CityView Magazine

28 | April 2015 BY COURTNEY PHILLIPS The Woods' Haymount Home Cleverly hidden from the hustle and bustle of Raeford Road, Clyde and Martha Beck Wood's home in Haymount is beautifully deceptive, both in size and age. Completed in 1958, the house has been a well loved home to three different Fayetteville families, beginning with the Richard Lilly Sr. family, Graham and Mary Rose Bell, and finally the Woods. I ronically designed by Fayetteville's most recognizable modernist archi- tect, Dan MacMillan, the home was modeled, nearly without exception, to a 17th century Georgian home, called Holly Hill, found in Ann Arundel Coun- ty of southern Maryland. Boasting a mix of modern and tra- ditional elements, the crasmanship is second to none. Clyde, President of King Model Homes Building Company, fell in love with the home at Martha's urging. "Clyde didn't want an old house and we were in the process of design- ing a home across the street on the land where I grew up, but when Mary Rose Bell told me they were thinking of downsizing, I knew it was a great op- portunity. 'Just go over there and have a look,' I told Clyde. He couldn't pass it up when he saw it. e quality is in- credible and to reproduce it would cost a fortune," said Martha. Walking through the Charleston green double front doors into the glossy white wainscoted foyer, the eye imme- diately travels forward to the sparkling European crystal chandelier elegantly floating above the lengthy dining room table. A sweeping bow window offers ample natural light and extra space for entertaining. Traditionally decorated to Southern perfection, the silver tea The Woods' exquisite dining room The Woods' Georgian-influenced home

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