | Salisbury Real Estate LLC

Get ready to fall in love with this stately all-brick American Foursquare that has been preserved, restored, and renovated! This circa 1927 vintage gem is located in one of Salisbury's more prestigious neighborhoods: The Historic West Square. A luxury home with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a main floor primary bedroom, chef's kitchen, fully finished basement, and brand-new 3-story rear addition! The results are outstanding!

Welcome to 300 West Thomas Street in the prestigious West Square Historic District of Salisbury, North Carolina.

This impressive house had suffered years of neglect and was slated for demolition. Not only saved from the wrecking ball, the circa 1927 McCanless-Goodman-Yost Home is now preserved, stabilized, restored, and renovated. Let Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC show you luxury modern living with history and class in this spotless, timeless home!

Step inside 300 W. Thomas Street to discover a labor of love, where every room whispers tales of carefully curated renovations. Constructed in 1927, this 3,364-square-foot home wears its history with grace while bringing its new owners all the modern conveniences. 

The House

This elegant circa 1927 home has been thoroughly renovated with careful attention to detail and sensitive updates that offer modern conveniences while respecting the historic nature of this grand home. Stepping through the front door with its beveled glass windows, you step through the entry to a surprisingly large great room. This extra-spacious living room offers plenty of room for seating areas, that 8-ft sofa you love, and all of the accompaniments, ensuring you can live and entertain with elegance. Here, the home's original fireplace (non-functioning) boasts its original Arts & Crafts style brick surround and mantel. 

Window arrays, with a unique 9-over-one pane pattern original to the house, flood the great room with natural light.  Through beautiful French doors, you will find more of these wonderful light-filled windows in the spacious formal dining room. 

You will immediately note the luxurious, luminous floors! These are the home's original oak floors, and while many homes of this era feature darkly stained wood flooring - here, this uplifting neutral aesthetic was achieved by a bleaching process, sealed with a satin polyurethane to a soft glow. The effect is bright and so calming and uplifting!

Wait until you see the incredible top-to-bottom newly installed kitchen! This custom kitchen sparkles with a white tile backsplash, a plethora of new custom cabinetry,  unique quartz countertops, and elegantly appointed with a dual-fuel stove, wine fridge, and separate beverage fridge, and beautiful farmhouse sink. 

Above the sink, as pair of handsome leaded, beveled antique glass windows have been added to the lower sashes of each window.  The tile backsplash above the stove features our favorite thing EVER . . a built-in pot filler! YES! A pretty bleached pine floor continues here, but laid on the diagonal to set it apart from the living/dining rooms.

But wait, there is more . . . and MUCH more!

When the original rear abutment was removed, it was replaced with a much larger addition that offered the space for the first-floor half-bath, beyond which you will find the main-floor owners' suite in the newly constructed rear 3-story wing, overlooking the backyard. The suite includes a new laundry room, a huge walk-in closet, and a gorgeous new designer bath, elegantly appointed with Carrera marble flooring, marble wall tiles, and marble vanity. WOW!

Upstairs, you'll find three (3) more beautiful bedrooms. The rear bedroom includes a wonderful sleeping porch/sunroom that overlooks the backyard and could be utilized as a dressing room, playroom, studio, or office. 

The full bath here features the original classic 1920’s black and white tile - in perfect condition despite 40 years of neglect. A good power wash brought it back to its original beauty.  The new, black, 30” marble-topped vanity perfectly complements the white tile and the original DEEP white bathtub. 

So. . . you might think that now you have seen the entire house.  But another surprise awaits!  Downstairs, an astounding new basement-level expanded living area turns this house from ordinary to extraordinary! Over 970 square feet with three freshly fully-finished basement rooms expand your heated/cooled living!  

A cozy media room at the bottom of the stairs steps up through a geometrically arched doorway to an intermediate bonus room . . . storage? more living area? . . . you decide!

  

This room opens to a HUGE walk-out recreation room where windows on three sides stream with natural daylight. 

Each of the lower-level rooms offers glistening epoxy floors. An additional unfinished room houses the home's mechanicals. This fully rebuilt and expanded rear 3-story addition features a metal roof and is supported by an array of new helical piers.  

History

Over the years, the McCanless-Goodman-Yost House had fallen into disrepair...most remarkably, the original 3-story rear abutment was in imminent danger of falling off the house. This abutment was removed, and a new and expanded addition was built that provides the space for the amazing basement rooms, the 1st-floor owners' suite, and the pretty 2nd-floor sunroom. 

Details

This brick home features the typical rectangular shape and hipped roof of the American Foursquare style with a central dormer so popular in this part of the district. 

The main roof is covered in its original terra cotta ceramic tile. The front porch with its metal roof, supported by impressive wooden piers, stretches across the facade to form a porte cochère over the circular drive. 

The newly erected addition at the rear, supported below grade with new 40-foot helical piers, sports a new metal roof.  The home has undergone a complete rewire of the entire house, new plumbing, and new HVAC systems. 

Location

This lovely historic home has been fully renovated, blending restored original details with amazing updates. But should you choose to make exterior changes, this property is supported by the City of Salisbury's Historic Preservation Grants, an annual grant program that provides fiscal assistance to preserving and maintaining homes and structures within the locally designated historic districts. The city's Historic Preservation Commission oversees major exterior changes through a COA (Certificate of Appropriateness) application program.

A timeless tale of love is felt throughout this graceful historic American Foursquare with remarkable detailing. 300 W. Thomas Street is a fully updated executive-level home in a prime location, just blocks from the city of Salisbury's vibrant downtown with restaurants, unique shopping, a microbrewery, community theatre, and a $3M publicly funded central park. The West Square Historic District is known for its walkability, its tree-lined sidewalks, and its inventory of beautiful historic homes dating from the 1820s through the 1930s. Salisbury is within an hour's drive of the larger metro areas of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro, but without the traffic and high costs!

Your New Home

This exquisitely renovated circa 1927 home is a must-see! Call Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC to picture yourself in your new home at 300 W. Thomas Street in Salisbury, North Carolina. Your personal tour with the area's premier real estate agents specializing in historic properties is waiting: 704.213.6846.

300 W Thomas Street

Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 

MLS#4253731 

$550,000

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

An 1890s Victorian Cottage in Salisbury NC ~ FOR SALE ~ Salisbury Real Estate LLC

Looking for that sweet Victorian storybook cottage of your dreams? Look no further. Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC offers this terrific blend of old world charm and new world comfort in a sweet single-story circa 1890s farmhouse Victorian in the heart of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Get all the details below, but when pictures are not enough to convince you of the complete charm of this spectacular, move-in-ready Victorian cottage in the West Square Historic District, then it's time to give Realtor® Greg Rapp a call: 704.213.6846. Let Greg tell you the advantages of purchasing this historic home at 308 W. Monroe Street in Salisbury, and the rest, as they say, will be history!

308 West Monroe Street, a 1890-1910 folk Victorian Queen Anne cottage with 1,313 square feet, two bedrooms, and 2.5 baths, is nestled between three circa 1897 sister houses in the heart of the prestigious West Square Historic District in Salisbury, North Carolina. Two large pin oaks and a front border of evergreen shrubs frame the property. The majestic trees offer wide swaths of shade, cooling the home in summer and creating the most enjoyable front-porch experiences.

Handsome brick steps lead up to a cottage-style front porch, a prize-winner with spindle friezes, trefoil brackets, and turned elements figuring prominently in its ornamentation, adding to the romance of this Victorian cottage. 

You'll find more Victorian architectural details in the decorative dentil molding that trims the home's bay windows. 

Stepping inside, the knock-out feature in the spacious front parlor is the tray ceiling framed by impressive deep crown molding and trim. This feature adds a whole new dimension to the room, adding depth and visual interest, and completely adding a sense of Victorian grandeur to the home. 

A faux fireplace (the original fireplace was likely on an adjacent wall between the living and dining rooms) is framed by two large windows in the parlor's bay feature.  An outlet above the deep mantel piece is genius for mounting a television or twin lamps with minimal electrical cord anti-aesthetics!

Gleaming original wood floors take you through to the dining room, another spacious room with deep crown moldings and trim. A double array of 2-over-2 windows here streams natural daylight. 

Enter the farmhouse-style kitchen from the dining room . . . and you are sure to be impressed with the cabinet space and the expanse of counter work area.  The work island/breakfast bar here is a movable feature. 

Step through lacy gingerbread door brackets to a completely charming screened porch off the kitchen, a new (2021) addition, and a wonderful place for taking in bug-free fresh air and the sweet gravel patio space and gardens in the fenced-in rear yard. 

While the porch addition is newer, careful attention was paid to have the architectural details mimic the Victorian character of 308 W. Monroe Street.  The brackets, dentil molding, and inner beadboard are perfectly congruous with the original home aesthetic.

A mudroom just off the kitchen leads to a half bath, where the laundry room is cleverly hidden. 

A small hallway leads to the home's two bedrooms, separated by a full bathroom with tongue-and-groove beadboard walls, painted a vivid azure blue! The beadboard walls here, in the kitchen, and in the two bedrooms, are a stunning statement to the home's 1897 vintage beginnings.

The Owner's Bedroom Suite offers a walk-in closet and has its own private full bathroom with a walk-in shower. The second bedroom offers a handsome boxed bay window. 

A quaint elevated outbuilding, mimicking a garage, is perfect for a workshop, artist's studio, a "She-Shed", "Man-Cave", or more! 

French doors open to a space that could be opened up to act as a cabana for the tiny, gated, and enclosed garden yard. The possibilities for its creative use are wide open! 

The current owner installed a gated area mid-driveway to divide the driveway into either secure parking or additional patio space in front of this delightful outbuilding.

In the center of the Historic West Square and only blocks from the Rowan County Library and Downtown center, which is bustling with plenty of activity, 308 W. Monroe Street is a stone's throw from Salisbury's many and varied restaurants (Seafood, Italian, American Bistro, Thai, and Vietnamese, to name a few!), community theaters, shops and brewery options!  The fabulous Bell Tower Green park, a centerpiece of downtown Salisbury, is mere blocks away.

Located in a Historic District overlay, this sweet home is eligible for City of Salisbury Historic Preservation Grants for exterior improvements. City of Salisbury Historic Preservation Commission oversees changes to exterior components per Historic Design Standards that must be approved through a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) process. 

Realtor® Greg Rapp is the area's expert in historic property real estate and can find your dream 'old house'. Salisbury, North Carolina is noted for its preservation culture and a tremendous stock of historic homes . . . something for every budget! 

 These older homes are built with quality construction and materials that just do not exist in today's new construction. Partner with Greg Rapp and find your dream historic house! It's as easy as dialing 704.213.6846!




308 West Monroe Street
Salisbury NC 28144
CMLS#4264965
$285,000

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Timeless Charm - 1922 Arts & Crafts Bungalow in Spencer NC - For Sale

Step into the timeless charm of this authentic 1922 Arts & Crafts bungalow, listed for sale with Salisbury Real Estate LLC!

Welcome to the circa 1922 RJ McAdams House, 401 7th Street, nestled on a corner lot in the tree-lined heart of historic Spencer, North Carolina.  Every detail of this home has been thoughtfully preserved or enhanced, offering classic character with tasteful updates.  Let Realtor® Greg Rapp show you the romance of living in an authentic Craftsman home.

Known locally as the 'Holiday House' and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the home’s exterior has been meticulously painted in a historically accurate Arts & Crafts color scheme, highlighting its pleasing architectural lines and adding striking curb appeal.  A gracious front porch spans the width of the house, featuring authentic details such as the tall stone-capped brick piers, tapered columns, and elegant woodwork — ideal for relaxing beneath the canopy of shade trees.

Inside, you'll find beautiful original heart-of-pine floors and an amazing array of light-filled, classic 4-over-1 windows.  The living room boasts a handsome original brick fireplace (not functioning) and built-ins. The living room opens to the formal dining room, creating a warm, connected living space perfect for entertaining or everyday enjoyment.  French doors originally separated the opening between these two rooms, and they are stored in the basement, should the new owner choose to reinstall them.

The vintage kitchen offers both charm and function, featuring pretty countertops, original cabinetry, an in-kitchen laundry area, and a dishwasher (not yet connected).  A door here leads to the cozy rear screened porch, a tiny sanctuary that overlooks the expanse of green space in the backyard —a peaceful retreat!

Gorgeous French doors lead to a bonus room that would be ideal as an office, studio, or bedroom #3 in this two-bedroom/one-bath home.  The layout offers flexibility to suit your lifestyle.

 

A convenient walk-out basement offers abundant storage or workshop potential, and the unique carport, original to the house, adds architectural flair, functionality, and curb appeal.  The current owners installed a new roof in 2017.  Vintage light fixtures have been fully rewired. The central AC needs attention. There is a common alley behind and at the back of the property.

Speaking of property, there are two curb cuts for driveway aprons on the east side of the property along S. Carolina Avenue.  New owners of the RJ McAdams House could easily install a curved driveway at this elevation, with Historic Preservation Commission approval and any necessary permits!

Town of Spencer Historic District Design Standards apply to the RJ McAdams House.  Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) are required for any exterior renovations.  Before any work can begin, the Spencer Historic Preservation Commission reviews applications and conducts a hearing.

401 7th Street is located just a few blocks from the town's beautiful Library park,  the NC Transportation Museum, downtown shops, and local dining.  You can't beat the small-town charm Spencer, NC has to offer ...but if you need some big-city vibes once in a while, Salisbury is just down the road with vibrant nightlife, theatre, live music, restaurants, and unique shops.  Spencer is approximately a 1-hour drive from metro Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.  Need to get away from the city vibe? Spencer is a 2-hour drive to the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains, and approximately 4-hours to our Atlantic Ocean beaches.

With its timeless charm, thoughtful updates, and authentic details, this home is a true piece of Spencer’s architectural legacy a rare opportunity to own a striking piece of Spencer’s history!  Take a virtual tour > HERE < . . . then call Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC to schedule your private showing of this standout gem: 704.213.6846 

401 7th Street
Spencer, North Carolina 28159
Charlotte MLS #4260570
$225,000

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net