Irma M. And Cecil B. Thompson House

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.

Irma M. And Cecil B. Thompson House

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