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625 Price Avenue – J. Otis Peacock House

This one-story, gable-front-and-wing bungalow is two bays wide and double-pile with a gabled rear ell at the northeast corner and a shed-roofed addition beyond the ell. The earliest known occupant is J. Otis Peacock (tobacco worker) in 1940.
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624 Price Avenue – William Patterson House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a hip-roofed dormer centered on the façade. The earliest known occupant is William Patterson (driver) in 1930. Patterson purchased the property from North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1943.
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622 Price Avenue – Alston-Tyler Duplex

This two-story, hip-roofed duplex is four bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, shed-roofed rear ell with a porch. According to a resident of the house it was constructed as a single-family home, but appears to have been converted to a duplex by 1930. The earliest known occupants are Josephine Alston and Robert Tyler (bricklayer) in 1930.
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619 Price Avenue – Ulysses S. Evans House

This one-story, front-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a gabled rear ell on the northeast corner and a shed-roofed addition to its west. The earliest known occupant is Ulysses S. Evans (tobacco worker) in 1940.
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618 Price Avenue – Davis Duplex

This two-story, hip-roofed duplex is four bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, full-width, shed-roofed rear ell. The earliest known occupants are Samuel Davis (laborer) and McCoy Davis (tobacco worker) in 1930.
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617 Price Avenue – James D. Mcadams House

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is two bays wide and triple-pile with a wide, gabled rear ell on the northeast corner and a shed-roofed addition west of the ell. The earliest known occupant is James D. McAdams in 1945.
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Shepard, James E.

Date of birth
11.03.1875
Date of death
10.06.1947
Place of birth
Raleigh, NC
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William H Robinson Science Building - North Carolina College / NCCU

Built by the Public Works Adminstration on the site of the original Boys' dormitory in 1939.
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Bn Duke Auditorium - North Carolina Central University

Completed 1937 as part of the Public Works Administration building campaign. The focal point of the flat-roofed building with English bond brick elevations is the two-story frame portico supported by streamlined Corinthian columns that shelters the three identical entrances. The auditorium seats 900 and is named in honor of one of the school's major benefactors, whose contributions and bequest totalled approximately $125,000.
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New Dining Hall / Alexander-Dunn Building - North Carolina College / NCCU

As part of the inclusion of North Carolina College into the UNC system, the General Assembly approved funds for new campus buildings; the original frame dining hall was replaced with a brick building in 1930. New Dining Hall, 1930 This one-story Georgian Revival style building with basement also was designed by Atwood &Nash and completed in 1930 as...
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