Jennings-Baker House 608 Vance St, Reidsville, NC
Jennings-Baker House, Circa 1888 in NC. It’s Haunted! That old picture is amazing! $125,000 The Jennings-Baker house was built in 1888. So much history with this one! That old picture they included is everything! The brickwork is amazing and it should be! Let me share the history. William G. Jennings and his son-in-law were in business together. In the October 1887 edition of the Reidsville Times there was an advertisement for their business. “Manufacturers and contractors of all kinds of brick and brickwork.” By 1889 Jennings company could produce 20,000 bricks a day! His company produced 400,000 bricks for the local cotton mill that was being built. They say his house was designed to show off his bricks and all that he could do with them. The house was described as a small gothic castle back in the day. In 1900 Jennings sold his brickyard and his house and moved to Guilford County. In 1905 the house was purchased by the Baker family. Mary Baker was a well known photograph...


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