918 W. Trinity Ave.

36.005737, -78.907262

918
West Trinity Avenue
Durham
NC
Year built
1925-1930
Architectural style
Craftsman
Construction type
Frame
National Register
Trinity Park
Neighborhood
Trinity Park
Use
Residence
Building Type
Residential
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(Durham County tax office)

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)

Two-story frame gambrel-roofed house which retains original sheathing of split-shingles, nine-over-one paired sash windows and slightly projecting entrance bay highlighted by twelve~light sidelights. Triangle brackets support eaves. Built late 1920s and later divided into four apartments. First occupants were Nathan Levy, a manager of M.B. Smith, Inc., jewelry store and Fred Black, an agent for the Sinclair Refining Company.

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Submitted by JKIMBRELL on Thu, 5/11/2017 - 9:01am

Horace W Kimbrell, wife Helen Mae, and child Jay E. lived there from 1933 to 1935. President of Christian Hardward Furniture.  Also, living there in 1934 and 1935 was John Allen Kimbrell, salesman Shepherd Furniture.  He was Horace Willard's nephew, son of William E. Kimbrell who owned Kimbrell's Furniture Co.

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