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130 NELSON STREET

130Nelson StreetDurhamNC1963 Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic District Submission, January 2018 Largely obscured by foliage, this one-story, side-gabled Ranch house is four...

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217 NELSON STREET

217Nelson StreetDurhamNC1935Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 This one-story, front-gabled duplex is four bays wide and four-pile with...

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420 NELSON STREET

420Nelson StreetDurhamNC1963 Photograph taken by Heather Slane, hmw Preservation, National Historic District Submission, December 2017 Among the latest houses constructed in the district, this...

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CLARK AND SORRELL GARAGE / TRIANGLE BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER

323Foster StreetDurhamBusinesses: Clark and Sorrell, Scientific PropertiesNC1932 (Courtesy Scientific Properties) The Clark & Sorrell garage had its origins in an auto repair shop at 214 E. Parrish...

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126 MASONDALE AVENUE

126Masondale AvenueDurhamNC1954Photograph taken by Cheri Szondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 Among the most distinctive Ranch houses in the district, the house features a...

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2111 OTIS ST.

2111Otis StreetDurhamNC1945-19478.17.2020, Photo by Beverly Evans The one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled Period Cottage is three bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled entrance bay,...

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2108 DUNCAN ST.

2108Duncan StreetDurhamNC1946Photo by Melva Rigel, August 2020 This one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is four bays wide and double-pile with aluminum siding, eight-over-eight...

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402 EAST PETTIGREW - BILTMORE ESSO

402East Pettigrew StreetDurhamNC Looking east, 1940s. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) I don't have much in the way of information or photos on the Biltmore Esso, at 402 East Pettigrew Street. It...

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518-520 EAST PETTIGREW

518-520East Pettigrew StreetDurhamNClate 1920s 518 East Pettigrew, ~1970 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 518 1/2 East Pettigrew, ~1970 (Courtesy Durham County Library /...

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DURHAM STATION / FREIGHT & CAR TRAIN DEPOT

West Pettigrew StreetCross street: Blackwell StreetDurhamNC1930s Original 1854 NC railroad survey, showing the future location of Durham's Station (Courtesy David Southern/Steve Rankin) As most folks...

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410 W. GEER ST.

410Originally the Hometown Sales and Service - a dealership for Kaiser Frazer automobiles, 410 W. Geer has housed the predecessor to Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, the North Carolina Fund, and now is...

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UZZLE USED CAR PAGODA

634Foster StreetDurhamNC<p><img alt="634Foster_091011.jpg" src="/sites/default/files/images/2011_11/634Foster_091011.jpg" /></p><p>09.10.11</p><p>Built as the used...

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103 HUNT ST.

103Hunt StreetDurhamNCc.194712.03.13 This small, t-shaped cinder block house was apparently built in the late 1940s on the back half of the lot of a house facing Mangum Street - with residents first...

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918 N. MANGUM ST.

918North Mangum StreetDurhamNC19201981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library)(Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this...

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TE CHEEK HOUSE / MOOSE LODGE

406East Trinity AvenueDurhamNC1923 The TE Cheek house was built in ~1923 on the site of the Geer Farmhouse after that house was moved to the west end of the block between Hamlin (now Rosetta) and North...

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616 N. QUEEN ST.

616North Queen StreetCross street: Mallard AvenueDurhamNC191906.19.12This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile. The house has a stuccoed brick foundation, vinyl siding, and an...

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614 N. QUEEN ST.

614North Queen StreetDurhamNC191906.19.12A one-story, hip-roofed house, this building is identical in form to its neighbors at 612 and 616 N. Queen Street. The house is three bays wide and triple-pile...

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612 N. QUEEN ST.

612North Queen StreetDurhamNC191906.19.12 This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile. The house has a stuccoed concrete block foundation under the porch, vinyl siding, and an...

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307 MALLARD AVE.

307Mallard AvenueDurhamNC1900-1920(Below in italics is from the 2009 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)The one-story, pyramidal-roofed house with centered front gable...

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309 MALLARD AVE.

309Mallard AvenueCross street: North Queen StreetDurhamNC1912July 2006This two-story, two-bay house with a high, hipped roof has a shed-roofed dormer on the front of the house with a window that has...

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