The Perry Goodrum House Pre Rehab Courtesy Abigail Jennings
Description
Perry Goodrum House (c. 1906)
Perry Goodrum was a Supervisor of the Gem Yarn Mill
Exemplary Queen Anne Cottage
The “Perry Goodrum House” is the older of the two houses. Perry W. Goodrum bought the lot in 1900 and erected the residence sometime thereafter. His family owned the house until 1989, but Perry died in 1911 of typhoid fever. The cause was probably contaminated water from a community well that still exists behind the Goodrum House. Goodrum was an administrator at the Cornelius Gem Cotton Mill.
