35.979938, -78.909447
Year built
1950
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
115453
From the National Register nomination form of 2005, completed by M. Ruth Little
1-story Ranch house with hip roof, interior chimney, 2-over-2 horizontal sash windows, a large front picture window, and an entrance in the side of the main block with a brick stoop. At right is a recessed side wing. Aluminum siding. W. Willis Happer Jr., a sales-manager at Seven Up, was the owner-occupant in 1950. [1950 CD] Robby Poore, whose families lived in 426 and 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, 1968, 1969, and 1970). Here is one individual image of 424 Carolina Circle of the rear of the house.The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:
| Year | Occupant(s) | Occupation(s) | Other information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Eleanor W. Happer | W.Willis Happer, Jr. | salesman | Willis worked for 7-UP. | |
| 1956 | Alice H. Peeler | Jonathan L. Peeler | vice president | Jonathan worked for J. Lee Peeler & Co. (attorneys). | |
| 1961 | Jane Aydlette | Laurance A. Aydlette, Jr. | secretary, treasurer, bookkeeper | Laurance worked for Morgan Motors, located at 3801 Hillsborough Rd. | |
| 1963 | (vacant) | ||||
| 1964 | Mildred C. Ingold | James E. Ingold | salesman | James worked for Ingold Tire Inc. and was president of Durham Business Club | |
| 1967 | Laurie H. Ruskin | Harvey Ruskin | physician | Harvey worked at Watts Hospital and as the Chief Resident of Urologic Surgery at Duke. | |
| 1970 | Martha Murphy | John M. Murphy | personnel manager | John worked at Sperry Rand, located at 921 Holloway St. | |
| 1974 | Frances E. Ward | instructor | Frances worked at the Duke Medical Center. | ||
| 1979 | Robyn Wall | executive director | Robyn worked at the Family Counseling Services of Durham, located at 809 W Chapel Hill St. | ||
| 1981 | Teresa Brennan | Robert O. Brennan | house staff associate | ||
| 1987 | Ben Tate | retired | |||
| 1988 | P.J. Henry | ||||
| 1989 | Griceda D. Eades | Edward Eades | |||
| 1993 | (vacant) | ||||
| 1994 | M. Edwards | ||||
| 1995 | Sara Josinski | Meredith A. Schuford | |||
| 1998 | (unknown) | ||||
| 1999 | Jacqueline M. Burke | ||||
| 2001 | Adriana Vidal | ||||
| 2002 | Kimberley D. Reed | ||||
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