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Jessica Kirkland House

1 ½-story side-gable Cape Cod-style house with paired 6-over-6 sash windows, 2 gabled dormers, and flanking wings. Mrs. Jessica Kirkland, widow of A. L. Kirkland, was the owner-occupant in 1950.
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Julia And Robert W. Carr House I.

Split-level type house with side-gable roof, interior chimney, asbestos siding, and a door set in a shallow engaged porch. Alterations include replacement casement windows and artificial siding on the left wing. Robert W. Carr , architect at George W. Carr Associates, built this for his family about 1950.
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Estelle S. And Joseph D. Rivers House

Split-level type house with such Modernist features as a concrete block lower level containing a garage and attached carport with metal pip posts, asbestos siding, tar-and-gravel roofs, and a large interior chimney. Joseph D. Rivers, an architect at George W. Carr Associates, was the owner-occupant in 1950.
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1401 Watts St.

Front-gabled 1-story bungalow with decorative eave brackets, exposed rafter tails, 4/1 Craftsman-style sash windows, and weatherboard. Samuel B. Fenell was occupant in 1930. Robert C. Brown, a mechanic at DuBois Floor & Tile Co., and his wife Annie were the owner-occupants in 1935, and Almie remained in the house until at least 1955.
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607 East Lawson Street – Edward P. Norris House

This one-story, side-gabled house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled bay on the right end of the façade, a full-width rear gable, and a side-gabled ell beyond the rear gable. County tax records date the property to 1930; the earliest known occupant is Edward P. Norris (dentist) in 1930.
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605 East Lawson Street – Ella L. Cotton House

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile. It has a brick foundation, molded wood weatherboards, an interior brick chimney, and an exterior brick chimney on the façade. The building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map; the earliest known occupant is Ella L. Cotton in 1945.
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1614 Fayetteville Street – Whitted-Pratt House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile with two two-story, hip-roofed rear ells. The earliest known occupant is James M. Whitted (building contractor) in 1925. It was also associated with the Pratt family, one of the first black land-owning families in Durham.
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1613 Fayetteville Street – Sandy Love House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, hip-roofed ell on the north elevation. County tax records date the building to 1921; the earliest known occupant is Sandy Love (tobacco worker) in 1925.
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1612 Fayetteville Street – John F. Williams House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and four-pile with a two-story, projecting gabled bay on the north elevation. The earliest known occupant is John F. Williams (cleaner and presser) in 1925. It is currently a tri-plex.
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1611 Fayetteville Street – Charles G. Davis House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, hip-roofed rear ell. County tax records date the building to 1921; the earliest known occupant is Charles G. Davis (teacher, Hillside Park High School) in 1925.
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