113 Neely Court – The Historic Neely Family Home

City Directories and History: The Hall-Neely house was constructed during the Civil War circa 1863 by R.F. Hall. The contract for original sale read, “lumber to complete the house and kitchen now in progress of being built.” The house was shortly sold to John R. Hall and subsequently by Joseph W. Steele, Cephas J. Kee, and Ida J. McConnell.  John B. Neely acquired the property in 1894 and resided here until 1947. Two of his daughters Misses Aline and Juanita Neely continued calling this their home until it was demolished for a residencial development in 1977. [Courtesy of Ebenezer Pres., Church – S.B. Mendehall]

The Neely home shows as a dot on the Walker Postal Map of 1910, between Oldpoint and Ebenezer Church.

The John Neely family consisted on several children, two of whom moved to Lancaster, SC. Juanita Neely continued living in the house and continued as a home-demonstration agent with the agricultural extension service. Dr. Alton Brown stated, “we called her the chicken doctor.”

Alene Neely was a graduate nurse. She married into the Coffey family of N.C. and often returned home in a chauffeur-driven Cadillac.

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