301 Dunstan Ave. – John C. Nelvin House

35.979436, -78.902666

301
Durham
NC
Year built
1945
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
118344
State ID
DH3108
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This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a gabled rear ell on the northwest corner and a small, screened porch east of the ell. The house has a brick foundation, aluminum siding, and two interior brick chimneys. It retains original six-over-six, double-hung wood sash windows, paired on the left side of the façade and the east gable end. A projecting gable, supported by knee braces, shelters the entrance and a brick and concrete terrace that extends to the right. A concrete-block wall extends across the front and west sides of the property, interrupted by a concrete stair to the front walk. The earliest known occupant is John C. Nelvin (employee, American Tobacco Company) and his wife Daisy in 1945; county tax records confirm the construction date of 1945.

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