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WASHINGTON DUKE HOTEL / JACK TAR HOTEL
The grand hotel of Durham for 50 years - and one of the worst architectural losses in Durham historyCorcoran StreetCross street: East Chapel Hill StreetArchitect/Designers: Johnson, Stanhope...
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THOMAS J RIGSBEE FARM / DUKE UNIVERSITY WEST CAMPUS
Large farmland of the TJ Rigsbee family was bought by James B. Duke / Trinity College for the construction of Duke UniversityRigsbee RoadDurhamNC Rigsbee House, 1912 Left-to-right: 1 Mary Tom...
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ORANGE FACTORY
Orange Factory RoadDurhamNC1852Orange Factory was established in 1852 (so named because it was the first factory in then-Orange County,) by John Douglas and William Lipscomb on the banks of the Little...
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TRUST BUILDING
212West Main StreetCross street: Market StreetArchitect/Designers: Hook and Sawyer / Hook and Rogers / Hook and Hook, Hook, Charles Christian, Carr, George Watts Sr.DurhamBuilders: Underwood,...
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DURHAM WATER WORKS / RESERVOIR
1405Hillandale RoadDurhamNC1917 Under construction, 1917 W. M. Piatt and Company, (whose principal, William Piatt, I've referenced as the mid-20th century owner of Lochmoor) constructed the plant....
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HILLANDALE COUNTRY CLUB
2500West Club BoulevardCross street: Hillandale RoadDurhamNC1911 (Courtesy John Schelp) Around the turn of the 20th century, John Sprunt Hill acquired several hundred acres west of Durham (which he...
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813 PARK AVE.
813Park AvenueDurhamNC19571957 (Courtesy Rod Mullen)Per Rod Mullen "My father drew the plans himself and built that house between July 1956 and June of 1957 with the help of his friends at the Fire...
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101-105 E. MAIN ST.- TJ LAMBE CO. / HARVEY'S CAFETERIA
101-105East Main StreetCross street: North Mangum StreetDurhamNC1880-1891The buildings on the northeast corner of East Main St. and North Mangum St. were constructed sometime prior to 1891 and housed a...
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121 EAST MAIN STREET - PARIS / UPTOWN THEATERS
121East Main StreetDurhamNC1890-1905 Looking west-northwest from Church St. and East Main St., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The 100 block of East Main St. was part of the central core of downtown...
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811 VICKERS AVENUE
811Vickers AvenueDurhamNC811 Vickers, 01.05.67 Looking northeast, 01.05.67 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The four Craftsman-style houses at the northeast corner of Parker and Vickers (two on Parker and two on...
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BILTMORE HOTEL/GRILL/DRUGSTORE
330-332East Pettigrew StreetDurhamNC1929 Looking southeast at the Regal Theater and the Biltmore, 1946 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Although Dorothy Phelps' book opines the the Biltmore Hotel...
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923 ENGLEWOOD AVE. - BREEZE FARMHOUSE
923Englewood AvenueDurhamNC1893(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)Large 2-story frame house with a pyramidal...
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514 HOLLOWAY - PAUL NOELL HOUSE
514Holloway StreetDurhamNC~1893 Looking southwest, 1964. The house at 514 Holloway St. was likely built in the 1890s, perhaps by the Ferrell family. The original lot extended farther to the south...
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1022 Homer--Clements-Livengood House
1022Homer StreetDurhamNC1928The residents of this home applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application. (Application...
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922 Demerius St.--Cole-Bloomquist House
Cole-Blomquist House. Intact 1-story pyramidal cottage of load-bearing random granite walls.922Demerius StreetDurhamNC1912Cole-Blomquist House. Intact 1-story pyramidal cottage of load-bearing random...
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1306 FAYETTEVILLE STREET – COLLEGE INN
This one-story, front-gabled commercial building has a three-bay aluminum storefront with a door flanked by large picture windows. A grocer and blacksmith are listed at this address as early as 1925;...
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1502 EAST PETTIGREW STREET
Nice little house + store building along a still-attractive part of East Pettigrew St.1502East Pettigrew StreetCross street: Sowell StreetDurhamNC 1502 East Pettigrew Street, 05.08.11 This structure...
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WG PEARSON ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL
600East Umstead StreetCross street: Merrick StreetArchitect/Designers: Carr, George Watts Sr.DurhamNCPeople: Pearson, WIlliam Gaston1929 WG Pearson School, 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun...
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1004 WATTS STREET - BETH EL SYNAGOGUE
1004Watts StreetCross street: West Markham AvenueDurhamNCBusinesses: Beth El Synagogue1957In the publication titled, Percival Goodman: Architect - Planner - Teacher - Painter, it lists the Beth-el...
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206 East Hammond St--Norman-Marshall-Dixon House
206East HammondDurhamNC1928The current occupants (2018) of 206 East Hammond Street have applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information derives from the...
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