Hope Valley

3407 Windsor Way, 1957, Contributing Building Single-story Ranch with side-gabled roof, brick exterior, 8/12 wood sash, and classical details that include dentil molding, a pedimented porch, and corner quoins built up from brick. The house is listed as under construction in the 1957 city directory. Winston and Marion Montgomery are the first owners recorded; Winston Montgomery was president and treasurer of Howerton-Bryan Memorial Home at the time.

3405 Windsor Way, ca. 1953, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story Minimal Traditional with side-gabled roof, aluminum and board-and-batten siding, 8/8 wood windows, interior brick chimney, and enclosed side porch. The 1954 city directory lists Imperial Tobacco bookkeeper Winfree Palmer and his wife and Sadie on Windsor Way. In 1955, the Palmers sold this house to Duke physician William H. Finney and his wife June.

3403 Windsor Way, ca. 1956, ca. 1990s, Noncontributing Building Single-story Ranch with hip roof, asbestos shingle and board-and-batten siding, replacement windows, and added shed-roofed front porch with copper roof. The house first appears in the 1957 city directory, which lists Duke professor Herman Salinger and his wife Marion as owners.

I've passed by this cemetery a million times but never stopped. It's kind of in an awkward place to pull over and explore so close to the road. I am sure that the people buried there would be disappointed to be so surrounded by the future. There are 24 graves, 22 of which are legible. Here's a full list. It's a very interesting family, with some...

It is believed by Hope Valley residents that this is one of the original Mebane and Sharpe "spec houses" and that it was designed by George Watts Carr, architect for the original seven spec homes built between 1927 and 1929. According to city records, however, this house was built in 1930, and William Pearlzweig and his wife were not associated with this property until March 1931.

In 1930, Dr. Paul M. Gross was a relatively new chemistry professor at Duke when he and his wife, Gladys, moved from Trinity Park to Hope Valley. Their new house, in the English Cottage style, was designed by George Watts Carr, as one of the original "seed" houses commissioned by Hope Valley's developers, the Mebane & Sharpe Company.

This charming little house is like no other in Hope Valley and, architecturally speaking, it is one of the most significant houses in Durham. What makes it so special, of course, is its high-style Spanish Eclectic design.

In 1937 Duke economist Herbert von Beckerath and his wife, Guelda, bought two Devon Road lots. George Watts Carr designed a small, but elegantly appointed Colonial Revival design. Duke cardiologist, Dr. Edward Orgain and his family loved this fine Colonial Revival style house and purchased it in 1944 - calling it home for more than 50 years.