Watts-Hillandale

Dr. Joseph Ira & Martha W Coleman House

(The information below in italics is from the Preservation Durham Plaque Application for the Dr. Joseph Ira & Martha W Coleman House) Craftsman style house with hip roof with wide eaves , two interior chimneys, and a hip dormer. House has paired German siding, asbestos siding , 9-over-I sash windows , and a French front door with sidelights . The...

Williamson-Mullholland House

(The information below is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Williamson-Mullholland House) By the turn of the twentieth century, American railroads reached not only every city, but almost every village and hamlet. This comprehensive and efficient system for the delivery of goods was exploited by big mail...

Street view of the Foy J. Shaw House

Foy J. Shaw House

(The information below is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Foy J. Shaw House) The Barrett L. and Nancy Hare Robbins family are the third owners of this 79-year old residence and the fourth tenants. Foy and Nola Shaw, its first owners', lived in the house for twenty-two years with a daughter and son, then...

Linthicum-Stoner House

Stoner House, approx 1920 (postcard sent in 1924.) Back of postcard from Dr. Ira Stoner, 1924. One of my favorite odd and slightly spooky houses in Durham is now much less so in bright blue, and looks surprisingly more fairy talesque. National Register Entry: Dr. Ira J. Stoner House. Unusual 2-story, front gabled, Shingle Style house features...

Hixon-Barton House

08.28.11 Fall 2022 update: This home is having its 100th Birthday and you're invited! Find out more about the free (but donations welcome) Garden Party put on by these generous homeowners and Preservation Durham here. Below, in italics, from the 2001 National Register Historic District nomination for Watts-Hillandale: Hixon-Barton House. Side...

W.A. and Lessie R. Lyon House

Photograph taken in 2016 for Preservation Durham home tour brochure. Fall 2022 update: This home is having its 100th Birthday and you're invited! Find out more about the free (but donations welcome) Garden Party put on by these generous homeowners and Preservation Durham here. The description in italics below was written for the same 2016 tour...

Walter A. Biggs House

2116 W. Club Blvd. (Photograph by Pam Lappegard for Preservation Durham) What follows is an excerpt from the booklet for the 2021 Preservation Durham Historic Home Tour ( click here to learn more and get tickets to see this and other fantastic Tudor Revival homes across town in person October 16th and 17th!): The Biggs House near Oval Park in Watts...

Brock-Nabors-Crockett House

08.28.11 The current occupants of this home have applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application, prepared by Tom Miller in May 2017. The House The house at 2115 West Club Boulevard was built in 1921 for the Thomas Hubbard Brock family. The building contractors for...

Ford-Swartz House

(Courtesy of Lappegard Photography, March 2019) Featured in the 2019 Preservation Durham Home Tour (text in italics below from the tour booklet): The house was built in 1948 for Willard C. and Maude Ford. Willard Ford operated the Ford Metal Molding Company, a successful metal fabrication business with offices in Manhattan and a plant in New Jersey...

Reuben A. and Leila Pearl Blalock House

1 1/2-story Dutch Colonial style house with 2 interior chimneys, a front shed dormer, German siding, 9-over-1 sash windows, and a glazed and paneled front door. The 1-story shed porch has Craftsman posts.