Preservation Greensboro Incorporated
Sweeney-Penn House
Standing worn but still charming at 910 Magnolia Street in the heart of the Fisher Park neighborhood, the Sweeney–Penn House sports many of its original features intact and awaiting a thorough restoration by its next owner.
The SweeneyPenn House was constructed around 1917, possible as a speculative house by Guilford Realty. The first occupants appears to have been Madge and Roy Sweeney, who owned the home only 18 months before selling it to Sue and John Thomas Penn. Roy Sweeney was a traveling salesman and Thomas Penn was a tobacco leaf dealer before taking a job in 1917 as Vice President of Southern Atlantic Lumber Company, a wholesaler of North Carolina Pine and Oak with offices in both Greensboro and New York City. In 1921 the home was purchased by Emily and Charles McIver, the eldest son of UNCG founder of the same name.
The house contains about 1,950 square feet of heated space which does
not include the porches and a large storage area under the eave off of the front bedroom upstairs. There are four bedrooms; one downstairs and one full bathrooms upstairs and a half bathroom downstairs.
The Sweeney–Penn House was sold in December 2011 with a preservation easement attached to the deed requires a working dialog between future property owners of the Sweeney–Penn House and Preservation Greensboro. This will ensure that the house and its charming features are returned to good condition and remain for future generations to enjoy!