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About the Neighborhood

According to the tax records, there are around 650 family residential properties in the South Oleander - Glen Meade area, which is actually comprised of six neighborhoods and the Oleander Court condos. Country Club Terrace is the area near the Country Club. Oleander Estates starts on South Live Oak Parkway south of Gillette and includes Kingsley and South Canterbury. Highland Hills is between South Oleander and Glen Meade and includes Azalea, Churchill, Knollwood, Hillsvboro, Brookhaven, Ashbrook, Randolph and parts of Gillette and Fairway. South Oleander is primarily Hawthorne and Live Oak. Glen Meade is closer to the hospital and includes Echo, Lynnwood, Marlwood, Waverly, Tattersalls, Druid, Parham, Blythe, Delaney and Glen Meade Roads.

There are around 40 lots that are referred to as unused residential, which means they don't have a house on them.

Country Club Terrace - 43
Drayton Square - 41
Glen Meade - 138
Highland Hills - 156
South Oleander - 119
Oleander Estates - 51
Oleander Court Condos - 62

Adjacent properties
Jumpin Run - 56
Magnolia Place - 11
Sterling Place - 11

Historically speaking

Looking at the history of the neighborhood, the oldest homes are two on Country Club. The home at 1517 Country Club was built in 1928, and the house on 1505 Country Club was built in 1929. There were close to 100 homes built around this time in Magnolia Place and on Oleander. The Oleander Court Condo building was built in 1940.

The Cape Fear Country Club was founded in 1896, with a 7 hole golf course that is the second oldest in North Carolina. It became a full 18 hole course by 1924.

Another 125 houses were built in the 1950s, then another 170 in the 1970s and 140 in the 80s. Less than 50 on the homes in the neighborhood have been built since 2000.

Top Ten Homes

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