Preservation Greensboro Development Fund
Esther B. Barker House
Originally located at 220 Blandwood Avenue, this charming Queen Anne-style house was located on land identified for expansion of a new jail. The 110-year-old frame structure was in good condition and its narrow form was suitable for a narrow urban lot.
Under the direction of the Preservation Greensboro Development Fund, the structure was carefully relocated to a new site on Cedar Street in the fall of 2009. Its new location is suitably located adjacent to a cluster of late nineteenth and early twentieth century homes.
The home was built between 1895-1905 and was first occupied by Esther Barker, for whom the house is named. It remained on Blandwood Avenue as an unusual surviving example of an early center city residence as the city grew up around the property. In the 1960s it was purchased and preserved by Herny and Virginia Zenke.
The Queen Anne-style features such as turned porch posts with sawn and turned brackets, a cutaway bay window, and a stained glass attic window made this building an important and charming historic building.
You can read more about the fascinating journey this house took in 2009 on the blog of Southern Evergreen, our design/build partner on this project.