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Annie Day Shepard Residence Hall

The Annie Day Shepard Residence Hall was the new "Girls' Domitory" in 1930; designed by Atwood and Nash, it is similar to the Clyde R. Hoey Administration Building in its long rectangular three-story hip-roofed form with end pavillions and gabled entrance pavillion.
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514 East Umstead Street – Matilda Townsend House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a hip-roofed rear ell on the southwest corner and series of shed-roofed rear additions east of the ell. The earliest known occupant is Matilda Townsend (maid) in 1925. According to her obituary, she was employed by Professor C. W. Toms and later Mrs. J. A. Buchanan. Townsend remained in the house until her death in 1965.
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512 East Umstead Street – Eula W. Perry House

This one-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width front gable and a hip-roofed bay window toward the rear of the east elevation. The earliest known occupant is Eula W. Perry (domestic) in 1935; county tax records confirm the 1935 construction date.
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510 East Umstead Street – Carter C. Smith Jr. House

This one-story, clipped-side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, gabled rear ell. According to deeds, the Community Damp Wash Laundry & Corporation controlled the site through the 1920s and the Crystal Laundry is listed at this address in 1930. However, the property changed ownership in 1929 and county tax records date the current structure to 1930. The earliest known occupant is Carter C. Smith Jr. in 1935.
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508 East Umstead Street – Mary C. Evans House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a hip-roofed front dormer. The earliest known occupant is Mary C. Evans (domestic) in 1925. When Evans died in 1958, the property was sold to the Durham Colored Library.
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1305 Spaulding Street –william Luther Palmer House

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is two bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting side-gabled bay on the north elevation that is flush with the façade and a shed-roofed block behind that bay. County tax records date the building to 1925; the earliest known occupant is William Luther Palmer (reverend) in 1930; the Palmer family remained in the house through at least 1965.
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1214 Spaulding Street – William M. Rich House

This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled Cape Cod house is five bays wide and double-pile with a full-width, gabled rear ell. The earliest known occupant (at 612 LINWOOD AVENUE) is William M. Rich (director of Lincoln Hospital) in 1945; the house remained on LINWOOD AVENUE through at least 1965.
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509 Simmons Street – William H. Curry House

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a side-gabled ell on the east elevation, an attached carport on the west elevation, and a gabled rear ell on the northwest corner. County tax records date the building to 1938; the earliest known occupant is William H. Curry (barber, Cosmopolitan Barber Shop) in 1940.
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627 Price Avenue – Rufus H. Johnson House

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and double-pile with a side-gabled porch on the east elevation. County tax records date the building to 1945; the earliest known occupant is Rufus H. Johnson (reverend) in 1950.
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626 Price Avenue – James R. Henry House

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and double-pile with a front-gabled entrance bay projecting slightly from the right end of the façade. County tax records date the building to 1946; the earliest known occupant is James R. Henry (clerk, N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1950.
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