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3429 Rugby Rd.

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Milburn, Frank P.

Date of birth
12.12.68
Date of death
09.00.1926
Place of birth
Bowling Green, KY
Place of death
Asheville, NC
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Milburn and Heister

Over the past few years I've become quite intrigued by architect Frank Milburn, a prolific mid-Atlantic/southeastern architect who, nearly-anonymously (at least in contemporary terms,) might have been preeminent architect of the New South during the 1890s-1920s. Despite this prominence, he seems nearly forgotten. There have been two scholarly...
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820 Exum St.

This one-story, front-gabled house is three-bays wide and triple pile.
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819 Exum St.

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and triple pile with a shed-roofed addition across the rear. The earliest known occupants are J. Leonard Hackney (employee, Durham Ice Cream Company) and his wife Erna M. in 1930.
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818 Exum St.

This one-story, side-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and double pile, with a shed-roofed addition at the right rear. The earliest known residents of the house are Henry M. (steelworker) and Daisy W. Weiss in 1930.
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817 Exum St.

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and triple pile with a shed-roofed addition across the rear. Its earliest known resident is Sidney A. Bobbitt (carpenter) and his wife Elzettie in 1930.
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1610 Merrick St.

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1612 Merrick Street – William M. Forte House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a shed-roofed rear ell. County tax records date the building to 1950; the earliest known occupant is William M. Forte (laborer) in 1955.
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1611 Merrick Street – Mrs. Hilda F. Johnson House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and four-pile. County tax records date the building to 1958; the earliest known occupant is Mrs. Hilda F. Johnson in 1960.
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