Our Colonial Revival home was built by the Patterson family in 1924 completed January 1925.  Luther E. Patterson owned the  Kerr Department store Building downtown. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1914, but was better known for his ornate building next to the Terminal Building.

Our house is a true double brick home typically reserved for commercial buildings. Mr. Patterson wanted to insulate the exterior walls in the house and did so with dead air space, hence the double brick design.  There is a wall of bricks on the outside and inside of our home. If you take a look at the short brick on the outside take notice that they are positioned every 8th row. That Short brick is running perpendicular and that is how the walls are tied together.  Our 2nd floor of the Garage was built as an artist studio for Mrs. Patterson.  We have unusual floor ceiling windows in the front of the garage that would have been important in the 20’s for natural lighting.  An art piece was found in 2003 in the garage along with a crate dated in the 1920’s that was stamped with cities all over the country for shipping her artwork.

The 2nd owners bought the home in 1952. Captain McCalluey and his wife renovated the home and the kitchen.  Dr. Robert and Alta Marie Redmond resided in the home from 1955 to 2003. They conducted a chic cosmetic update in 1968 in Hollywood regency style that remained until the current owners bought the home in 2003 and did the heavy lifting.  The Champion family did a total renovation with all new electrical, copper plumbing, doubling the size of both bathrooms, privatizing all bedrooms, restoring the garage into guest/office quarters, kitchen, butlers pantry etc. They added a pool in 2012, large covered porch with an outdoor kitchen, and a ludowici tile roof in 2016 along with a new driveway in 2019.  

The last homeowner held lots of parties and was known as the grande dame on the block. She was known to change the lightbulb color to give “the signal” and when the lamp was lit in green or red it meant champagne or Red Martinis were being served so come and join in the festivities. The Redmonds are the grandparents of the current owners’ childhood friend.  The Grande dame would come and visit and occasionally stay the night until her death in 2010. The current owners also follow in that tradition and entertain frequently and have held too many themed parties to count. The home is a labor of love and a great place to reside and share with friends and family.

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