Tudor Revival

Franck-Dick House 3005 Norwich Way, 1928, ca. 1950, Contributing Building

Smith-Gardner House 3106 Devon Road, ca. 1930, Contributing Building George Wattts Carr, architect

3301 Devon Road Brewster Snow built this, Charles Barton Keen, provincial Tudor Revival style house in 1927. The rambling dwelling is faced with rust-cast stucco, applied half-timbering, stained weatherboards, and tapestry brick. A large exterior chimney constructed of Hillsborough Quarry stone surmounted by decorative terra cotta chimney pots dominates the entrance facade. The large mass of the house is broken by shallow gable-roofed wings at various heights and by gable and hip-roofed dormers. The peaked gables are fanciful features that characterize several of Hope Valley’s Tudor Revival style houses.

4006 Dover Road, ca. 1928, 2008, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story side-gabled Tudor Revival with brick exterior, replacement casement windows, projecting front-gabled bay with recessed front entry at one end of facade, gabled wall dormers, newly installed bay windows with copper roofs at first-floor. Additions in 2008 include shed-roofed sunroom over basement-level garage with half-timbering at garage entrance and additions with cementitous siding at northwest rear corner. Neighborhood oral history identifies this as the Swett House; the 1931 city directory does show Duke professor Francis Swett and his wife Elizabeth in Hope Valley. Dr. Swett was chair of the Department of Anatomy from 1930 through 1943 and was one of the original members of the Medical School faculty. Deeds show that in 1947 Barnes and Frances Woodhall purchased the house. Barnes Woodhall was the chief of neurosurgery at Duke from 1937 through 1960 and the Dean of the Medical School from 1960 through 1964.

3936 Dover Road, ca. 1929, ca. 2000, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story side-gabled Tudor Revival with brick exterior, wood casement windows, slightly projecting front-gabled bay, gabled wall dormers, and flanking side-gabled wings. Off-center front entry is in the front-gabled bay; the wing at the left side of the facade and a large gabled rear wing with shed-roofed porch, casement windows, wall dormer, and cementitous siding are much later additions. Edgar Cheek, owner of a namesake insurance agency, and his wife Adelaide purchased this parcel for $3,000 from the developers in 1929, according to deeds. City directories list the Cheeks in Hope Valley as early as 1931. In 1934, they sold the property to Zebulon Vance Waller and his wife. Zebulon Waller was the supervisor of the leaf department at Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company at the time. Garage 3936 Dover Road, ca. 1929, ca. 2000, Contributing Building Two-car side-gabled garage with brick exterior, overhead lifting door, and cementitous siding in gable ends.

3812 Dover Road, 1928, ca. 1967, Contributing Building George Watts Carr (original house) and Kenneth Scott (rear addition), architects Two-story side-gabled Tudor Revival with brick exterior,

3432 Dover Road, ca. 1928, ca. 2005, Contributing Building Two-story side-gabled Tudor Revival house with brick, stone, and stucco exterior; wood casement windows; slightly projecting centered front-gabled entry wing and slightly shorter recessed two-story side-gabled wing at north end; slate roof; shed-roof dormers; compatible addition made at side and rear side wing, using similar and complementary materials. City directories and deeds show that Clinton and Annie Toms moved from Hermitage Circle in Forest Hills to this house between 1928 and 1931; Toms was the president of the Venable Tobacco Company. From the mid-1940s through the end of the period of significance, Commodore and Bettie Council lived here. Commodore T. Council Sr. was one of the formulators of the BC Remedy, a headache powder invented and manufactured in Durham through the 1960s.

3406 Dover Road, 1928, Contributing Building George Watts Carr, architect One-and-a-half-story Tudor Revival house with steeply pitched hipped roof, brick veneer and stucco at ground floor, stucco with applied half-timbering in gable of front wing, 4/4 sash, intersecting clippedgable wing, single-leaf front entry beneath an engaged shed-roof porch with carved and pegged beams, and screened side porch inset at south elevation. George Watts Carr designed the Brownell House, one of the speculative houses built by Mebane and Sharpe, according to research by Claudia Brown during her 1980-1982 survey of Durham. Dr. Brownell, an education professor at Duke University, purchased the house from the real estate company. Later owners, who purchased the house in 1977, rehabilitated the interior and exterior, including Tudoresque doors, woodworking, and a stone mantelpiece. William A. Brownell first appears in the 1931 city directory, when he is listed as Duke University professor living in Hope Valley.

One-and-a-half-story Tudor Revival house with steeply pitched hipped and gabled rooflines, 6/6 sash, stucco exterior with applied half-timbering at the upper floor, shed dormers and gabled wall dormers, and front porch inset under massive front gable. Deed records show that George L. Lyon purchased this parcel from Hope Valley, Inc. in November 1928. The 1931 city directory lists Lyon and his wife Elizabeth as living in Hope Valley. George Lyon was an agent for the Columbian National Life Insurance Company.

1999 (Durham County Tax Office) (Below in italics is from the 2005 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) W. Murray Jones House. 1 1⁄2-story stuccoed Tudor Cottage with steep front-gable roof, side shed dormers, and a front rustic stone chimney. A gabled entrance bay contains a round-arched door with a stone and brick...