Cleveland-Holloway

Name: Rosenstein House Built: ~1920 Demolished: ~ after 1980 Owner: Shirley Taylor, Jejuan Taylor The Rosenstein House was built later than most of the original structures on Cleveland Street - around 1920 - by Nathan Rosenstein, a local optometrist. It was a Tudor Revival house, very different in style than the Victorians that otherwise lined the...

Name: Hackney House Built: ~1900 Demolished: Between 1980 and 1994 Close to Little Five Points, the Hackney House was the home of Robert P Hackney, who owned the "Durham Seed House" on West Parrish Street. The corner tower was a not-uncommon feature on these large houses, although few survive. The house was demolished sometime between 1980 and 1994...

Name: Crews House Built: ~1905 Historic District: Cleveland-Holloway 526 Holloway in 1980 The Crews house was built by Paul Crews, an executive at the nearby (now defunct) Golden Belt Manufacturing Company. It has a similar multi-sided front and wrap-around porch to the single-story house next door at 524 Holloway. This house recently sold (as of...

At the turn of the century (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Chamber of Commerce Collection) The house at 809 Cleveland St. is referred to in the architectural inventory as "one of the foremost late 19th century architectural designs surviving in Durham." The house was built by Philadelphia architect Samuel Leary around 1890, who...

Name: FL Hunter House Built: ~1900 Demolished: ~1980 Owner: First Baptist Church As with much of the neighborhood, Cleveland Street began to lose houses from commercial intrusion during the 1950s. Once construction of the Loop and the new fire station removed the southern end of Cleveland Street, the process accelerated. As noted previously, urban...