35.979736, -78.909495
Year built
1950
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
115452

From the National Register nomination form of 2005, completed by M. Ruth Little
One-story hip roof Ranch house with German siding below window sills and flush beaded sheathing above. Paired 2-over-2 horizontal sash windows are set at the corners. Entrance has a brick stoop with metal railing. Interior chimney. At right front is a projecting bedroom wing; at left is a sunroom with original jalousie windows. Archie Ogden, a student, was the owner-occupant in 1950. [1950 CD] Robby Poore, son of Anne and Ray Poore - and grandson of the Van Arsdalls, who lived at 421 Carolina Circle - has posted some fabulous mid-century photos of Carolina Circle, and Durham in general, on his personal Flickr page. There are several albums (1948, 1949, 1950, 1950-1954, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970), many of which contain a multitude of interior and exterior shots of 426 and 421 Carolina Circle. A few of them include: the front facade, a side exterior, the living room space, the rear alley, and a view front the front door of the now-demolished Apex Street Bridge.The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:
Year | Occupant(s) | Occupation(s) | Other information | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Ann C. Ogden | Archie Ogden | student | ||
1952 | Camilla Bittle | Claude Bittle | lawyer | Claude's office was located at 319 E Chapel Hill St. | |
1960 | Ankie O. Pontious | Richard B. Pontious | area supervisor | Ankie worked for the Welcome Wagon. | |
1967 | Anne (Van Arsdall) Poore | Ray V. Poore | assistant professor | Ray worked in the Duke Department of Physics and later at the Los Alamos Scientific Lab. | |
1971 | (unknown) | ||||
1973 | Eleanor M. Bradsher | employee | Eleanor worked at the Duke Hotel, presumably the Washington Duke Hotel, which was imploded in 1975. | ||
1976 | Carol Hyman | Robert E. Hyman, Jr. | salesman | Robert worked at Alex Jones Interiors. | |
1984 | Pamela H. Tashjian | David N. Tashjian | house staff | David worked at Duke University Hospital as a dermatologist. |
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