As a member of a religious and ethnic minority in a Southern town, Robert Goldberg, a Jewish man, knew discrimination.
Robert Goldberg outwitted this prejudice by hiring one of the best architects in the South to build a mansion big enough for parties, meetings, and even worship services. The rabbi, after all, didn’t mind conducting a service in a home. He’d been circulating for years. Sometimes, the faithful met in stores.
When the house was finished in 1924, it was grand—a stunning brick mansion with stucco ornament, Palladian windows, and even a pool. It’s so stately that it looks like it’s always been there. When friends push open the massive front doors, they gasp. The foyer is big enough for a hundred people. The curving staircase draws the eye up to a second-floor balcony and fancy, barrel-vaulted ceilings. Chandeliers sparkle and floors gleam.
“From our understanding, because they were Jewish, they couldn’t get into the club, and so they built this to really be a social gathering place,” Jessica Churchill says. She and her husband, Alex, bought the Gastonia house 10 years ago. Designed by Atlanta architect Neel Reid, it was the only single-family Reid home outside of Georgia. “It’s got a ballroom; it has the first in-ground, lighted pool in North Carolina; it had electric outlets in the sunken patio outside for the band,” Jessica says. “It was built to be grand, but a welcoming place.”
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