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1528 Hermitage Court
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...
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1518 Hermitage Court
1999 (DC Tax Photo) (Below in italics is from the 2005 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Charles R. Skinner House. 1 1⁄2-story gable-and-wing brick Tudor Cottage with a side chimney with paired chimney pots, a batten door, gabled dormers, and 6-over-6 sash windows. The prominent front gable and the side gables...
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1516 Hermitage Court
1999 (DC Tax Photo) Richard E. Elmore House. 1 1⁄2-story side-gabled brick Tudor Cottage with a front shed dormer with half-timbered treatment and gabled dormers. Other features are 6-over-6 sash windows, a recessed corner porch with heavy timber posts, and a 1-story side wing with a bay window with a concave roof. Richard E. Elmore, cashier at...
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1410 Arnette Ave.
05.12.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber) (Below in italics is from the 2005 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Lee Roy Gattis House. Substantial 2-story Tudor Revival-style house with clinker brick walls and large metal casements with diamond-paned transoms on the first story. The upper story has half-timbered walls...
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1542 Hermitage Court
1999 (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Alex Worth House. 1 1⁄2-story Colonial Revival-style house with a side- gable roof with clipped gables, and front gabled wings that form a U- shaped footprint. Other features are a front shed dormer, an interior chimney, an entrance with...
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1601 Hermitage Ct.
1999 (From the NR listing; not verified) Frank M. Martin House. 2-story hip-roofed Colonial Revival/Craftsman-style house with stuccoed walls with corner stuccoed quoins, and wide eaves with exposed rafter tails. Other features are a pent roof across the first story that extends around the 1-bay entrance porch with fluted columns and a wood-railing...
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3437 Dover Rd.
This charming little house is like no other in Hope Valley and, architecturally speaking, it is one of the most significant houses in Durham. What makes it so special, of course, is its high-style Spanish Eclectic design.
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402 E. Main St.
402 East Main Street, ~1939. (Library of Congress)
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616 W. Chapel Hill St.
1953 (Herald-Sun) It appears that the Tucker Motor Company was built on the site of Sam and Elizabeth Tucker's large home at 616 West Chapel Hill Street. Elizabeth Tucker is noted in the city directory as resident at the site in 1943, along with F. Emerson Tucker. In 1947, she is living at 1407 West Pettigrew Street (the original address of the...
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827 Morgan St.
02.66 I feel almost as if it were some sort of failing that, after a cumulative 20 years in Durham (as of 2012,) I've never once ventured into Shooters (II). It's always surprisingly difficult to find out the history of a place like this without going to interview someone - or if a post like this inspires a comment from the institutional memory out...
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