Walter M. Browning, Jr. House

1 ½-story brick Tudor Cottage with an L-plan, interior end chimney, and a steep gable terra-cotta tile roof. The entrance is a French door beneath a corner porch with a classical column and decorative cornice brackets. Windows are 6-over-1 sashes, with a round-headed sash in the front gable. This is said to be a spec house built by New Hope Realty Co. Walter M. Browning Jr., a solicitor at Continental Life Insurance Co., was the occupant in 1930. [Carr interview, 1930 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 418 Carolina Circle include two 1969 pictures of the rear of the house from the alley (here and here) and a portion of the side of the house from 1951.

The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:

Year	Occupant(s)	Occupation(s)	Other information
1930	Walter M. Browning		agent		Walter worked at Continental Life Insurance Co., located at 128 E Chapel Hill St.
1931	(vacant)
1932	Agnes A. Hamblen	Dr. Edwin C. Hamblen		associate professor	Edwin worked in the Duke University Obstetrics & Gynecololgy Department from 1931-1963.
1933	(vacant)
1934	Florence B. Fuller	Warner Fuller		assistant professor	Warner taught classes in business and corporation law in the Duke University Law School from 1932-1936.
1935	Anne S. Hasbrouck	Francis M. Hasbrouck		assistant professor	Francis worked in the Duke University French & Spanish Department and later became a special assistant to the US Embassador to Uruguay in 1942.
1940	Joan P. Beverly	George W. Beverly		manager	George worked at the Occidental Life Insurance Co.
1941	Nell R. Sykes +	Richard O. Sykes +		branch manager, agent	Richard worked at A&P Food Stores and the Met Life Insurance Co.
1945	Fannie M. Couch	Vance Couch			Vance worked at the Independent Oil Co.
1947	Evelyn Johnson	J. Paul Johnson		branch manager	Paul worked at a Rose's Department store.
1954	Dora C. Casteen	Willie J. Casteen		manager	Willie worked at Swift & Co. Wholesale Meats, located at 205 Blackwell St.
1958	Marjorie D. Bloomfield	Jason B. Bloomfield		employee	Jason worked at the Veteran's Administration.
1961	Fae W. Davis	Clyde G. Davis		engineer
1962	(vacant)
1963	Evelyn B. Taylor	Orville W. Taylor		employee	Orville worked at Duke University.
1965	Helen Mau	James Mau		student	The city directory may be inaccurate, as he is elsewhere described as the first Administrator of the Duke Physician Assistant program.
1966	(vacant)
1967	Janet B. Doyle	Roger W. Doyle		assistant professor	Roger worked in the Duke University Zoology Department. Roger and Janet were close friends with Anne (Van Arsdall) and Ray Poore, who lived at 426 Carolina Cir.
1970	Evelyn S. Johnson	James P. Johnson		salesman	James worked for Style Craft Interiors.
1980	Evelyn S. Johnson
1981	(vacant)
1985	Catherine C. Black	R. Perry Black		salesman	Perry worked for the WPTF radio station.
1992	(vacant)
1993	Anne S. Smith	Jason M. Smith	attorney
1995	Jason Widener	Brett Quigley
1996	Ada Gregory
1997	Katrina L. Kelly	M.E. Neal
1998	(unknown)
1999	Tanya Kalich
2000	Scott Fowler
2002	Elizabeth A. Bartlett
2003	Courtney T. Griffin	Timothy M. Griffin
2009	Kim Stern	Phil J. Stern	professor	professor	Kim taught at Longwood University (VA), while Phil teaches in the Duke University History Department.

+ The 1940 US Census shows that Richard (age 27) and Nell (age 29) Sykes had a daughter Jane (age 3). All of them were native North Carolinians, though the parents had lived in Charlotte in 1935.

Walter M. Browning, Jr. House

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