35.979721, -78.910114
Photograph taken by the NC HPO on 11 March 1981
From the National Register nomination form of 2005, completed by M. Ruth Little
1 ½-story front-gable Tudor Cottage with stucco walls, 9-over-1 sash windows, and an interior chimney. The main entrance is on the left side between stuccoed buttresses. Other features include 9-over-1 sash windows; metal casement windows; a shallow gabled entrance bay with an arched opening with a decorative concrete surround and recessed arched door; side-gable dormers with casements, and round-headed windows in the front gables. This is said to be a spec house built by New Hope Realty Co. Cecil B. Thompson, department manager at Goodrich Silvertown Inc., was the occupant in 1930. [Carr interview, 1930= CD]
The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:
Year | Occupant(s) | Occupation(s) | Other information | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | Irma M. Thompson * | Cecil B. Thompson * | department manager | Cecil worked as a salesman at Goodrich Silvertown Inc., which appeared to operate from the newly-built Uzzle Cadillac dealership and service station at 416 E Main St. | |
1932 | (vacant) | ||||
1933 | Douglas H. Sprunt | associate professor | Douglas worked at Duke University Hospital (Biochemistry and Pathology). He researched infantile paralysis and once lived at 3436 Dover Rd. | ||
1934 | Pauline P. Kerndl | George B. Kerndl | George worked as a newspaperman and the Kerndls were the first owners/occupants of 1606 University Dr in 1935. | ||
1935 | (vacant) | ||||
1936 | Reba H. Stafford | Edward M. Stafford | osteopathic physician | Edward worked in office 307-8 of the Depositors National Bank Building at 123 W Main St. | |
1940 | Lillian M. Reich | Carl W. Reich | salesman | ||
1941 | Jeanette P. Lineberger + | Fred P. Lineberger + | meat manager | Fred worked at A&P Food Stores. | |
1946 | Everett Wilkins | ||||
1947 | Margaret C. Wilkins | Margaret was a widow. | |||
1949 | (vacant) | ||||
1950 | Yoalder Miller-Brunson | Ronald A. Brunson | |||
1952 | Clara R. Davine | office secretary | Clara worked at Erwin Mills. | ||
1956 | Jane Malinsky | Frank Malinsky | instructor | Frank worked at Duke University. | |
1958 | Ruth L. Vann | J. Graves Vann, Jr. | assistant manager | Graves worked at Wright Machinery, a division of Sperry Rand Corp, located at 1005 Calvin St. | |
1961 | Doreen S. Lockhart | Walter S. Lockhart, Jr. | physician | Walter worked at 604 W Chapel Hill St. | |
1967 | Erminia C. Ciferri | Alberto Ciferri | chemist, professor | Alberto worked at Chemstrand, in RTP, and at NC State University. | |
1969 | J. Jay Pecora, III | student | |||
1970 | Mary B. Baker | student | |||
1971 | Allen Kahan | student | |||
1972 | Russell M. Frank | student | |||
1973 | (unknown) | ||||
1974 | (vacant) | ||||
1975 | Randolph C. Wall | student | |||
1977 | (vacant) | ||||
1978 | Gail Kirchner | ||||
1979 | (vacant) | ||||
1980 | Alberto Ciferri | ||||
1983 | Lena Sallsors | Goran Sallsors | visiting associate professor | Goran worked at Duke University Hospital. | |
1985 | Alberto Ciferri | ||||
1986 | (vacant) | ||||
1987 | Roderick Heath | employee | Roderick worked at IBM. | ||
1988 | Alberto Ciferri | ||||
1989 | Yasumasa Masumoto | student | Yasumasa studied at Duke Law. | ||
1990 | Weitao Yang | associate professor | Weitao taught in the Duke University Chemistry Department. | ||
1991 | Alberto Ciferri | ||||
1997 | Alejandro Manara | ||||
2001 | (unknown) | ||||
2002 | (unknown) | ||||
2003 | Alberto Ciferri |
* The 1930 US Census shows that to C.B. (age 29) and Irma (age 28), the house was also occupied by daughter Celia M. (age 7), son Edwin S. (age 5), son Jack Y. (age "2 8/12"), and two roomers: A. Roy Hargrave and Dewitt T. Ri-- (the handwritten names are very difficult to read). While Cecil was a salesman, his two roomers were both civil engineers and unmarried.
+ The 1940 US Census shows that Fred (age 35) and Jeanette (age 34) Lineberger occcupied the house at the time of enumeration, along with their son Herman (age 12). The family previously lived in Salisbury, NC. Herman went on to become a professor of psychology at UNC.
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