"Kannapolis resident Jamison Lee bought the Harvey Jeremiah Peeler house for $130,000 in 2004 and has worked for seven years to restore the home.

“I just walked by it and fell in love with it,” he said. “It was so sad that it was in disrepair.”

Built in 1923, the house is the first Kannapolis mill village home to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lee recently completed most of the restoration on the house and is now using an office on the second floor for his business, Jigsaw Digital Inc. He also plans to open the site for lease as a venue for special events and professional office space.

Located at 101 South Ridge Ave. in Kannapolis, the Craftsman and Colonial Revival style home is adjacent to Cannon Village and the North Carolina Research Campus. It is one of just a few private homes in the village not built by Cannon Mills."

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Independent Tribune (1/28/2012)