Sherrod Park

Sherrod Park is an eighteen-acre residential subdivision along three blocks of Woodrow Avenue in north central High Point, about ten blocks north of downtown. Developer Archibald Sherrod had it platted in 1926 into 66 lots, and engineer A. E. Taplin designed a plan that includes a landscaped greenway entrance along a brook. Nurseryman J. Van Lindley planted pin oaks and crepe myrtles. Forty-four houses and 29 matching garages date from before 1941. Tudor Revival houses dominate, mostly brick veneer, alongside Craftsman, Colonial Revival and eclectic designs. Many were built from mail-order or lumber-company plans. A 1907 Queen Anne house moved here in the 1930s adds a Victorian accent. Later ranch houses account for the noncontributing buildings. The district was listed as a well-preserved middle-class automobile suburb of the late 1920s and for its collection of period revival houses, and it shows the move from streetcar suburbs to car-oriented neighborhoods in High Point.