Trinity Heights

1704 West Markham

Several of you wrote me to alert me to the fact that Jeff Monsein, whose name you may recognize from ads for his "Aluminum Company of North Carolina," intends to tear down a contributing property in the Trinity Heights National and Local Historic district - a house that he has owned for some time at 1704 Markham Avenue. Per the agenda of the...

Asbury United Methodist

Asbury United Methodist, 03.10.68 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

King's Daughters Home

Second King's Daughters Home, soon after construction (mid-1920s) --- "Old Ladies' Home", ~1910, looking northeast from Gloria Ave. (From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill The International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, per the organization's website, was founded January 13, 1886, as "an organization of Christian men and...

823 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Small circa 1920 frame Foursquare with two-bay main facade, tall hipped roof with front gabled attic dormer and full facade porch on molded tapered box posts and brick plinths. Now divided into apartments.

821 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Late 1920s or early 1930s one-and-one-half-story frame cottage with gable-end roof and a series of very shallow gabled wings at various heights on main facade. Porch has replacement metal posts.

805 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story one-room-deep frame house with original wing across rear built 1900s. Alterations include addition of half-story to rear wing, dormers on front block and new porch supports of paired posts with latticework in between.

822 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story one-room-deep frame house with hipped roof and rear one-story ell. Features decorative cutwork vent in front gable, pointed arched surrounds at windows and main entrance, Victorian window with colored panes in front door, and almost full...

820 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Narrow one-story bungalow with attached porch on box posts and brick plinths at center of main facade. Both house and porch have clipped gable fronts and simple triangle brackets in eaves. Aluminum sided.

818 Clarendon Street – Osborne House

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Turn-of-the-century frame house with combination of Victorian and neoclassical features. The two-story one-room deep basic house form with a hipped roof is embellished with applied bargeboard in the pointed window lintels and drop pendant brackets...

814 Clarendon Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Irregularly-shaped two-story frame house with hipped and gabled roofline. Distinguishing features include molded box cornices with returns and plain frieze boards, two-over-two double-hung sashes, single-paned transom above entrance; porch across...