West Proctor Street

First George Watts House / Calvert (durham) Academy

Eugene Morehead and George Watts were pioneers in the area that would become Morehead Hill when they built their houses on the western side of Lee (later Duke) St. in 1880. As the activity in the neighborhood increased, WT Blackwell sought to purchase the land on the eastern side of Duke St., directly across from their houses, to build worker...

Louis A Carr House

Louis A. Carr, despite the familiar last name, was not directly related to Julian Carr; rather he came to Durham from Baltimore in the late 1880s or early 1890s. He became a partner with Samuel T. Morgan in the Durham Fertilizer Company, and along with Julian Carr and George Watts, he formed the Interstate Telephone and Telegraph company in 1894, about which I've written more here.

Victor Bryant Jr House

Victor Bryant Jr. House, 1981. Between 1925 and 1930, attorney Victor Bryant, Jr., constructed this Colonial Revival house on Vickers Avenue, designed by Northrup and O'Brien. Northrup and O'Brien plans, drawn in 1924. More detail at NCSU library. His father, Victor Bryant, a prominent lawyer in Durham and one-time city attorney, had a large house...

John Sprunt Hill House

Hill House, 1910s-1920s. (From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill) Louis A. Carr, despite the familiar last name, was not directly related to Julian Carr; rather he came to Durham from Baltimore in the late 1880s or early 1890s. He became a partner with Samuel T. Morgan in the Durham Fertilizer Company, and along with Julian Carr and...

1102 Arnette Ave.

From the 2003 National Register listing: Non-contributing. Low one-story side-gable house with two-over-two sash windows and T-111 siding.

John H. Shepherd Jr. House - 1015 Arnette Ave.

From the 2003 National Register listing: Brick bungalow with front clipped-gable roof, interior chimneys, boxed eaves, and nine-over-one sash windows. The front gable has stucco finish and a trio of six-pane casements. The original front door has a three-pane transom. The porch, partially recessed, has Craftsman posts and a ramped Chippendale...

Paul B. Bolton House - 1012 Arnette Ave.

From the 2003 National Register listing: Side-gabled one-and-one-half-story Cape Cod-style house with a gable end chimney, two front gabled dormers, and a rear shed dormer. The asbestos wall shingles may be original. Other features are six-over-six sash windows and a hipped porch with paired and tripled slender wood posts. Leon D. Hill, occupant in...

907 W. Proctor St.

From the 1984 National Register listing: One-story, irregularly-shaped frame house, the first house in the block, built at the turn of the century. Cross-gable roofline with diamond-shaped vents in the gables. Box posts on brick plinths support a full-facade porch. The end of the house west of the front gable was added after 1913.

1007 Vickers Ave.

01.01.08 Near replica of the St. George Tucker House in Williamsburg, Va., built in 1952 according to design by Archie Davis for medical doctor Hunter Sweaney. Interior in center hall plan features modillion crown molding, Georgian mantelpieces, sheathed wainscoting, and a study fully panelled in 16" beaded boards. Dr. Sweaney married Francis...

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