513 Garrett Street: Chasing Our First Lead

When interviewing Jim Schlosser this week, one of the things he suggested we feature was 513 Garrett Street. It is located just south of town, between Randleman Road and Freeman Mill Road. It is just south of the Smith Homes neighborhood and north of Southmont. As you can see from the above photo, the back side of the house, on the corner of Savannah Street, has elaborate stonework. The rock chimney has a large metal crown covering it. At one time, this home must have been breathtaking. Sadly, at the moment, it appears to have been abandoned with all the doors and windows covered with plywood. This five bedroom, two bath home was built in 1910; however, several changes have been made over the last 111 years. If Zillow is right, it has been owned by the same person since 1977. 

While Jim Schlosser's great grandfather was a stone mason, Jim says he did not do the stonework on the above home. Jim's great grandfather, master stone mason A.L. Schlosser, worked with Mt. Airy granite and the above structures seem to have some other types of stone, perhaps sandstone. We're sure the backstory on the stonemasonry and other artistic details is interesting. If we get a chance to talk to the owner, we'll let you know. It would be so wonderful to have the home restored to its original glory. Yesterday afternoon when we arrived, there was a rainbow shining brightly over 513 Garrett. We'll take that as a sign good things are in store for this place.  Happy Saturday!

Comments

[William Kendall]

Hopefully some good comes from it.

[Angela Cook]

Interesting. Thanks for taking Jim's suggestion.

[Ernest T]

Very neat stonework