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Submitted by dmeeknc on Sat, 10/9/2021 - 11:03am
Ms. Franck, founder of the Martha Franck Fragrance Garden on the campus of the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, lived in the house from 1939-1984, at which time it became the property of Duke University, who rented it out as student housing. It was later sold to us in 1999 as part of the Duke University Trinity Heights revitalization project that converted a number of existing student occupied houses to single family homes and added a number of new houses and condominiums for purchase by Duke employees. The current owners added a number of interior amenities, while maintaining the character of the original aesthetics both inside and on the exterior. The house was featured in the 2007 Preservation Durham 11th Annual Old Durham Tour.
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