Michael Mettrey purchased the house near Cameron Village in 1981. He liked the idea of being the third proprietor of a house once owned by Everett Case, the great N.C. State basketball coach.
Nearly four decades later, Mettrey and his wife, Iris Beckham Mettrey, love the place they call home. Shunning offers from various parties who see the land as prime for commercial business, the couple wants to preserve what they believe is a historic piece of Raleigh property.
“As a kid, everybody knew it was Everett Case’s house,” says the 75-year-old Mettrey, who was born and raised in Raleigh.