People & Places

Aiken-Stallings House

01.12.2012 (DC tax photos) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Said to have been built in 1910s by real estate agent Rufus Aiken, this frame Foursquare reportedly served as a convent for Roman Catholic nuns who were nurses. Two interior chimneys are symmetrically located on the hipped...

Philo M. Bussell House

05.24.2007 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the 1920s for Philo Bussell, vice president of Durham Industrial Bank . With a brick facade laid in Flemish bond, this Foursquare is enriched by its hipped roof extending to form wide boxed eaves containing paired...

Joseph and Minnie Hamblin Roberts House

The house in 2006 pre-renovation when it was still apartments. Courtesy: Triangle Multiple Listing Service (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Unusual massive two story, classically detailed, with weatherboard siding. Main body of house has hip roof, pedimented projecting pavilion...

V.E. Wilson House

1711 Lakewood Avenue, February 1966 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) (The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the V.E. Wilson House) Vivian Edwin Wilson bought the property from Rosa Woods, who had received it from her father, E.A. Woods. Mr. Woods had...

Clay-Lloyd House

08.28.11 (The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Clay-Lloyd House) The story begins with Kurt and Linda Hube purchasing 2100 W. Club Blvd. in May of 2003, and renovating it under the guidelines of the NC Historic Preservation Society. They learned during this time that the...

View of the former Wyche House, now the Royall Center at NC School of Science and Mathematics

Wyche House - Watts Hospital

(The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Wyche House) Built in Spanish Mission style by George W. Watts for the Watts School of Nursing. Kendall, Taylor & Co of Boston, Architects. Named for superintendent Mary Wyche Rehabilitated in 2003 for N.C. School of Science and...

Watts Hospital (1909-1980) / North Carolina School Of Science And Math

George Watts-funded hospital became the primary hospital for white patients in Durham during the early to mid-20th century; it closed in the 1970s after the creation of Durham Regional Hospital and became the home for the new North Carolina School of Science and Math

Street view of the Foy J. Shaw House

Foy J. Shaw House

(The information below is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Foy J. Shaw House) The Barrett L. and Nancy Hare Robbins family are the third owners of this 79-year old residence and the fourth tenants. Foy and Nola Shaw, its first owners', lived in the house for twenty-two years with a daughter and son, then...

J.O. Lunsford House

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Circa 1930 two-story brick-veneered Period House with broad symmetrical three-bay facade, tall gambrel roof with almost full-facade shed dormer, and gabled hood supported by consoles above trabeated entrance surround. Patio runs across main facade...

Branson-Umstead House

1999 William Branson House. Picturesque 2-story Colonial Revival-style house. The main 2-story block has a side-gable slate roof, exterior end stone chimney, and an entrance set in a shed stone bay, with an ornate pilastered surround. In the angle between the façade and entrance shed is a bay window with a concave roof. At left is a French door...