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Charles M. Thomas house at 600 Brookstown Avenue, 1924.

Charles M. Thomas house at 600 Brookstown Avenue, 1924.

Charles M. Thomas house at 600 Brookstown Avenue, 1924.

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  1. Not to be confused with today’s 600 Brookstown. Due to part of the street having been renamed, the numbering system had become so jumbled, including two different 700 blocks, that in 1954 the entire street was renumbered. Today, the address would be 1300 Brookstown, at the intersection with Jersey.

    1 | Fam Brownlee Monday, March 9, 2009 5:59 pm

  2. As a youngster I lived next door at 521 Brookstown Ave. from 1938-1942. I remember the vegetable garden in front (Vitory Garden?)and the chicken coops in back! I even remember getting pecked bt a hen!

    2 | Paxson B. Glenn Monday, March 23, 2009 1:07 pm

  3. or was this at the southeast corner..if so then it was duplexed and Frank Spencer J & S sports writer lived there. His son Petey was a friend as well as Sandy Harper on the other side!

    3 | Paxson B. Glenn Monday, March 23, 2009 1:09 pm

  4. After the Thomas family went bankrupt in the depression, my grandfather, Sanford C. Harper, Sr., bought the house, originally for himself. But because he already had built a new home on Georgia Ave., later the Rudolph home, he never moved into it. Instead he turned it into four apartments. My mother and father, Mr. & Mrs. S.C. Harper, Jr. moved into the apartment on the first floor facing the garden terraces. Here we lived until I was in R.J. Reynolds H.S.. With a huge basement and attic, not to mention the large yard (originally with swimming pool and tennis courts) it was a great place to grow up.
    Michael B. Harper, Tucson, AZ.

    4 | Michael B. Harper Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:29 pm

  5. This house is now owned by an attorney and is a single family home. Sometime in the past decade, they tore down a few interior walls and even found a piano hidden behind one.

    5 | H Foster Friday, April 16, 2010 2:33 am

  6. My mother, Evelyn Edith Hiatt Alexander lived in this house until she was 12 years old. She was raised by her Uncle Charles Moses Thomas and his wife. She is 97 years old and has many fond memories of this house.

    6 | Beth Stouffer Sunday, December 22, 2013 4:51 pm

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title
Charles M. Thomas house at 600 Brookstown Avenue, 1924.
creator
Unknown
description
Charles M. Thomas house at 600 Brookstown Avenue, 1924.
publisher
Forsyth County Public Library
rightsHolder
Forsyth County
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
FJ.16019
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth FCPL-Houses-A
isReferencedBy
UZZ_HOA_2942
rights
The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. Images and text may not be used for any commercial purposes without prior permission from the Forsyth County Public Library. When use is made of these images and texts, it is the responsibility of the user to obtain additional permission as necessary and to observe the stated access policy, the laws of copyright and the educational fair use guidelines. All FCPL photographs must be credited as follows: Courtesy of the Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
created
//1924
identifier
https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uzz/hoa/uzz_hoa_02942.jpg, https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uzz/hoa/uzz_hoa_02942-th.jpg, https://hdl.handle.net/10339/20510
issued
1924--
abstract
Source: Booklet, "Art Work of Piedmont Section of North Carolina, " 1924.
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