Ann And Archie Ogden House

One-story hip roof Ranch house with German siding below window sills and flush beaded sheathing above. Paired 2-over-2 horizontal sash windows are set at the corners. Entrance has a brick stoop with metal railing. Interior chimney. At right front is a projecting bedroom wing; at left is a sunroom with original jalousie windows. Archie Ogden, a student, was the owner-occupant in 1950. [1950 CD] Robby Poore, son of Anne and Ray Poore - and grandson of the Van Arsdalls, who lived at 421 Carolina Circle - has posted some fabulous mid-century photos of Carolina Circle, and Durham in general, on his personal Flickr page. There are several albums (1948, 1949, 1950, 1950-1954, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970), many of which contain a multitude of interior and exterior shots of 426 and 421 Carolina Circle. A few of them include: the front facade, a side exterior, the living room space, the rear alley, and a view front the front door of the now-demolished Apex Street Bridge.

The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:

Year	Occupant(s)		Occupation(s)		Other information
1950	Ann C. Ogden	Archie Ogden		student
1952	Camilla Bittle	Claude Bittle		lawyer	Claude's office was located at 319 E Chapel Hill St.
1960	Ankie O. Pontious	Richard B. Pontious	area supervisor		Ankie worked for the Welcome Wagon.
1967	Anne (Van Arsdall) Poore	Ray V. Poore		assistant professor	Ray worked in the Duke Department of Physics and later at the Los Alamos Scientific Lab.
1971	(unknown)
1973	Eleanor M. Bradsher		employee		Eleanor worked at the Duke Hotel, presumably the Washington Duke Hotel, which was imploded in 1975.
1976	Carol Hyman	Robert E. Hyman, Jr.	salesman		Robert worked at Alex Jones Interiors.
1984	Pamela H. Tashjian	David N. Tashjian		house staff	David worked at Duke University Hospital as a dermatologist.

Ann And Archie Ogden House

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