Aiken-Stallings House

01.12.2012 (DC tax photos)

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)

Said to have been built in 1910s by real estate agent Rufus Aiken, this frame Foursquare reportedly served as a convent for Roman Catholic nuns who were nurses. Two interior chimneys are symmetrically located on the hipped roof with front dormer. Fluted cornerboards define the three-bay double-pile form. The south corner of the wraparound porch supported by box posts has been enclosed and the original trabeated entrance is now flanked by two dissimilar doors added when the house was converted to apartments.

(The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for  the Aiken-Stallings House.)

"Little Sisters of the Assumption began as a community of women religious. Responding to social needs in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, Antoinette Fage and Father Etienne Pernet founded the congregation in Paris, France, in 1865. In 1891, Little Sisters of the Assumption followed the call from the United States to improve the lives of the poor and hurt with their social and spiritual services. Today, we extended our services from New York City's distressed neighborhoods to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Florida. Nationally respected in the field of community development, Little Sisters collaborate with public, governmental and other non-profit organizations to improve the physical, social and spiritual health of needy children and impoverished families." from littlesisters.org, accessed 5/30/2012