617 Dunbar Street – Mrs. Janie M. Falls House

35.978592, -78.897421

617
Durham
NC
Year built
1927
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
117291
State ID
DH3100
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This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a shed-roofed rear ell and a small, projecting gable on the west elevation. The house has a stucco foundation, aluminum siding, and three interior chimneys. It has a replacement front door, but retains original four-over-one, double-hung Craftsman-style wood sash windows. The front-gabled porch is supported by tapered wood posts on yellow-brick piers with a concrete-block knee wall between the piers. The porch is accessed by a concrete stair with painted knee walls and metal railing. Other Craftsman-style detailing includes braces in the gables. The earliest known occupant is Janie Falls (employee, American Tobacco Company) in 1930 county tax records date the building to 1927.

 

 

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