North Roxboro Street

1721 N Roxboro

The Rowe-Paschall House

The Rowe-Paschall House is a one-story, brick-clad Craftsman Style house constructed in 1924 for A. P. and Mary Gilbert. It is believed that the architects for this house were James and Garland Rose. Throughout the 1910s and 20s, the Rose and Rose firm counted among Durham’s most important architects. They designed many of the early homes in the...

Holland House

1705 N. Roxboro St.-- THE HOLLAND HOUSE, 1924

This elegantly appointed house was built for Nathan Dexter “Deck” Holland and his wife Lula in 1924. The architects are believed to be James and Garland Rose of Durham. At the time of its construction it was beyond the city’s northern limits in the stylish new automobile suburb, “Duke Park.” The neighborhood was laid out by Brodie L. Duke’s Duke...

Spicer Motor Company

Spicer Motor Company co-owners Claude "Tiny" Pendergraph (left) and Ed Spicer (right) - Courtesy of Pendergraph Family Collection. From Doug Pendergraph: "2816 North Roxboro in Braggtown once housed Spicer Motor Company. Ed Spicer and my Grandfather Claude "Tiny" Pendergraph (pictured above) were good friends during and after the Second World War...

Durham County Courthouse (third)

The county's 1978-2012 courthouse was outdated and hated from the moment it was completed. Worse yet, the powers-that-be destroyed an entire block of attractive - some beautiful - structures in order to build this cold mess. The best of the lot was the Hotel Malbourne, on the northwest corner of N. Roxboro and East Main. Looking northwest, 1966...

118 E. Trinity Ave.

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) (Below in italics is from the 1985 North Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy or taste by this author.) Plain two story structure, basic square shape with hip roof and weatherboard siding. Attached porch with metal columns. Small gables on porch and hip roof...

121 E. Lynch St.

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Squat one story structure with weatherboard siding. Jerkin headed gable roof serves to imitate "thatched roof" cottage appearance. Awnings over windows gives house feeling of being...

120 E. Lynch St.

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Elegantly simple, very symmetrical one story with weatherboard siding. Typical "triple A" front gable but side gables are absent replaced by unusual hipped roof which lends house its...

113 E. Lynch St.

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library)

112 E. Lynch St.

1982 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) 1982 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library)

1209 N. Roxboro St.

1980 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library)