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615 Dunbar Street – William Earl Williams House

This one-story, clipped side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width rear gable.The earliest known occupant is William Earl Williams (N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1940; county tax records date the building to 1935.
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614 Dunbar Street – George L. Suggs House

This one-story, hip-roofed, Ranch house is three bays wide and four-pile. County tax records date the building to 1960. The first known occupant is George L. Suggs in 1965.
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613 Dunbar Street – Lucius Johnson House

This one-story, hip-roofed bungalow is two bays wide and triple-pile with a wide front-gabled block. The earliest known occupant is Lucius Johnson (chef, Lincoln Hospital) in 1930; county tax records date the building to 1925.
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1320 Clarendon St. (6th St.) - McCauley House

1937 City Directory: Thomas H. and Nellie W. McCauley. Thomas is listed as a carpenter.
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Holland Brothers Furniture Company

Founded by Alton Holland.
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Duke Beltline

1957 Built in 1891 primarily to bypass the control of the railroad tracks between Five Points and Dillard by the Durham and Clarksville railroad, the Duke Beltline provided passage north of and around the town, connecting to the main line adjacent to the Duke Factory, and connecting to the Timberline railway northeast of town, which then connected...
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1532 Hermitage Ct

English Cotswold Style house built in 1929 by Alton R. Holland of the Holland Brothers Furniture Company
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Preservation Durham Places in Peril : 2012

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Dillard And Gamble Livery Stables

1939 The Dillard and Gamble livery stables and real estate company (business synergy !...?) was located on Rigsbee Avenue just to the north of the Big 4 auction warehouse. It was destroyed by the 1944 fire that also destroyed that warehouse. According to Charlotte Observer, July 9, 1944, "Other establishments burned to earth included the Central...
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612 Dunbar Street – Peter T. Barber House

This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and double-pile with a clippedgabled dormer centered on the façade. The house has a stuccoed foundation, vinyl siding, and two brick chimneys (one in the ridgeline and one on the west elevation). It retains four-over-one, double-hung Craftsman-style wood sash windows and has vinyl...
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