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2111 Otis St.

8.17.2020, Photo by Beverly Evans The one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled Period Cottage is three bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled entrance bay, centered on the façade and flanked by gabled dormers. The house has a brick veneer, flush eaves, vinyl windows, and vinyl siding on the dormers. The replacement front door retains a...

2108 Duncan St.

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...

Street Obelisk - Moved From Franklin & N. Alston

03.30.2020, N. Levy There aren't very many of these formerly ubiquitous concrete street markers still around town - probably the best known is this one near where the freeway carved up West End, while there's apparently a remarkable collection of them creatively repurposed for fencing on this farm. The one shown here, however, may have the dubious...

2112 Concord St. - Jefferson & Virginia Eason House

December 2017, photograph by Heather Slane - hmwPreservation From the National Register Historic District listing: 2112 Concord Street – Jefferson and Virginia Eason House – c. 1944 Contributing Building Set back from the street and on a slight rise, this one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional- style house is three bays wide and double-pile...

2110 Concord Street

December 2017, photograph by Heather Slane - hmwPreservation The original occupants were James Elwood Carter, advertising manager at the Carolina Times, a black-owned and operated newspaper, his wife, Sara, a school teacher and their two children, Lana and James, Jr. The house stayed in the family until 2014 when it was sold by the daughter.

2113 Concord Street

December 2017, photograph by Heather Slane - hmwPreservation The roofline of this one-story house was raised to allow for the construction of a shed-roofed dormer on the rear elevation. The house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting, front-gabled bay on the right (south) end of the façade. It has vinyl siding and windows and a six...

1008 N. Driver St.

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers According to county property records, this house was built in 1922. In the 1960 Hill’s city directory, George R. House was listed as the homeowner. His wife’s name was given as Elizabeth, and he was said to be an engineer employed by the US Post Office.

405 Canal St.

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers This one-story ranch was built in 1925 according to county tax records, and originally owned by Paul Neamon (per the 1925 City Directory), owner of Neamon Candy Co (223-225 Foster Street). And in 1960, it was owned by Beulah M. Perkins (widow of Israel).

804 N. Elizabeth St.

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers September 2017, from the Durham County Tax Record According to the city tax record, this home was built in 1944. In the 1960 City Directory, the resident of 804 N. Elizabeth St was Mrs. Victoria L. Staten, widow of Moses.

1507 Edgevale Rd.

April 2000, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers According to county tax records, this house was built in 1953. In the 1960 City Directory, residents of 1507 Edgevale Rd. were listed as William K. Rand, Jr. and wife Nancy H. Rand. He worked as the Vice President/Treasurer of the Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co, Inc.