35.980109, -78.909793
Year built
1949
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
115445
From the National Register nomination form of 2005, completed by M. Ruth Little
1-story side-gable Minimal Traditional-style house with front-gable wing, interior chimney, 2-bay front porch with a classical column, and vinyl siding. Windows are 8-over-8 sash and a multi-pane fixed window under the porch. Richard S. Ruby, a salesman at Graves Jewelry, was the occupant in 1950. [1950 CD] Robby Poore, whose families lived in 426 and 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, 1968, 1969, and 1970). Individual images of 420 Carolina Circle include two 1969 pictures of the rear of the house from the alley (here and here) and a portion of the front of the house (from 1950 and 1951).The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:
| Year | Occupant(s) | Occupation(s) | Other information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Sylvia G. Ruby | Richard S. Ruby | salesman | Richard worked at Graves Jewelry | |
| 1952 | Louisa L. McGarity | Joseph L. & Mary L. McGarity | department manager | students | |
| 1954 | Innes B. Hornsby | Aubrey T. Hornsby | physician | Aubrey worked for the Veterans Administration | |
| 1956 | (vacant) | ||||
| 1957 | Katherine H. Trexler | John C. Trexler | representative | John worked for the Hospital Care Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield. | |
| 1986 | Katherine H. Trexler | Katherine was likely widowed by 1986. | |||
| 1994 | Teresa R. Smith | ||||
| 1997 | Christopher Perrien | Christopher worked for IBM as a Technical Business Development Executive with a concentration in the Financial Industry. | |||
| 2002 | Andrea Yarger | Michael D. Yarger | |||
| 2006 | Brian S. Emerick | ||||
| 2008 | Laura M. Yavanian | Brian C. Yavanian | |||
| 2011 | Amanda Lee | Pete Seidl |
Comments
Submitted by Roger Maxwell (not verified) on Sat, 8/31/2013 - 6:12pm
Do you have any other photos and/or more detailed descriptions for this house? I'm writing a story and this would be the perfect home for one of my characters.
Thank you.
Roger Maxwell
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