Dowd House

About the Project

James C. Dowd built this farmhouse on 248 acres in southwest Charlotte in 1879. During WWI, it became the headquarters of the U.S. Army’s Camp Greene. It also is an example of Southern Victorian architecture, a style prominent in the late 1800s of which there are few remaining examples in the region today. Mecklenburg County purchased the property in 1985 to preserve it, but years of standing vacant took a toll on the structure. In 2018, the county invited developers to submit proposals to acquire and preserve the property. Rob Pressley of MECA Commercial Real Estate and his wife, Kathy, acquired the property and completely restored the house, expanding it for office use. After more than two years of painstaking renovations, the Dowd House is now home to MECA Commercial Real Estate.