03.20.07 (Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1 1/2 -story tri-gable house with German siding, replacement windows on the 1st story, original 4-over-4 sash windows in gable ends, and decorative sawtooth shingles in the front gable. The hipped porch has Craftsman posts...

This one-story, side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and double-pile. The earliest known occupant is Sidney Verbal (barber) in 1930.

This one-story, hip-roofed bungalow is three bays wide and double-pile with a shed-roofed rear ell. The earliest known occupant is William Jackson (laundryworker, Durham Laundry Company) in 1935.

County tax records date the building to 1948; the earliest known occupant is George H. Perry (laborer, Liggett & Myers) in 1950. Mrs. Josephine Perry operated a beauty shop here as well.

The Forbus House is a well-articulated example of the rare Norman Provincial architectural style in a city with several early twentieth-century suburbs favoring picturesque revival styles. G. Murray Nelson of Raleigh designed the house for Dr. Wiley D. Forbus and Elizabeth Burger Forbus and their daughters. The house, completed in 1931, burned in 1933 and was immediately rebuilt.

1982 2001 (G. Kueber) 07.03.2018 (G. Kueber)

1982 1982 2001

1982 607-605 Yancey, 1982 2001 12.04.06