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John And Hazel Wily House

3426 Dover Road, ca. 1938, Contributing Building Two-story Norman Revival house with hip roof and flared eaves, brick exterior, 8/8 sash, exterior end chimney, projecting center bay, brick dentil cornice molding, corner quoins, side-gabled one-and-ahalf- story wing with hipped dormers, and hip-roofed one-and-a-half-story wing with hipped dormers. Neighborhood oral history identifies this as the Wily house and maintains that Wily was the vicepresident of Durham’s Fidelity Bank. The 1939 city directory is the first to show John F. Wily Jr. living in Hope Valley; in 1938, the directory shows him living at the Beverly Apartments on Watts Street in Trinity Park. Garage 3426 Dover Road, ca. 1938, Contributing Building Pyramidal-roof garage with brick exterior, two bays, and overhead lifting doors, and eyebrow dormer window in front roof slope. Carport 3426 Dover Road, ca. 2000, Noncontributing Building Pyramidal-roof carport with brick foundation and lattice walls stands north of the house, set slightly back from the facade.
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William And Katherine Brownell House

3406 Dover Road, 1928, Contributing Building George Watts Carr, architect One-and-a-half-story Tudor Revival house with steeply pitched hipped roof, brick veneer and stucco at ground floor, stucco with applied half-timbering in gable of front wing, 4/4 sash, intersecting clippedgable wing, single-leaf front entry beneath an engaged shed-roof porch with carved and pegged beams, and screened side porch inset at south elevation. George Watts Carr designed the Brownell House, one of the speculative houses built by Mebane and Sharpe, according to research by Claudia Brown during her 1980-1982 survey of Durham. Dr. Brownell, an education professor at Duke University, purchased the house from the real estate company. Later owners, who purchased the house in 1977, rehabilitated the interior and exterior, including Tudoresque doors, woodworking, and a stone mantelpiece. William A. Brownell first appears in the 1931 city directory, when he is listed as Duke University professor living in Hope Valley.

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George And Elizabeth Lyon House

One-and-a-half-story Tudor Revival house with steeply pitched hipped and gabled rooflines, 6/6 sash, stucco exterior with applied half-timbering at the upper floor, shed dormers and gabled wall dormers, and front porch inset under massive front gable. Deed records show that George L. Lyon purchased this parcel from Hope Valley, Inc. in November 1928. The 1931 city directory lists Lyon and his wife Elizabeth as living in Hope Valley. George Lyon was an agent for the Columbian National Life Insurance Company.
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Wallace And Elizabeth Vickers House

3406 Windsor Way, ca. 1956, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story Cape Cod with brick exterior, weatherboard siding in gable ends, 2/2 horizontal sash, replacement front door, single-story side-gabled wing at north elevation, basement garage, and added sunroom at rear elevation. The Vickers first appear on Windsor Way in the 1956 city directory; C. Wallace Vickers was a lawyer.
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Hope Valley Gate Entry Monuments, 1927

Hope Valley Gateway Markers, 1927, Contributing Object Windsor Way at Chapel Hill Road, double set; Dover Road at Chapel Hill Road, single set. Aymar Embury, designer Two large, curving gateway markers flank the roadway where Windsor Way meets Chapel Hill Road and Dover Road meets Chapel Hill Road. The markers have a stucco exterior and classical detailing, including dentil molding and fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. The name “Hope Valley” is inscribed on a shield in each marker.
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Winston And Marion Montgomery House

3407 Windsor Way, 1957, Contributing Building Single-story Ranch with side-gabled roof, brick exterior, 8/12 wood sash, and classical details that include dentil molding, a pedimented porch, and corner quoins built up from brick. The house is listed as under construction in the 1957 city directory. Winston and Marion Montgomery are the first owners recorded; Winston Montgomery was president and treasurer of Howerton-Bryan Memorial Home at the time.
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Palmer-Finney House

3405 Windsor Way, ca. 1953, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story Minimal Traditional with side-gabled roof, aluminum and board-and-batten siding, 8/8 wood windows, interior brick chimney, and enclosed side porch. The 1954 city directory lists Imperial Tobacco bookkeeper Winfree Palmer and his wife and Sadie on Windsor Way. In 1955, the Palmers sold this house to Duke physician William H. Finney and his wife June.
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Herman And Marion Salinger House

3403 Windsor Way, ca. 1956, ca. 1990s, Noncontributing Building Single-story Ranch with hip roof, asbestos shingle and board-and-batten siding, replacement windows, and added shed-roofed front porch with copper roof. The house first appears in the 1957 city directory, which lists Duke professor Herman Salinger and his wife Marion as owners.
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1511 Hermitage Court

1999 - Durham Tax Office Lawrence D. Kirkland House. 2-story side-gable brick Colonial Revival-style house with an interior chimney, a modillion cornice, an entrance with a decorative fanlight and sidelights, and a 1-bay porch with double fluted columns, a modillion cornice, and a Chippendale wood railing on the roof. Other features are paired 9...
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Albert D. & Sarah L. Weeks House

(Below in italics is from the 2005 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Side-gabled brick Ranch house with large interior chimney, a door with a stoop and a metal railing, 8-over-8 sash windows, and flanking recessed wings. The left wing is set at an angle to the main block. The right wing is a garage with a...
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