406 North Buchanan Blvd.

Edwards House.

Dr. Charles w. Edwards, Professor of Physics at Trinity College and Duke University, had this house constructed in 1908. It was the second house built opposite the campus on N. Buchanan Blvd., which then was named Guess Rd.

The design of the house is eclectic, featuring neoclassical dentil cornices and Doric porch columns, latticed window sashes, and an Arts and Crafts style front door and sidelights. The central hall is paneled and has pocket doors leading to the principal rooms.

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from A House in the City, October 26, 1975 [first home tour of the Trinity Park Association]:

406 North Buchanan Blvd. Built by Trinity College physics professor C. W. Edwards in 1908, this is the second house built opposite the campus. (Ben Duke built the house at 402 and donated it to the college.) Double oak doors lead to a large oak paneled central hall with sliding pocket doors on either side. French doors in both the living room and the dining room open onto a side verandah, behind which a private brick patio has recently been added. (Not on view is a "mother-in-law" apartment on the first floor.) Among the furnishings are eighteenth century pieces and pieces used originally in the house, including the bed in which the present owner was born. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan K. Edwards.