BAM! Closed in FOUR DAYS! With Realtor® Greg Rapp!

We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so!  We know how hard it is to find a vintage home this clean for this price!  Listed with Greg Rapp of Wallace Realty, the area's historic home expert, this cute little circa 1875 house went under contract 6/14/19 and closed 6/18/19! Listed on May 6th, under contract in just over 30 days, and - YES - you read that right, this house closed in 4 days!

422 E. Fisher Street ~ a circa 1875 Victorian-era cottage, freshly painted inside and out . . . is SOLD!

Located in the Brooklyn South Square Historic District, one of (10) historic districts in Salisbury North Carolina, the Shaver-Crowell House is just (3) blocks from the award-winning Historic Downtown, offering a plethora of dining, shopping, microbreweries, and arts and culture. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Shaver-Crowell-Fisher House, and classified as a contributing structure in the district.

The City of Salisbury has (10) historic districts, and homes in these districts, like this one, are eligible for Historic Preservation Grants for exterior improvements. Historic Preservation Commission oversight applies per the Design Guidelines.

It's too late to scoop up this circa 1875 cottage for yourself, but contact Realtor® Greg Rapp today at 704.231.6846 to see what other fabulous historic homes are for sale in this area of central North Carolina . . . 2 hours from the mountains and 4 hours from the ocean!

Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 
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Investment Opportunity for Under $20K! Needs Work? Yes!

Roll up your sleeves, and get out your elbow grease...cuz this little vintage house is gonna need it!

The bad news:

This sweet little Victorian 1-story home at 509 E. Fisher Street, built about 1913 and located in the Brooklyn South Square Historic District of Salisbury NC, sustained a recent fire, and will require a complete gut job and rehabilitation. Coming to survey the home and its potential? Be very careful ~ some floors are NOT stable! And...bring your flashlight!

Ooops! Watch your step!

OK, so that was the bad news.

The good news: 

This home is like a clean slate...build it into what you envision!  From what we can tell, the home seems structurally sound - it doesn't list or tilt like some vintage homes (hey ~ it's been in this neighborhood for 105 years!) Local preservation grants are available to help with the costs of exterior improvements. Historic Salisbury Foundation Covenants and Restrictions will convey with the sale of this home.

With 1,900+ square feet, 3-bedrooms, and a single bath...this little house at 509 E. Fisher Street is an excellent investment opportunity! It is located close to shopping and restaurants, and close to public transportation. 

It's time to Make Offers!!!!! Call Realtor® Greg Rapp: (704) 213-6846 

Get some income rolling into your bank account with this great opportunity on an investment home at 509 E. Fisher Street!

509 E. Fisher Street
Salisbury NC 28144
CMLS#3346277
$19,500






Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Circa 1910 in Prestigious West Square for Sale ~ A Restoration Awaits

Editor's Note 2/9/2018:  313 West Fisher Street is now offered for $91,500!

This wonderful home in a prime location in the prestigious West Square Historic District in Salisbury North Carolina is on the market.

313 West Fisher Street is a lovely ca. 1910 2.5-story frame house set in a pretty landscape nestled into a neighborhood of homes that attract visitors from far and wide to the West Square. (The West Square is formally known as the Salisbury Historic District.) It was the first neighborhood in Salisbury to be designated as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 when the preservation movement first gained momentum in this city of vintage homes and is supported by a strong neighborhood association.

(Read the Salisbury Historic District Inventory, National Register of Historic Places here: http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/RW0052.pdf)

This once marvelous home is a blank slate - other than the new roof installed in 2017 - and it's asking price of $99,000 reflects this (tax value at 313 W. Fisher Street is $167,579). At some unfortunate point in time, this nearly 4,000 square-foot house was divided into 3 apartments and will need complete rehabilitation and restoration. Fortunately, most of the original woodwork and floors remain. The home will need a new kitchen, baths, and mechanicals.

313 W. Fisher Street is in a fabulous location just doors from the Rowan Public Library, and blocks from the historic downtown center of Salisbury. A grand central park is planned across the street, expanding on where the small landmark Bell Tower Park currently exists.  Work has already begun on this sure-to-be-lovely central green-space in the downtown. You might be able to already picture yourself enjoying summer evenings on the wrap-around porch overlooking the park.

This home is surrounded by some of Salisbury's finer homes and is just waiting to join its peers! And not only is this grand vintage home priced well below its tax value of 167K, it is additionally is eligible for exterior grants through the City of Salisbury's Historic Preservation Grant program.  Additionally, this home's restoration will be eligible for North Carolina Historic Tax Credits.

These fine homes are neighbors of 313 W. Fisher Street

The Historic Salisbury Foundation is the owner of 313 W. Fisher Street, therefore the home is protected by covenants and deed restrictions. The neighborhood is zoned Historic Residential, so apartments are no longer and option for this home - it must be restored to a single family dwelling.The home is 'Sold As Is'.

313 W. Fisher Street, a prime address in Salisbury, North Carolina, is just waiting for the right person to breathe new life into its historic bones. At $99,000 and a new roof, a new beginning is in sight! To see and assess this fine potential, be sure to call Greg Rapp with Wallace Realty. A restorer of antique homes himself, Greg can give you honest dialogue about the project at hand.

Contact Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846 and make your appointment to be the next award-winning restoration project in Salisbury NC - at 313 W. Fisher Street.

313 W. Fisher Street
Salisbury NC 28144
CMLS#3349711
$99,000






Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Restoration Buffs! Here is Your Dream House! Just $27,500!!!

Do you fantasize about renovating and living in a gorgeous vintage home?

Old house lovers are very different from the average décor enthusiast. Where a “normal” person sees a neglected pile of bricks that’s seems to be past its prime, an old house lover sees nothing but potential. Being able to see past decades of grime, peeling paint, and terrible trends is akin to having a superpower.

Here is the opportunity to put your superpower in action!

Welcome to the circa 1900 C. L. Emerson House in the North Main Historic District of Salisbury, North Carolina.



If you’re the type of person whose heartbeat quickens at the mere mention of “original details,” you’re not alone. And Realtor® Greg Rapp is the guy to talk to about historic homes such as this gem.

If the family of this home could tell you about this house, they would tell you that it used to be one of the most beautiful houses in this downtown Salisbury, North Carolina neighborhood. It was originally built about 1900 (probably earlier) and still holds all of the character of its era. Handcrafted wooden doors, original hardwood floors, a pretty staircase, and the fabulous "rocking chair porch" supported by the most unique stone pillars in all of Salisbury. The home itself needs drastic repairs, but the bones and location make this a great buy!



The circa 1900 C.L Emerson House has been in the same family until just 2016. The Emerson family donated the home at 1008 N. Main Street to the Historic Salisbury Foundation in late 2016. The foundation worked to stabilize the house and put protective covenants in place to maintain its distinctive architectural features and to preserve the association with the Emerson family. The importance of this property on North Main Historic District cannot be overstated, according to Executive Director Karen Hobson. “The renovated C. L. Emerson House will provide an important anchor to this section of North Main Street”. North Main Street acts as the northern gateway into Salisbury, and the C. L. Emerson House will be a catalyst to the continuing revitalization of the neighborhood.



The National Register of Historic Places identifies this home as "Pivotal" in the North Main district, saying:

"Built by Salisbury's first oil dealer, C. L. Emerson, this unusual two-story dwelling emphasizes the asymmetry and irregular massing so characteristic of the late Victorian period. Emerson, who delivered oil to the city's homes and businesses by horse and wagon, lived in the house until his death in the 1940s. The home was then occupied by his widow and later by his son, C. L. Emerson, Jr., and his wife Nellie, who still resides in the house. Unlike its more eclectic Victorian contemporaries, it features a steeply pitched side gable roof interrupted by a broad gable and majestic five-sided turret on the front, and gabled and hipped roof dormers at the rear. The asymmetrical first floor facade is defined by a porch supported by tall, fluted, stone pillars, found only on one other structure in the vicinity. A hint of the rich exterior ornamentation found on some of district's other Victorian dwellings is provided by circular sawn vent located high in the front and side gables and by diamond-shaped mullions which divide the upper sash of windows in the front gable and turret, as well as those windows which rise up the south elevation along the course of an interior stair."

It is of interest to note that the Register does not take into account the early renovation to the home that added extra square footage, and the upper turret that created another upstairs bedroom. A circa 1903 photo shows the home's original architectural style . . . more of a Stick-Style Victorian.  Along the way, several feet were added to the south side of the home and porch, the interesting turret was added, and the signature stone columns along the porch replaced the original turned posts and ornate brackets.



Originally built in a Stick Style Victorian circa 1900 it was later modified & enlarged by 1908 to represent a Queen Anne Style with a second story turret, full front porch & unique stone porch columns. This home retains most of its original stain grade millwork. It has unusual pierced kitchen cabinet doors that mimic the porch balustrade. The home sustained a very small electrical fire causing VERY LITTLE damage, but the home will need a complete restoration. The home appears to have newer gas heat and central AC. Located in the heart of Salisbury's North Main Historic District, 1008 N. Main Street is categorized as 'Pivotal' in the National Historic Register.

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1008 N. Main was unfortunately a rental home in recent years, and it shows in its wear and tear. You'll also find strangely placed toilets due the rental nature. The catalyst for the family's donation of the home to the Historic Salisbury Foundation was an electrical fire in the kitchen in 2016. The fire itself caused little damage, but overall neglect had already taken its toll. The C. L. Emerson House will require complete restoration.

As you enter this 117+ year old home, you find yourself in a spacious foyer or entry parlor. It is definitely a room unto itself with a corner fireplace (non-functioning at this time), and the handsome staircase to the upper floor. Original wainscoting and chair rail as well as thick wood moldings and trim bedeck this room.





French doors take you from entry to the formal living room or front parlor. This room features a striking bay windowed area overlooking the veranda. Yes, that paneling has got to go, and we're sure the drop ceilings sadly hide the original tall ceilings that would have been common to a home of this era! A wonderful turned fretwork piece remains in the large open doorway between this parlor and the next room. Original window casing molding tell remnants of the homes history. The room off the front parlor could possibly be a den or family room, yet has a closet, so could be modified as a main floor bedroom with the addition of some doors.









The dining room features the cutest little built-in china cupboard. And while you'll again find original wainscoting and trim, here is where you'll also find one of those surprise toilets! It is something of a miracle that the woodwork in this vintage home escaped painting over the decades, unlike so many others of this era, and holds its original stain!





A small electrical fire in the southwest facing kitchen caused damage to the ceiling here, but you can clearly envision what a cheerful kitchen this once was, and clearly a complete overhaul will be needed here. Look at the cutwork in the cabinet doors! It mimics the cutwork balustrade on the front porch!





A curving staircase that may have been the original path to the 2nd story is found here in the kitchen. The stairway is impassable at this time, but such a unique feature to this home! Off the kitchen is an enclosed & heated back porch/laundry room with a doorway that takes you to the large back yard.

Up the stairs, past the uniquely stacked trio of windows (part of the early addition to the home), you'll find 3 bedrooms and a full bath.









Outside, 1008 N. Main Street enjoys a prominent third-of-an-acre corner lot where the side street, W. Miller Street, slopes down to not one but two beautiful city parks: City Park and Hurley Park. Huge shade trees help keep the house cool in summer, but what appears to be two newer AC units, one for each story, remain intact. The home also appears to have newer gas heat. At this time, due to the kitchen fire, there is no functioning electricity in the home.







The circa 1900 home at 1008 N. Main Street in Salisbury is located in one of Salisbury's local historic districts, and therefore the city's Historic Preservation Commission retains oversight regarding exterior changes, repairs, or improvements. The city often offers matching Historic Preservation Grants to assist home owners in the historic districts with repairs.

The C. L. Emerson home will additionally come with Historic Salisbury Foundation protective covenants and deed restrictions.

The home is being sold "As-Is", but at $27,500 for this 2124 square-foot home . . . the price considers the work and investment needed by the right buyer who can envision its potential.

Do you fantasize about renovating and living in a gorgeous vintage home? Old house lovers ~ we know you see nothing but potential here. Call Greg Rapp with Wallace Realty at (704) 213-6846 ~ and put your superpower into action!




1008 MAIN STREET NORTH
Salisbury, NC 28144
MLS #59581
List Price: $27,500

Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Circa 1875 Jewel Box ~ For Sale in Brooklyn South Square, Salisbury NC

The circa 1875 Shaver-Trexler House is for sale with Greg Rapp of Wallace Realty! Originally a single-story weatherboard home, a second story and other additions have added even more space and character to this roomy home. We're calling this spacious 4-bedroom/2-bath home - over 2400 square feet - 'The Jewel Box'. One step inside and you'll see why! Vivid jewel-box colors take you from one room to the next in this beautiful vintage home!



Step across the welcoming wrap-around veranda and inside the front door and a wide center hallway greets you, with not one, not two, but three sets of French doors partitioning off the more private areas of the home.  The walls here are a painted a smooth butterscotch with deep terracotta colored trim. You'll note the beadboard walls and chair rail, pretty wood floors, and the soaring ceiling height!



The entry hall is flanked by two formal front parlors, each with French doorways and vintage fireplaces (none of the home's (4) fireplaces are currently functioning).  The east parlor with its beadboard half-wall is warm shades of flamingo pink; the west parlor is peacock blue with a fireplace sporting pretty green tile work and mirrored mantel. Ceiling fans throughout are great for that in-between season where it feels too soon to turn on the central air conditioning!





Through another set of French doors with a wonderful, large working transom, you enter the rear portion of the home. Here a parrot green formal dining room with white trim flows from the country kitchen, to a breakfast room or den in an unfolding transition.  A cute tiled pass-through from the kitchen to the breakfast room lets the cook stay connected with guests and family.







You will love the sage-green and white country kitchen with its original plank walls, farmhouse molded porcelain clad iron sink, tall ceilings and view of the lush gardens in the deep back yard. White ceramic tile counters and high back-splash are a pretty touch. A wonderful enclosed sunporch aligns both the kitchen and breakfast rooms with doors opening from each. A cute laundry room is tucked beside the kitchen.





But wait!  This is just the east side of the 1st floor! There is also a wonderful master bedroom on the west side, trimmed in chalcedony blue, with its own vintage fireplace, a pretty stained glass window, and private feel. The black and white tiled bathroom connects from both this bedroom and the hall.

Upstairs, three additional bedrooms await ~ ruby red, topaz, and soft blue, ... and a super cool bonus room, or 'secret room' is tucked under the eaves. A long, low slung room, it is lit with sky lights and exits to a second story balcony overlooking the gardens. Another bath upstairs boasts a claw-foot tub and bright white pedestal sink, with walls bedecked in rich jewel-tone sapphire blue.

Outside, 418 E. Fisher Street has a deep back yard, filled with a variety of perennials, Japanese maples, and iris, and is secluded with a high privacy fence. The centerpiece of the 200 foot deep yard is the vintage Victorian potting shed, just waiting for someone to use as artist's studio or workshop.  And if work space is what you need, the double garage is also deep (deep enough for 4 cars!) and has a separate workshop area.  

There is lots of room for enjoying the outdoors at 418 E. Fisher Street. A large patio is just off the sun deck, with lots of room for fire pit and outdoor furniture!  The home is vinyl-sided for ease of maintenance, stays cool in summer with central air conditioning, AND has a tankless, on-demand water heater....no more heating water all day & night until you need to use it!

This 'Jewel Box' of a home sits in the historic Brooklyn South Square district, one of 5 local historic districts in Salisbury, North Carolina.  Being located in one of these districts definitely has its advantages!  Besides being a downtown neighborhood, close to unique shopping, wonderful restaurant choices, museums and art galleries, the City additionally offers a Historic Preservation Grant annually to home owners interested in making improvements to their home's exteriors. The matching grant program is a wonderful incentive to keep beautiful vintage homes restored and intact!

Are you ready to see the circa 1875 Shaver-Trexler House for yourself?  Call agent Greg Rapp - (704) 213-6846 - and you'll be amazed at the flexibility of the many rooms, the spaciousness, and the vintage character. 418 E. Fisher Street is a TON of house for the money ~ you won't be disappointed!

418 FISHER STREET EAST
Salisbury, NC 28144
MLS#59460
List Price: $139,900

Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net