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1008 Lamond Ave.

11.17.06 (From the TP NR nomination:) William M. Speed, Sr., president and one of the owners of the Austin-Heaton Milling Company, had this one-and-one-half- story frame house constructed in 1908. Originally the house contained six rooms; today it has ten with additions to the rear and enclosure of a portion of the wraparound porch. [Was still...
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John J. and Nora Thaxton House

10.27.16 (From the TP NR nomination:) Durham County Deputy Sheriff and County Tax Collector J .J. Thaxton is the earliest known occupant of this two-story Neo- Colonial frame house built early in this century. It is one of the very few in Trinity Park that retains its original abundance of stained glass, appearing in six windows on the main facade...
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208 Watts St.

01.17.12 (DC tax office) This two-story brick 1920s duplex with its side gable roof and exterior-end chimneys is typical of Colonial Revival styling found in the pattern books of the day. A full-facade porch complete with balcony is upheld by box posts; six-over-six windows are shuttered.
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206 Watts St.

10.16.09 (DC tax office) Built between 1905 and 1911 for E.C. Piper and milliner Sallie Piper. Two-story irregularly-shaped Neo-colonial frame house has a center hall plan. Cross gables form two-story bays on the front and south elevations; the side bay is distinguished by cut-away corners. A wraparound porch is upheld by Tuscan columns and fronted...
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McAllister-Mangum-Carrington House

06.22.11 (DC tax office) Reputedly the seeond house of W.H. McAllister, built in 1925. Brick Foursquare fronted by a Mission style curvilinear parapet centered on hip roof. Stone lintels top the nine-over-one paired windows with keystones on the first-story. A full-facade porch contains classically detailed box posts on stone·piers and paired...
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202 Watts St.

(DC tax office) From the NR nomination: Built 1910 for engineer W.H. McAllister. Blocky two-story frame Neo-colonial house sheathed in German siding, surrrounded by a low hipped roof with a hip-roofed dormer. A deep porch on German-sided piers wraps to the south. Classical details include pilasters flanking the entry and an eliptical second-story...
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Talbott B. Smith House

1999 (DC tax photo) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) A typical example of a Foursquare with Colonial Revival detailing built in 1916 for Talbot Smith. The high hipped roof with front dormer is crossed by a gable which forms slight two-story projections on both sides. Wide eaves...
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209 Watts St.

01.07.11 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the late 1950s, this boxy two-story'brick house is topped by a low hipped roof and lighted by eight-over-eight shuttered windows. An entrance porch with balcony is ornamented by decorative metal posts and...
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203 Watts St.

02.27.09 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the 1920s, this shingled two-story Neo-colonial house with rear additions was occupied in the 1920s by physician Baird Brooks. A hipped roof with a dormer fonns wide boxed eaves. A single-shouldered chimney...
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201 Watts St.

01.17.12 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in 1900 and remodelled with replacement siding 1969. The two-story frame Neo-Colonial house has a pyramidal roof with a large gable containing a squared Palladian window. Interior chimneys and tapered box porch...
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