Business / Organization Type Architectural Practice Can you help?You don't need to know everything, but can you improve the description? Maybe add some more details?Log in or register and you can edit this. Architecture firm founded by Garland R. Rose with James P. Rose. (presumably his brother.) Located in the Trust Building in 1915. Related as an architect 409 Watts St. (DC tax office) - 1999 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Rose and Rose, Architects designed this two-story house for dentist Henry Carr in the early 1920s. Its distinguishing features include clipped gable roofline with deep bracketed eaves and the arcaded wraparound porch with... Read More 310 Watts St. 02.26.10 (DC Tax Office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) The firm of Rose and Rose, Architects, designed this two-story, three-room-deep brick house in the early 1920s for Buck Clements, owner of a local insurance agency. In the early 1930s, Dr. and Mrs. George Watkins... Read More North Carolina Mutual / Mechanics And Farmers North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. was established in 1898 as the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association by John Merrick, Dr. AM Moore, PW Dawkins, DT Watson, WP Pearson, EA Johnson, and Dr. James E Shepard. This coalition of men appears to have grown out of the Grand United Order of the True Reformers, a mutual-benefit society founded in... Read More 1417 Acadia Street 1417 Acadia Street, 2011 (Courtesy Alex Maness) The J. A. Smith House, 1931 1417 Acadia Street Among the last houses built in Duke Park before the crushing weight of the Great Depression halted nearly all construction, the J. A. Smith House is nevertheless an outstanding example of the Tudor or gothic revival style so popular in the Duke Park... Read More 318 South Driver Street - Fidelity Bank East Durham Branch The East Durham branch of a bank that was once a Durham powerhouse. Read More 304 East Trinity - Calvary United Methodist Church 03.28.11 The Calvary United Methodist Church congregation was formed in the 1880s, when, per the historic inventory: Read More 1111 North Mangum Street 1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) Tobacco warehouseman Maynard Mangum had this imposing two story clapboarded house constructed in 1914 by local contractor Lonnie Glosson. A similarity in the overall form, proportions and low hipped roof with deep bracketed eaves between this house and the Umstead-Rollins House next... Read More Holloway Street School The Holloway Street school was built in 1928, designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose. Rear wings were added to the school in 1950 and 1954. A gymnasium was added in 1975. Read More Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church Trinity Ave. Presbyterian, 1926 Trinity Avenue Presbyterian had its origins in the Pearl Cotton Mill, which opened its doors in 1892. In 1894, the Rev. L.B. Turnbull, Minister of First Presbyterian Church was instrumental in opening a mission at the mill. The congregation met in a cottage on Washington St., but sometime prior to 1898 built a frame... Read More Fidelity Bank - West Durham / Bruegger's One-time West Durham branch for the Fidelity Bank, headquartered in downtown Durham, this Rose and Rose designed neoclassical structure became a Wachovia branch when Wachovia absorbed Fidelity in 1956, and, after the construction of a new Wachovia branch across the street, long-time home to Bruegger's Bagels. Read More Graybar Electric - 303 South Duke St. The brick storefront at 303 South Duke St. was built in 1930 by Southern Land and Lumber for the Graybar Electric Company, a national electric supply company. The structure was designed by local architects Rose and Rose. Read More Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
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