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804 Holloway St.

Craftsman bungalow with unusual cruciform 2nd floor - it looks like it was added on later, but the height of the abutting chimney seemed potentially consistent with it being original. However, the feature does not appear on the 1937 Sanborn map. In 1935 the residents were: Elijah D. Woodall ("knitter,") and Paul Goins (letter carrier) + his wife...
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805 Holloway St.

Handsome two-story Colonial Revival built in the late 1930s. In 1941, Clarence B. Moore and his wife Essie W. Moore lived in the house. Clarence was a "fitter" for the Durham Gas Company around the block on Gilbert Street.
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801 Holloway St.

In 1926 and 1928, Mrs. Martha A. Cheek (widow of DM Cheek) lived in the house. It doesn't appear that DM ever lived there with her.
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710 Eva St. - Romulus F. Pendergrass House

An attractive Victorian cottage with dual gables, scalloped shingles in the gable fronts, a front bay, and minimal drop pendants. RF Pendergrass, a "foreman" was resident in 1919.
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701 Eva St.

Significantly remuddled in the mid 2000s, this house retains a distinctive site, roofline, and porch. In 1919, Charles Green, a carpenter, was resident.
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717 Eva St.

1935 resident: Henry E. (or A.) Duke (hosiery worker) and wife Bettie V.
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714 Holloway St.

Norman D. Shepherd, an auto mechanic, was resident in 1919. 1999
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712 Holloway St.

1999 William Brown, a firefighter, was resident in 1919.
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711 Holloway St. - Thomas House

711 Holloway Street, with some bad remuddling. In 1913, this house is 613 Holloway, and in 1919, it is 713 Holloway. In 1915, multiple Thomases are listed as residing in the house: Miss Margaret E. Thomas Henry A. Thomas, gatekeeper Miss Mattie M. Thomas Miss Nannie Thomas William G. Thomas, clerk for the Durham Book and Stationery Company.
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709 Holloway St.

This bungalow was built slightly later than the buildings around it - between 1920 and 1925. In 1925, Thomas H. Johnson and Morton R. New were residents. Johnson was a superintendent at Durham Hosiery Mill No.2 ; New was a firefighter.
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