A photograph of 2114 Fayetteville Street under repair, taken by Heather Slane (National Historic Register Submission) - December 2017.
Walter Jackson “Jack” and Hattie Prince were the first owners and longest occupants of 2114 Fayetteville Street. Walter was born and raised in Durham County and attended Durham County schools for his primary education. Walter was a custodian at North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University), from which he retired after 31 years of service.
Walter married his first wife, Hattie Markham Prince, in 1913. Hattie was born and raised in North Carolina and lived at 2114 Fayetteville until she died in 1938. Legal documents indicate that Walter and Hattie did not have any children together. Mrs. Prince had several relatives, most of whom did not survive long, except for one, according to records filed by Mr. Prince.
A portrait photograph of Rader Atwater Prince (Herald-Sun) - September 9, 1990.
Walter later married Rader Atwater Prince. Rader was raised and educated in Chatham County. She was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church while living in Chatham County. At New Hope Baptist Church, she co-founded the young adult choir and taught Bible Class. In Durham, she worked as an elevator operator at Belk-Leggett Department Store.
Walter and Rader were both members of White Rock Baptist Church while the couple lived at 2114 Fayetteville Street. Their home served as a community gathering space for the church, the Williams Family Circle, and the Utopia Club.
The home underwent a major renovation from 2017 to 2018 to address significant deterioration. It is now a rental property.
From the 2018 National Register of Historic Places application for College Heights:
Among the oldest houses on this part of Fayetteville Street, this one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled, Craftsman-style bungalow is currently being renovated. It is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width gabled rear wing. The house has German-profile weatherboards, four-over-one Craftsman-style wood-sash windows, paired on the façade, and exposed rafter tails and knee brackets in the gables. The entrance, centered on the façade, is sheltered by an engaged, shed-roofed porch supported by tapered wood posts on brick piers. The porch extends beyond the right (north) and left (south) elevations as a side-gabled porch. A small gabled dormer, centered on the façade, has a single window opening, though no window is in place. There is an exterior brick chimney in the right gable and a single window in the left gable. The earliest known occupants are Walter Prince, a janitor at North Carolina College (later North Carolina Central University), and his wife, Hattie Prince, in 1930.
A photograph of 2114 Fayetteville Street after recent renovations by N. Levy - October 25, 2019.
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