John and Ruth Schwab House

Contributors:
James M. Webb, architect; James M Webb and John B. Webb Associates, architects
Dates:

1957

Location:
Chapel Hill, Orange County
Street Address:

1030 Highland Woods

Status:

Standing

Type:

Residential

Images Published In:

M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1795-1975 (2006)

Note:

Built on a sloping lot to accommodate two levels, the Schwab House originally had three bedrooms and an unfinished basement improved over the years as additional children’s bedrooms as their family grew. Donald Stewart, who joined Webb Associates in 1957 and likely had a hand in the original design, was responsible for additions to the house: a side expansion for a new living room and bathroom in 1965, when Stewart was still with Webb’s firm, and a small expansion of the kitchen on the front of the house in 1979, after Webb had withdrawn from the partnership.