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GEORGE LYON HOUSE
803South Duke StreetCross street: Morehead AvenueArchitect/Designers: Barrett, Charles W.DurhamNC1903~1903 (Colonial Southern Homes by Barrett, Charles W.) Retrieved from...
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518 MOREHEAD AVENUE / JOHN F. WILY HOUSE
518Morehead AvenueArchitect/Designers: Barrett, Charles W.DurhamNCPeople: Wily, John F.19001903 (Colonial Southern Homes by Barrett, Charles W.) Retrieved from...
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313 EAST MAIN STREET
315East Main StreetDurhamNCPeople: Fuller, TB1885-19031903 (Colonial Southern Homes by Barrett, Charles W.) Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/colonialsouthern00barr)The earliest grand houses...
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412 S. MANGUM (MCMANNEN) ST. - CARRINGTON HOUSE
412The WT Carrington house - a beautiful Queen Anne that remained well-preserved until its destruction by urban renewal.South Mangum StreetDurhamNC1885-18951903 - noted as "successful remodeling of an...
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1208 Cornell Street / James Alston House
1208Cornell StreetCross street: Lakewood AvenueDurhamNC1938Construction type: Frame, Pier & Curtain FoundationNeighborhood: Lyon ParkType: ResidentialUse: ResidentialArchitectural style: Craftsman,...
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SOUTH GREGSON RR BRIDGE - "11FOOT8 BRIDGE"
Will you be its next victim?The bridge in August 2015. Retrieved from Wikipedia.Much like railroad bridges at Roxboro Street, West Chapel Hill Street, and Ninth Street, the bridge at South Gregson...
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FRANKLIN HOUSE - 507 YANCEY STREET
Built as a rental house ~1901, this house was owner-occupied by the Franklin family for 50 years.507Yancey StreetDurhamNC1901People: Franklin, Minnie Beck, Franklin, Charles Otho, Franklin, Nora...
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803 VICKERS AVE.
803Vickers AvenueDurhamNC1890-1920801 Vickers to the left, 803 Vickers to the right - August 1964(Courtesy Milo Pyne)Demolished for the Durham Freeway in 1966. They tended to burn a lot of these...
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JACK TAR MOTEL
212North Corcoran StreetCross street: West Parrish StreetArchitect/Designers: Davis, Archie RoyalDurhamNC1962 Jack Tar Motel, 212 N.Corcoran, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library)---202-204 N. Corcoran...
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THE TERRACE
411West Chapel Hill StreetCross street: South Duke StreetArchitect/Designers: Pugin, Byron A.DurhamBuilders: Wilkerson, William AlbertNC1887People: Duke, Benjamin Newton1911The block bounded by West...
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Duke, Benjamin Newton
Benjamin Newton Duke (April 25, 1855 – January 8, 1929) was a U.S. tobacco, textile, energy industrialist and philanthropist. He was the son of Washington Duke and half-brother to Brodie Leonidas...
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212 WATTS ST.
212Watts StreetCross street: Gloria AvenueDurhamNC1900-192006.21.11(From the TP NR nomination:)Durham County Deputy Sheriff and County Tax Collector J .J. Thaxton is the earliest known occupant of this...
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J. Fred Rippy House - 814 East Forest Hills Boulevard
814East Forest Hills BoulevardDurhamNC1927Original owner, Dr. J. Fred Rippy, was a well-respsected scholar in the field of Latin American history and was a professor at the University of Chicago...
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RINALDI'S - 1117 W. MAIN ST.
1117West Main StreetCross street: West Peabody StreetDurhamNC1900-191309.11.59 (Courtesy Herald-Sun)1117 West Main, 1950s.(Courtesy Herald-Sun)I don't know a lot about Rinaldi's restaurant - except for...
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1714 BAHAMA RD.
1714Bahama RoadBahamaNC1924 1957 side additionArchitectural style: BungalowConstruction type: FrameNeighborhood: BahamaType: ResidentialUse: ResidenceFind location: Manually (place location on...
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1012 West Knox Street
The Hackney House is representative of the work of one of Durham's important residential architects and it retains its original appearance and details.1012West Knox StreetArchitect/Designers: Hackney,...
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1810 Lakewood Ave - Lakewood Methodist Parsonage
Built as a parsonage for Lakewood Methodist Church.1810Lakewood AvenueDurhamNC 1810 Lakewood was built as a parsonage for Lakewood Methodist Church. Vivian Edwin Wilson, original owner, was an active...
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1009 Burch Avenue - M. Webb Thompson House I
1009Burch AvenueDurhamNC19241009 Burch Avenue was built by M. Webb Thompson and his wife Minnie A. Thompson. (In 1940, Thompson built 1010 Burch Ave. across the street.) In 1940 Enclosed rear porchIn...
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FRANKLIN HOUSE - 507 YANCEY STREET
Built as a rental house ~1901, this house was owner-occupied by the Franklin family for 50 years.507Yancey StreetDurhamNC1901People: Franklin, Minnie Beck, Franklin, Charles Otho, Franklin, Nora...
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803 VICKERS AVE.
803Vickers AvenueDurhamNC1890-1920801 Vickers to the left, 803 Vickers to the right - August 1964(Courtesy Milo Pyne)Demolished for the Durham Freeway in 1966. They tended to burn a lot of these...
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