Quantcast
Channel: Open Durham
Browsing all 1733 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

DURHAM HOTEL / TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

201-203East Main StreetCross street: North Church StreetDurhamNC1898-1903 Looking north-northeast, 1905. (Courtesy Durham County Library) The building on the northeast corner of East Main St. and...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

205 DUANE ST.

205Duane StreetDurhamNC1870-192004.17.14Use: ResidenceArchitectural style: CottageType: ResidentialConstruction type: FrameNeighborhood: Eastern Durham

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

3442 ANGIER AVE. - P. JONES FARM

3442Angier AvenueDurhamNC1860-19201999Owned by the Coca-Cola bottling company of Durham as of 2014. Appears from a distance to be deteriorating / to have lost its windows.04.17.2014Use:...

View Article

Waller, Michael E.

Education 1997 B.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina .Work Experience 2003-present Business Owner/Manager, WallerFoushee Studios, LLC2003-present Studio Manager,...

View Article

Preiss, Andrew

From his bio on his ARP design studio website:Since receiving a BA in Design from Duke University in 1991, Andrew Preiss has owned and operated ARP Design Studio, creating unique custom furnishings as...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

INTERSTATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SWITCHING STATION - 104 CITY HALL PL....

104Holloway StreetDurhamNC19201967The fourth and last of the main telephone exchange buildings established downtown, and the only one dedicated to the purpose, was the building at 104 Holloway St. The...

View Article

Franklin, Charles Otho

Son of Wiley Paschall Franklin and Caroline Weaver Franklin.Brother of: --Children of Wiley Paschall Franklin --Children of Caroline Weaver James Oscar Franklin [Charles Otho Franklin] Lester Lee...

View Article

Franklin, Nora Frances

Nora F. Franklin was the daughter of Minnie Beck Franklina and Charles Otho Franklin. She never married, and continued to live at 507 Yancey St. after the death of her father and mother. She worked at...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Franklin, Minnie Beck

1950s at 507 Yancey St. (Gene Franklin)Daughter of James Beck and Ailsey Garner Beck. Married to Charles Otho Franklin around 1900.Charles and Minnie were the parents of: Tommie Franklin(1901-1984 VA)...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

FRANKLIN HOUSE - 507 YANCEY STREET

507Built as a rental house ~1901, this house was owner-occupied by the Franklin family for 50 years.Yancey StreetDurhamNCPeople: Franklin, Minnie Beck, Franklin, Charles Otho, Franklin, Nora Frances,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Morehead, Eugene

Son of North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead, Eugene Morehead (1845-1889) was a classmate of Julian S. Carr at the University of North Carolina and, with Carr's encouragement, came to Durham and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Blackwell, William Thomas

Below from NCPedia:William Thomas Blackwell, tobacco manufacturer and civic leader, was born near Woodsdale in northern Person County. His father was James Lipscomb Blackwell, his mother Eleanor Fox...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jones, Thomas Decatur

Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) was in the tobacco business, buying into an auction house in 1880 and building a monumental brick warehouse at Morgan and Great Jones streets in 1885. He was born on a...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1016 Iredell St

1016Craftsman bungalow built in 1924 and renovated in 2005 and, again, in 2012. The 2012 renovation removed vinyl siding and restored original woodwork. 3 bedrooms; 1.5 baths; 1,500 square feet.Iredell...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

2212 CHAUTAUQUA AVE.

2212Chautauqua AvenueDurhamNC1910-1925 Use: ResidenceArchitectural style: Four SquareType: ResidentialConstruction type: FrameNeighborhood: College View

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

709 YANCEY ST.

709Yancey StreetArchitect/Designers: Harkrader, RichardDurhamNCBuilders: New Morning Construction19782012Passive solar house built in 1978 by Richard and Lonna Harkrader / New Morning...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

817 NORTH MANGUM ST.

817North Mangum StreetDurhamNC191005.30.11 (G. Kueber)201420142014Use: ResidentialArchitectural style: Colonial RevivalConstruction type: BrickNational Register: North Durham – Duke ParkType:...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

218 NORTH DILLARD STREET - BROWN HOUSE

218North Dillard StreetCross street: Holloway StreetArchitect/Designers: Barber, George FranklinDurhamNC1885-1900~1890s (Courtesy Chris DiMattei.) If it isn't clear, the landscape is drawn in around...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

HOLLOWAY STREET SCHOOL

1107The Holloway Street school was built in 1928, designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose. Rear wings were added to the school in 1950 and 1954. A gymnasium was added in 1975.Holloway StreetCross...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

314 ELLIOTT ST.

This one-story, pyramidal-roofed, Queen Anne influenced home with hip-roofed front dormer has a wraparound front porch supported by battered wood posts on brick piers. The first known resident is...

View Article
Browsing all 1733 articles
Browse latest View live