$1,495,000
About this home
TWO RESIDENCES | 7.85 ACRES | POOL | POND | FLEX BUILDING | NO HOA Some properties are beautiful. Others offer possibilities nearly impossible to recreate. An 1894 farmhouse, loved and expanded for modern living: 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, approximately 4,013 finished square feet, five fireplaces, a wraparound porch, recreation space in the basement. Metal roof five years old, new main-level heat pump, generator. Not a new house built to look old. It has a history. A separate approximately 880 SF second residence sits steps away on its own septic. An approximately 900 SF detached flex building with power, water, heat and air was previously used for a home-based business. Nearly eight acres of mature landscaping and gardens decades in the making: 500+ named and hybridized daylilies, roses, blueberries, elderberries, figs. Pool, stocked pond, greenhouse, gazebo. City water and well. No HOA. Adjacent to Fred T. Foard High School. Minutes to Newton and Hickory.
Highlights
Property details
- MLS
- Doorify MLS
- MLS #
- 10199195
- Property type
- Single Family Residence
- Subdivision
- Not in a Subdivision
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 1
- On market date
- October 19, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- 4
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- 7.85 acres
Location
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Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.
- Enrollment
- 284
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.2:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
- Enrollment
- 493
- Student:teacher ratio
- 17.6:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
- Enrollment
- 344
- Student:teacher ratio
- 26.5:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Newton's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
Market position
How this listing compares to current activity in Newton, from live MLS data.
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