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1404 Arnette Ave.

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1 1⁄2-story side-gabled brick Tudor Cottage with a slate roof, 2 hipped dormer windows, and an exterior end chimney. Other features are a front-gable wing, a recessed front porch with Tudor-style posts, and windows with...

409 N. Gregson St.

Purchasing agent Thonas c. Markham was the first owner of this Period House built in the early 1920s. Following English cottage style tenets, the one-and-one-half-story brick- veneered house is surmounted by a steeply pitched gable roof broken by two large stuccoed shed-roof dormers. Other decorative elements include quarter-round windows, box...

1016 Minerva Ave.

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story Foursquare, brick-veneered, the first story with wooden clapboards on the slightly overlapping second story. The overhang is accented by pear-shaped drop pendants. Colonial Revival style accents include robust...

1505 Morehead Ave.

10.12.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber) 1956 CD; Hobbie's Grill (restaurant.)

1325 Arnette Ave.

10.12.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber) Below in italics from the NR listing; not verified for accuracy by this author. Side-gabled 2-story Eclectic-style house of gable and wing form, with wide "cottage" weatherboards, and 6-over-6 sash windows. The front wing has such medieval English features as a slight upper story bracketed overhang and an exterior...

1109 Alma St.

1003 Alma St.

Scott and Roberts

Scott and Roberts Cleaners reportedly began business at 508 East Main St. around 1910 (although this address seems a bit improbable, as it still should have been the location of Somerset Villa. It moved to 710 East Main St. in 1927, and finally moved the HQ to a new building at 733 Foster Street in 1948. Although this was their primary business...

O'Brien, Bill

O'Brien Atkins