402 Dunstan Ave. – Percy L. Hall House

35.97855, -78.901529

402
Durham
NC
Year built
1946
Architectural style
Construction type
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
117444
State ID
DH3123
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This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and four-pile with a projecting, side-gabled bay on the east elevation, flush with the façade. The building has a continuous brick veneer and a corbelled brick chimney with a decorative “H” in the brickwork. The large, shed-roofed front dormer has three replacement one-over-one, double-hung vinyl sash windows, while the rest of the house retains original six-over-six, double-hung wood sash windows. The shed-roofed, engaged front porch has been completely enclosed with sliding glass doors, dramatically altering the view of the house from the street. A portion of the foundation to the right of the front door has been excavated and stairs to a basement door added. County tax records date the building to 1946; the earliest known occupants are Percy L. Hall (vice-president and treasurer, Radio Electric Company) and his wife Theresa in 1950. They were the parents of Larry Hall, a state representative.

Garage, c. 1946 – The front-gabled, brick-veneered, two-car garage has wood weatherboards in the gable and wood multi-panel overhead garage doors. It appears to have been built concurrent with the house.

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