Queen Anne Victorian

309 Canal Street

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. Likely built around the turn of century, this house is remarkably similar in design to those nearby at 304 Gray Ave. and 405 N. Elizabeth St. It underwent significant renovation between 2011 and 2014. 309 Canal Street, 04.16.11 Durham County Tax Administration photo.

313 East Main Street

The earliest grand houses on the east side of Durham were built along Roxboro and the first two blocks of East Main St. east of the intersection of those two streets. Some of the early, more forgotten names in Durham history - Day, Lyon, Fuller - industry magnates who faded from the scene as business consolidated around the Blackwell/Carr and, later, Duke empires. Few records of these early houses remain, except for intriguing footprints on the early Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, and most of them did not survive the early 20th century.

520 Holloway St

Above, 520 Holloway in 1964 520 Holloway, the Moore-Umstead House, was constructed in 1903, and is one of the major contributing structures in the Cleveland-Holloway historic district. 520 Holloway in 1979, above. Unfortunately, quite awhile ago, it fell into the hands of James "Fireball" White, where historic properties go to die. It has been...

George And Blanche Mccracken House

(Courtesy J. Stuart McCracken) The George and Blanche McCracken House, which was a large Queen Anne structure similar to the Manning house still standing next door. Mrs. Gladys Culbreth was resident in 1958. Sometime between 1960 and 1980, the house was torn down. I don't know why. In 1987, New Morning Construction built several multitenant passive...

1007 North Mangum Street

(Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) James B. Mason, president of the Citizens National Bank, had this clapboarded house erected as his own residence early in the 20th century. The house, unusual for its cruciform shape, has been expanded to the rear with the addition of one story ells and sheds. The clipped-corner facades...

Manning/Bull Durham House

James S. Manning/Bull Durham House

506 Fayetteville St. - The John Merrick House

One of the grand houses of the elite in the African-American community of the early 20th century in Durham, John Merrick's house later belonged to Dr. Clyde Donnell before being demolished in the early-to-mid 1960s.

Somerset Villa

The grand house of Julian S. Carr - the most elaborate Queen Anne Victorian struture to have stood in Durham.

Blackwell Markham House/ 506 Cleveland

Dr. Blackwell Markham's house once stood at the southeast corner of Cleveland and Seminary streets, one of three Markham houses along the street.

109-111 West Main Street

Just to the left of the structure at 115 West Main was the very similar 109-111 West Main, a Queen Anne structure built in 1893. Looking east-southeast from Main St. ~ 1913 (From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill) And a view west from Mangum St., 1905, doesn't show much of the building, but the small tower is clearly visible....