Stokesdale

1503 Fayetteville Street – Dr. J. W. V. Cordice House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a projecting two-story hip-roofed bay on the north elevation and a two-story, gabled rear ell on the southeast corner. The earliest known occupant is Dr. John W. V. Cordice in 1925.

1610 Fayetteville Street – Felicia D. Miller House

This two-story, hip-roofed Foursquare house is two bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, gabled rear ell on the northwest corner. County tax records date the building to 1926; the earliest known occupant is Felicia D. Miller (clerk, Bankers Fire Insurance Company) in 1930.

1502 Fayetteville Street – Edward D. Green House

This two-story, hip-roofed Foursquare house is two bays wide and double-pile with two one-story, gabled rear ells. The earliest known occupant is Edward D. Green (grocer)

1408 Fayetteville Street – John Morton House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and single-pile with a two-room, gabled rear ell on the northwest corner and a shed-roof addition beyond the ell. The earliest known occupant is John Morton in 1920; Morton appears to have run an “eating house” out of this location. County tax records confirm a 1920 construction date.

605 East Lawson Street – Ella L. Cotton House

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile. It has a brick foundation, molded wood weatherboards, an interior brick chimney, and an exterior brick chimney on the façade. The building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map; the earliest known occupant is Ella L. Cotton in 1945.

607 East Lawson Street – Edward P. Norris House

This one-story, side-gabled house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled bay on the right end of the façade, a full-width rear gable, and a side-gabled ell beyond the rear gable. County tax records date the property to 1930; the earliest known occupant is Edward P. Norris (dentist) in 1930.

609 East Lawson Street – Martha Donnell House

This two-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed dormer across the façade. The earliest known occupant is Martha Donnell (school teacher) in 1935.

1601 Fayetteville Street – Marcellus Allen House

This two-story, hip-roofed, Craftsman house is four bays wide and five bays deep with a projecting, two-story, gabled bay on the north elevation and a two-story, shed-roofed, full-width rear ell. The earliest known occupant is Marcellus Allen (fireman) in 1925; it is currently four or five units.

1608 Lincoln Street – Asa T. Spaulding House

This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled Period Cottage is located on a large lot on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Dupree Streets. It is three bays wide and triple-pile with full-width, shed-roofed dormers across the façade and rear elevation. The earliest known occupant is Asa T. Spaulding (actuary, N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1940; county tax records date the building to 1936 and the building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map.

Dr. Charles H. Shepard House

1608 Fayetteville, late 1970s Dr. Charles Shepard, brother of Dr. James Shepard (who founded present-day North Carolina Central University) and son of Augustus Shepard (minister of White Rock Baptist Church) was a prominent local physician who practiced at Lincoln Hospital. He built this house at 1608 Fayetteville St. in the late 1920s. It is currently rental housing.