Compton Place

1 ½-story front-gable Tudor Cottage with stucco walls, 9-over-1 sash windows, and an interior chimney. The main entrance is on the left side between stuccoed buttresses. This is said to be a spec house built by New Hope Realty Co. Cecil B. Thompson, department manager at Goodrich Silvertown Inc., was the occupant in 1930.

Allan Gilbert and his wife, Mary, commissioned this quaint Tudor Revival style from George Watts Carr, Sr, because they wanted a similar house to the one they had occupied with their sons Everett and Creighton when they lived in Austria. Gilbert taught English at Duke for many years, was an avid art and antique collector and was considered a true “Renaissance” man. He and his second wife, Beverly, lived in the house until the early 1990s. The current homeowners are the third family to live in the house.

From the National Register nomination form of 2005, completed by M. Ruth Little Rustic Neo-Traditional 1- and 2-story house with board-and-batten siding, an engaged porch with stone piers, and a side carport on columns. Front-gable board-and-batten shed at rear. The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching...

Two-story side-gable brick Colonial Revival-style house with front gable wing with bay window with a multi-pane fixed window and concave roof. Demetrius L. Boone Jr. was owner-occupant in 1956.

Large side-gabled Ranch house with asbestos siding, 2-over-2 horizontal sash windows, a recessed door with a brick planter, and interior chimney. John M. Gregory, president of Gregory Real Estate, was owner-occupant in 1955.

1 ½-story side-gable Cape Cod-style house with paired 6-over-6 sash windows, 2 gabled dormers, and flanking wings. Mrs. Jessica Kirkland, widow of A. L. Kirkland, was the owner-occupant in 1950.

George Watts Carr designed this house for Mr. & Mrs. Everett Bugg during the earliest phase of the Forest Hills development. Bugg owned and managed the Malbourne Hotel that was located on the site of the current Durham County Judicial Center on Main Street.