COOLEEMEEÂ â The little white house on South Main Street, from the road, looks perfectly fine.
The 2-bedroom, 1-bath dwelling is best described as modest; realtors might call it a âhandymanâs specialâ or a âfixer-upper. It was built in 1920, and the legal description in Davie County property tax records â lot 294 Erwin Mills â indicates that it originally was constructed to house textile workers.
For years, it was home to a man named Stevie Smith. Following his death in 2016, for a short time, the little house became a symbol of hope when Smithâs sister donated it to a nonprofit organization for use as transitional housing for the homeless.