Victorian

909 Dale Street

909 Dale St., 02.23.1989 (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Described in a 1989 National Park Service Historic American Buildings Survey report as the "largest home in Edgemont area," it was torn down shortly thereafter. The structure presently at this address dates to the early 1990s.

106 East Corporation Street / Haywood Street

106 E Corporation St., 01.23.1989 (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Citing Sanborn Maps, a 1988 report by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service estimated this duplex was built in 1910-1915 and still maintained much of its original detail. Like the nearly identical house of the same vintage at 104 E Corporation, it was...

104 East Corporation Street

104 E Corporation St., 01.23.1989 (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Citing Sanborn Maps, a 1988 report by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service estimated this duplex was built in 1910-1915 and still maintained much of its original detail. Like the nearly identical house of the same vintage at 106 E Corporation, it was...

508 Gordon St.

February 1982 February 1982 An interesting variation on the Triple A cottage with rear wing / porch that likely housed at least one another apartment. Sometime between 1982 and 1995, the house was majorly remuddled, and divorced from its previous character - probably by the same person who did a similar re-work to 513 Jackson. From 1997-2012, it...

Rigsbee-Fogleman House

This home received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application: The Clark family lived on Cleveland Street from the mid-1880s through the end of the century. They may have subdivided their lot around 1898, when the property was sold to William Lucius Rigsbee. It is quite possible that...

114 South Alston Ave

"Utley Home on Alston Avenue" (Courtesy Sherry Handfinger) 2000 02.11.12 (G. Kueber) Demolished January 2015 for the Alston Avenue widening. 01.23.15 (G. Kueber)

803 Vickers Ave.

801 Vickers to the left, 803 Vickers to the right - August 1964 (Courtesy Milo Pyne) Demolished for the Durham Freeway in 1966. They tended to burn a lot of these houses. 1966 (Courtesy Milo Pyne) This land remained vacant for 50 years. 11.17.15 (S. Kueber) 11.24.15 (S. Kueber) 01.05.16 (S. Kueber) 02.22.16 (S. Kueber) 03.01.16 (S. Kueber) On April...

405 Yates Street (conyers) : A Tale Of Two Pockets

Two small pockets of houses similar to those demolished during urban renewal remain on the west side of Duke St. - one at Yancey and Gordon Sts., and the other at Wilkerson and Conyers (which used to be called Yates.) These houses generally predate many of those in the nearby Morehead Hill Historic District, built in the 1890s or at the turn of the...

Robert Fitzgerald House / Pauli Murray House

The most prominent African-American family in the West End during the early 20th century was undoubtedly the Fitzgerald family. If you've never read the book "Proud Shoes" by Pauli Murray, I highly recommend it; the book is a fascinating story of the Fitzgerald family, West End, and, more broadly, issues of race and Durham during the early 20th century.

821 Wilkerson Ave

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three-bays wide and triple pile with projecting gabled bays on the façade. The earliest known occupant is G. H. O’Neal (inspector, American Tobacco Company) in 1919.