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805 Drew St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.18.2002. With dormers evoking a Cape Cod cottage style common on either side of World War Two, it seems this house may have replaced an earlier dwelling on the same site. From 1936 to 1959, the property belonged to Isaiah and Bessie Ross, who may have been responsible for its construction (or...
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1207 Hazel St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. County property records show this house as having been constructed in 1940. As of 2017, the structure remained largely unchanged from when the above photo was taken.
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1203 Hazel St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. County property records show this house as having been constructed in 1943, although a 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map indicates a single-family structure at this location with roughly the same dimensions and alignment. Permits on file with the city and county show a significant amount of...
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807 Drew St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1935.
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407 Gray Ave.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. Though county tax records date this structure to 1925, a barber named James Wesley (J. W.) Whitaker appears at this address for a dozen years beginning in 1919. His wife - Mary Hester Tapp Whitaker - purchased the property in 1915. She seems to have held various jobs, from...
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1201 Hazel St.

Photo by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. According to county property records, this structure was built in 1920, when Hazel Street was briefly known as an extension of Pearl Street (and prior to that, as Cobb Avenue). Originally one of several East End rental properties of the Horner family (Durham native and Trinity College/UNC...
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511 Gray Ave.

Photography by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1944. Nevertheless, residents are listed at this address in city directories dating back to 1926, and the structure at 511 Gray appears identical in the 1937 and 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
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509 Gray Ave.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1944. Nevertheless, residents are listed at this address in city directories dating back to 1927, and the duplex at 509 Gray appears identical in the 1937 and 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
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507 Gray Ave.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. While county records have this bungalow dated to 1943, historical sources suggest it had been built by the late 1920s. The owners at the time - and the first listed residents at this address - were Alexander C. and Vester Suitt Cokley. A. C. Cokley, as his name frequently appears...
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702 Dowd St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1930, however, no structure appears here on the 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. The first resident listed at this address - in the 1941 city directory - was Edward Hobbs, a tobacco worker.
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