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511 YATES STREET / ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH / 500 BLOCK YATES AVENUE
511Yates StreetArchitect/Designers: Northup and O'Brien, Carr, George Watts Sr.DurhamNC1929Yates Avenue ran between West Chapel Hill St. and West Pettigrew St. - one of the core north-south streets of...
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2511 W. CLUB BLVD.
2511West Club BoulevardDurhamNC1922Photograph taken in 2016 for Preservation Durham home tour brochure. Fall 2022 update: This home is having its 100th Birthday and you're invited! Find out more about...
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2321 WEST CLUB BLVD.
2321West Club BoulevardCross street: Alabama AvenueDurhamNC192208.28.11 Fall 2022 update: This home is having its 100th Birthday and you're invited! Find out more about the free (but donations...
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LAKEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
2100Former Lakewood Baptist BuildingChapel Hill RoadCross street: Bivins StreetDurhamNC1924 Lakewood Baptist, likely 1920s (Courtesy Charles Howard) Lakewood Baptist, like several of the original...
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400 BLOCK SOUTH GREGSON
400South Gregson StreetCross street: Jackson StreetDurhamNCWhen writing about Gregson Street, I've frequently made the point that, until the late 1960s, it only extended as far south as Jackson Street....
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1106 ALABAMA AVE.
1106Alabama AvenueDurhamNC1917Stoner House, approx 1920 (postcard sent in 1924.)Back of postcard from Dr. Ira Stoner, 1924.One of my favorite odd and slightly spooky houses in Durham is now much less...
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306 WAKE PL.
306Wake PlaceDurhamNC1920Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1920. Prior to the 1930s, Wake Place was...
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HOME SECURITY LIFE BUILDING / POLICE DEPARTMENT
505Modernist office building built by the Hill family in 1957 for their Home Security Life insurance company. In the 1990s, it became the headquarters for the Durham Police Department.West Chapel Hill...
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
200East Main StreetCross street: South Roxboro StreetDurhamNC"Public Welfare" was established in Durham in 1919, after passage of the Public Welfare Law by the NC General Assembly. Prior to that time,...
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LOUIS A CARR HOUSE
900South Duke StreetCross street: West Proctor StreetDurhamNCPeople: Carr, Louis A1880sLouis A. Carr, despite the familiar last name, was not directly related to Julian Carr; rather he came to Durham...
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BUDD HOUSE - 903 S. DUKE
903W. P. Budd, a partner in the Budd-Piper Roofing Company, commissioned Raleigh architect Murray Nelson to design this two-and-one-half-story Tudor Revival style house in the late 1920s. One of the...
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GEORGE WATTS HOUSE - HARWOOD HALL
806South Duke StreetCross street: Proctor StreetArchitect/Designers: Rand and Taylor / Kendall and TaylorDurhamNCPeople: Watts, George Washington1897Harwood Hall, 1920s. (From "Favored by Fortune" by...
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EUGENE MOREHEAD HOUSE (FIRST)
804South Duke StreetCross street: Morehead AvenueDurhamNCPeople: Morehead, Eugene1880 Eugene Morehead's house, looking west-southwest from S. Duke St. - 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) Eugene Morehead...
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512 GRAY AVE.
512Gray AvenueDurhamNC1934Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was built in 1934.Architectural style: Triple AConstruction...
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910 GURLEY ST.
910Gurley StreetDurhamNCc.1920Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. Likely built around 1920, permits suggest this bungalow was demolished some time between 2009 and...
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309 CANAL STREET
309Canal StreetCross street: North Queen StreetDurhamNC1900-1915Photography by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. Likely built around the turn of century, this house is remarkably...
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916 N. ELIZABETH ST.
916North Elizabeth StreetDurhamNC1930Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1930.Architectural style:...
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1409 GEARWOOD AVE.
1409Gearwood AvenueDurhamNC1945Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1945.Construction type: Frame /...
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LOWES GROVE SCHOOL
Innovative school provided a center for once-rural community. Now almost entirely demolished.South Alston AvenueCross street: Highway 54DurhamNC1923 Lowes Grove School, 1910s Above from Durham...
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CARRINGTON STREET
Part of 'the Bottoms', eliminated by urban renewal and the extension of Blackwell St. south from Morehead to LakewoodCarrington StreetCross street: West Lakewood AvenueDurhamNC Part of "The Bottoms" -...
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