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First George Watts House / Calvert (durham) Academy

Eugene Morehead and George Watts were pioneers in the area that would become Morehead Hill when they built their houses on the western side of Lee (later Duke) St. in 1880. As the activity in the neighborhood increased, WT Blackwell sought to purchase the land on the eastern side of Duke St., directly across from their houses, to build worker...

Eugene Morehead House (first)

Eugene Morehead's house, looking west-southwest from S. Duke St. - 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

524 Holloway - Henry Wilkerson House

524 Holloway, 1964. Henry Wilkerson was an administrator at the Golden Belt Hosiery Mill. He had this house constructed, likely around the time the Hosiery Mill began operations nearby, in 1901.

John H. Gilbert House

902 Shepherd Street

09.04.11 From the 1985 National Register Historic District application for Morehead Hill: One of the most distinctive of the moderately-sized frame houses characterizing the northwest end of the Morehead Hill District. Now a duplex, it is one-and-one-half stories tall with a clipped gable roof and a two-tiered hip-roofed porch at the entrance bay...

410 Watts Street / Trinity Park

410 Watts St. (Courtesy Adrienne Baroff) The house at 410 Watts St. was built in 1906 for James B. Warren, who is listed variably as a "manager" at 107 1/2 East Main St. later as vice president of Merchants Bank with an office at the same address. There are various JB Warrens in the city directories prior to that date who are listed only as living...

1005 Fayetteville - John O'daniel House

(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Occupying the entire 'block' between Banks Alley and Cart Place, the house at 1005 Fayetteville St. was built by John O'Daniel.

307 Mallard Ave.

(Below in italics is from the 2009 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) The one-story, pyramidal-roofed house with centered front gable sits atop a small rise and has a brick retaining wall along the sidewalk and up the front walk. The house is three bays wide and double-pile with a wide front porch, supported by...

William J. and Louisa Christian House

1981 From the 1984 National Register listing: Large two story L-shaped farmhouse style with weatherboard siding. Gable roof topped by two chimneys, one with elaborate brickwork, the other recently rebuilt. Two front facing gables, one closed, one open pediment; both with elaborate round motif within the pediment. Side gable has elaborate barge...

2015 Angier Avenue

2015 Angier Avenue, 04.04.11 Find this spot on a Google Map. 35.982502,-78.878626