Minimal Traditional

December 2021 (Photo by Tom Miller) This unassuming cottage on the unpaved northern portion of Virginia Avenue was the longtime home of Dr. Clotilde Schlayer, and the epicenter of a fascinating group of emigres, many of whom fled Nazi Germany to create new lives in Durham. Though German by background, Clotilde Schlayer was actually born in...

12.03.13 This small, t-shaped cinder block house was apparently built in the late 1940s on the back half of the lot of a house facing Mangum Street - with residents first appearing in the 1947 city directory and the structure depicted on the 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance map. Fragment of 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance map - available via ProQuest/NClive...

Photo by Melva Rigel, August 2020 This one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is four bays wide and double-pile with aluminum siding, eight-over-eight wood-sash windows, and an interior brick chimney. The left three bays project slightly under a front-gabled roof and feature a three-light-over-four-panel door flanked by six-over...

Photograph taken by Melva Rigel, February 2021 This one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is three bays wide and double-pile with an enclosed side-gabled porch on the right (southeast) elevation, flush with the façade. The house has aluminum siding, flush eaves, six-over-six wood-sash windows, and an interior brick chimney. A six...

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcodronaki, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 Simple in form and detail, this one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is three bays wide and double-pile with a wide front gable centered on the façade. It has a brick veneer, vinyl windows, flush eaves, rectangular vents in the gables, and...

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcodronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 Simple in form and detail, this one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is three bays wide and double-pile with a wide front gable centered on the façade. It has a brick veneer, vinyl windows, flush eaves, rectangular vents in the gables, and...

(January 2018, Photo by Cheri Szcodronski, hmwPreservation) With distinctive stone detailing on the front-gabled wing and interior brick chimney, this one- story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is five bays wide and double-pile. It has a brick veneer, six-over-six wood-sash windows, generally paired, flush eaves, and triangular...

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcodronski, National Historic District Submission, January 2018 This one-story, hip-roofed house duplicates a common early-twentieth century form. It is three bays wide and double-pile with a decorative gable centered on the façade. It has a stuccoed foundation, replacement fiber-cement siding, vinyl windows, and a vinyl...

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcodronski, National Historic District Submission, January 2018 Typical of post-World War II housing, this one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is three bays wide with a projecting, front-gabled bay on the right (west) end of the façade. The house has a concrete block foundation, vinyl siding and...