Hope Valley

3437 Dover Road, ca. 1928, Contributing Building George Watts Carr, architect Two-story side-gabled Spanish Colonial Revival with stucco exterior, wood casement windows, Spanish-tile roof, projecting front-gabled wing at north end of facade, exterior end chimney at south elevation, iron balconettes, and recessed asymmetrical entry with slate surround. A low stucco wall edges the street-facing front and south side yards, stepping down towards the back of the parcel. Previous survey and research identified this as the David T. Smith House; city directories show that Smith and his wife Susan lived on Swift Avenue in the very early 1930s before moving here. Smith was a chairman of the microbiology department at Duke Hospital and established the Division of Infectious Diseases there in 1930. Claudia Brown identified this house as one of the ten George Watts Carr-designed spec houses during her 1980-1982 survey of Durham.

3433 Dover Road, ca. 1930, Contributing Building Two-story side-gabled Colonial Revival with vinyl siding, 6/6 sash, brick end chimneys, centered gabled portico on squared posts sheltering a five-panel front door, and single-story side-gabled flanking side wings, including a screened porch on the south side. Between 1931 and 1932, Duke professor George S. Eadie moved to Hope Valley from a residence on Duke’s campus. Eadie, another early member of the Medical School faculty, lived here through at least 1958, according to city directories. Garage 3433 Dover Road, ca. 1990, Noncontributing Building

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.

3938 Dover Road, ca. 1928, ca. 1980, Contributing Building Two-story side-gabled Colonial Revival with mitered weatherboard exterior, 6/1 sash, centered front entry with sidelights and transom sheltered by a barrel-arch gabled entry porch on Doric columns, two story side-gabled wing at left end of facade, sunroom at right end, and very large two-story side-gabled garage with side entry added at rear, attached by a hyphen. City records date this house to 1928 and neighborhood oral history identifies this as the Fuller House. Ralph B. Fuller, an insurance agent, appears on Dover Road as early as the 1932 city directory.

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.

3934 Dover Road, ca. 1930, ca. 1985, Noncontributing Building Two-and-a-half-story side-gabled Colonial Revival with aluminum siding, replacement windows and front door, gabled dormer windows, bracketed open-gable roof at centered front entry, and brick exterior end chimneys. Neighborhood oral history identifies this as the Constable House. Palmer and Chrysteen Constable moved to Hope Valley between 1930 and 1931 according to city directories. Palmer N. Constable was the secretary of the Hope Valley Country Club in 1928. In 1940, the Constables sold this house to Richard and Mary Reid, who remained here though at least the end of the period of significance. Richard Reid was a supervisor at Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company. Garage 3934 Dover Road, ca. 1990, Noncontributing Building One-and-a-half-story three-car garage with gabled dormers and aluminum siding.

3920 Dover Road, ca. 1950, ca. 1990, Contributing Building One-story, side-gabled, Ranch house with brick exterior, replacement windows, projecting frontgabled bay at one end of facade, recessed front entry, and large addition at rear. The 1951 city directory lists Charles and Frances Jones as the first residents. Charles Jones was president and treasurer of the First Securities Corporation. Shed 3920 Dover Road, ca. 1990, Noncontributing Building One-story side-gabled shed with weatherboard exterior, 4/1 sash, and double-leaf doors.

3816 Dover Road, ca. 1928, ca. 2000, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story side-gabled house with brick and weatherboard exterior, 6/6 sash, smaller oneand- a-half-story wing at south end of main section, two-story projecting front-gabled bay at north end of main facade, and hyphen at north end joining house to large weatherboarded front-gabled wing. This wing, apparently originally a single story building, has been raised to two stories by the addition of a sunroom below the original structure. Paul M. Gross started teaching at Trinity College, later Duke University, in 1919 as an assistant professor of chemistry; from 1920 through 1965, he was a full professor in the chemistry department. Gross chaired the chemistry department from 1920 through 1948, during Duke University’s evolution into a research institution, and later served as Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the University, and a Vice-President in the Education Division. His work on the Frangible Bullet Project, Duke’s largest military research project, won him a Presidential Medal of Merit. The chemistry building on Science Drive at Duke University is named for him.

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,

3610 Dover Road, ca. 1941, Contributing Building Two-story on basement side-gabled Colonial Revival with weatherboard sheathing, 8/12 sash, and oneand- a-half-story wing at north side. City records date this house to 1941 and city directories show that Albert and Ruth Wackerman were the first residents. Albert E. Wackerman was a professor at Duke University.