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717 HOLLOWAY ST. - CALVIN O'BRIANT HOUSE
717One of the oldest houses remaining upright in the City of Durham, the Calvin O'Briant house is the remaining 'farmhouse' of a much larger one-time farmstead that precedes of development of the...
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NC MUTUAL ANNEX BUILDING
501Willard StreetCross street: Jackson SreetDurhamNCBusinesses: North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company197001.16.70 (Photo by the Herald-Sun)03.16.08 (Photo by Gary Kueber)On 02.01.12, Greenfire...
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NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
801Stadium DriveDurhamNC196002.20.14Use: ArmoryArchitectural style: Midcentury ModernType: GovernmentConstruction type: Brick, MasonryNeighborhood: Northern Durham
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SW CORNER CHURCH & E MAIN: 130 EAST MAIN
130East Main StreetCross street: South Church StreetDurhamNC1885-1895 Looking west on East Main St. from Church St., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The building on the southwest corner of Church St....
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2002 E. MAIN ST.
2002East Main StreetCross street: Robertson StreetDurhamNC1920(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)Pyramidal cottage with...
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707 NORTH QUEEN STREET
707This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile. The front gable has a nine- light window and louvered vent. This house mirrors the one across the street at 706 N. Queen Street...
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2646 UNIVERSITY DR.
2646University DriveArchitect/Designers: Harkrader, RichardDurhamBuilders: New Morning ConstructionNC1977200602.16.14 (Gary Kueber)Construction type: FrameArchitectural style: ContemporaryNeighborhood:...
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FEW GARDENS
Morning Glory AvenueCross street: Holman StreetArchitect/Designers: Weeks, Howard RaymondDurhamNC1952Rendering of Few Gardens, 04.23.52 (Courtesy Herald Sun via Dana Few Pope)Initial grading work at...
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2650 UNIVERSITY DR.
2650University DriveCross street: West Cornwallis RoadDurhamNC192802.16.14 (Photo by G. Kueber)This house was developed in 1928 as part of the original Rockwood development for physician James Shuler,...
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2648 UNIVERSITY DR.
2648University DriveDurhamNC1930People: Galifianakis, Nick02.16.14 (Photo by G. Kueber)The Galifianakis family moved to this house in the early 1960s; as of 2014, Nick Galifianakis and his wife Lou...
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WEST DURHAM GRADED SCHOOL NO. 1
Swift AvenueCross street: Caswell PlaceDurhamNC1898-1900 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The West Durham Graded School No. 1 was built at the corner of Swift Avenue and...
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DUKE SCHOOL (ORIGINAL)
Case StreetCross street: Hull AvenueArchitect/Designers: Harkrader, RichardDurhamNCBuilders: New Morning Construction198402.16.1402.16.14Construction type: FrameNeighborhood: Old West DurhamType:...
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1215 SHEPHERD ST.
This passive solar 'Harkrader House' sits on stilts and has an elevated bridge entry. The multiple windows on the southern side of the house let in additional light and warmth in the winter months,...
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1320 SHEPHERD ST. - HARKRADER HOUSE
The Harkraders built for themselves what would be a ~prototype for a multitude of other passive solar houses that made good use of clever siting and contemporary design to build on what had been...
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302 MORRIS ST.
302Morris StreetCross street: Hunt StreetDurhamNC1944The building at 302 Morris Street was built in 1943-1944 to, initially, house branches of the USO - prompting by expanding service needs during...
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613 HOLLOWAY / O'BRIANT STORE
613Holloway StreetDurhamNC1915-1920One of my favorite buildings in Durham is the O'Briant store. Established ~1 block away on Railroad St. by RP O'Briant (who lived in the house directly across the...
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1318 N. GREGSON ST.
1318North Gregson StreetDurhamNC1927(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)Craftsman-style 1 1/2,-story brick house with a front gable...
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1520 KENT ST.
This passive solar 'Harkrader House' features a solar hot water heater on the roof and multiple windows on the southern side of the home. Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt's Bees, owned this home...
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1206 HILL ST. - SPILLER HOUSE
This passive solar 'Harkrader House' was built by New Morning Construction for one of the firm's carpenters, Ben Spiller, and his family.1206Hill StreetArchitect/Designers: Harkrader,...
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LIPSCOMB HOUSE / ARROWHEAD INN
106Mason RoadCross street: North Roxboro RoadDurhamNC18351910-1950(Courtesy Milo Pyne)Among the early structures scattered through northern Durham County, the Lipscomb House/Arrowhead Inn is...
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