Business / Organization Type Architectural Practice Can you help?You don't need to know everything, but can you improve the description? Maybe add some more details?Log in or register and you can edit this. A Boston architectural firm brought to NC by George Watts and his son John Sprunt Hill to design multiple buildings for the family businesses and projects. Related as an architect John Sprunt Hill House Hill House, 1910s-1920s. (From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill) Louis A. Carr, despite the familiar last name, was not directly related to Julian Carr; rather he came to Durham from Baltimore in the late 1880s or early 1890s. He became a partner with Samuel T. Morgan in the Durham Fertilizer Company, and along with Julian Carr and... Read More Beverly Apartments In 1913, George Watts constructed the Beverly Apartments (Durham's first apartment building) on the eastern portion of his Watts Hospital site (at the corner of Watts and Main St, facing Watts St.) It's reported that it contained 10 5-room apartments. Revenue from the apartments evidently went to supplement the finances of Watts Hospital. Taken... Read More Watts Hospital (1909-1980) / North Carolina School Of Science And Math George Watts-funded hospital became the primary hospital for white patients in Durham during the early to mid-20th century; it closed in the 1970s after the creation of Durham Regional Hospital and became the home for the new North Carolina School of Science and Math Read More George Watts House - Harwood Hall Harwood Hall, 1920s. (From "Favored by Fortune" by Howard Covington) The title of Howard Covington's book about the Watts and Hills of Durham- "Favored by Fortune" - seems somewhat trite at first glance, but it is an apt description of George Watts' entry into the gentry of Durham. When your father buys you a 1/5 share in the Duke and Sons Tobacco... Read More Temple Building (Courtesy Duke Archives) The Temple building was constructed in 1909 by John Sprunt Hill out of materials left over from the construction of Watts Hospital on Club Blvd. (His uncle, George W. Watts, was the primary benefactor of the hospital.) Read More Watts Hospital (1895-1909) For the first ~40 years of its existence, Durham made do without a hospital. This was not unusual, particularly for a town of Durham's size. Medical care, when available, was provided in the home by visiting physicians. Read More Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
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