ACREAGE

2.11/Acres

506 Park Avenue
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Selling via online-only auction

Open for Inspection:  Saturdays 1-3 pm and by appointment 
Online bidding opens: April 4 at Noon
Online bidding ends:  April 30 at 7 pm
Suggested Starting Bid: $150,000

Buyer Premium: 10%  (This is added to your high bid to equal the total purchase price)
Deposit: 10% of total purchase price. The successful High Bidder at auction will be required to sign an Auction Purchase Agreement and wire a 10% non-refundable deposit within 24 hours.

AUCTION TERMS & CONDITIONS: All bidders for the property located at 506 Park Avenue, Goldsboro, NC must register for the online auction in advance which includes agreeing to the Auction Terms and Conditions.  Click here to read the Auction Terms and Conditions. 

DUE DILIGENCE & INSPECTIONS: With an auction, the inspection and due diligence period occurs before your bid is placed – not after. The property is open by appointment for inspections and due diligence from April 9th through April 30th. You are encouraged to have help from a buyer agent who can schedule appointments at your convenience and help you evaluate the property.  All bidders are encouraged to visit the property as often as needed, and to do a thorough inspection along with downloading and reading through all of the documents provided. 

DISCLOSURES AND DOCUMENTS – Click here to download all documents
1. Required Seller Disclosure documents
2. Sample Auction Purchase Agreement
3. Broker Co-op Agreement
4. FEMA Elevation Certificate
5. Home inspection report (Available on April 10th)

ABOUT THE PROPERTY
Architect William (Billy) Griffin built this custom mid-century Modernist home for his own family in 1956. Located on a double private lot of 2.11 acres, he situated the home around a lovely pond. The common rooms are in the center of the house and they have walls of windows overlooking the pond and backyard. The kitchen and family room with fireplace are open concept which was unique in the 1950s and is a highly prized design now. The master bedroom suite with private bath is on one end of the home where it overlooks the pond. On the other side are four additional bedrooms that share two full baths. The two bedrooms on the back of the house have windows that overlook the pond. There are plenty of storage cabinets and closets throughout the home, and the spacious laundry room features a wall of built-in shelving. The floors throughout the home are luxury vinyl plank flooring, vinyl or tile.

Original architectural and design features are still in place. These include original bathroom tile and fixtures, hall & bedroom vents which contribute to the flow of air, acoustic tile ceilings in the common areas which dampen sound, rows of clerestory windows, and a brick fireplace wall with wood fireplace that appears to have never been used. 

Goldsboro is located about an hour east of Raleigh and two hours west of Wilmington. Goldsboro is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Mount Olive Pickle Company and Wayne State Community College. The property is located near the end of Park Avenue, a street that showcases some of the finest historic homes in the city and ends at historic Herman Park. 

ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
WILLIAM BARWICK (BILLY) GRIFFIN (1917-2007)

Billy Griffin was born in Goldsboro and stayed there all his life. The son of A. T. Griffin who owned a lumber manufacturing plant, Billy learned the skills of a hands-on carpenter and tree farmer as a boy during the depression. He graduated from NCSU with a BS in 1942. In WWII he served as a Naval Photographic Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He was one of the first people to see the results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, he worked at his father’s lumber mill and studied briefly under Dean Henry Kamphoefner at the NCSU School of Design. He opened an architectural office in Goldsboro in 1949. Although he designed many houses, including the Lincoln and Fairview homes area of Goldsboro, his primary focus was in public schools. He was Mayor Pro Tem of Goldsboro. Griffin was a strong proponent of passive solar and incorporated it in all of his projects. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. After retirement, he spent time sailing and working on his tree farm.
(This article is Copyright NCModernist and used by permission. NCModernist® is part of Modernist Archive, Inc., a North Carolina 501C3 nonprofit educational archive)

COMMON ROOMS

BATHROOMS

LAYOUT

LOCATION – Goldsboro is located about an hour east of Raleigh and two hours west of Wilmington. Goldsboro is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Mount Olive Pickle Company and Wayne State Community College. The property is located near the end of Park Avenue, a street that showcases some of the finest historic homes in the city and ends at historic Herman Park. 

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