This house was built in 1926 or 1927. Its first occupants were rental tenants, Lucius and Mary Oliphant. Oliphant was the assistant manager of the Piggly-Wiggly grocery store. They resided in the house a short while and are listed in the directory at 1113 Virginia only in 1928. The next residents, Charles Knox Massey and his wife, Anne Louise...

When entering the historic Forest Hills neighborhood in Durham, NC, one drives up a steep hill (Hermitage Court Drive) from University Blvd to the well-known Hermitage Court circle, a landmark of the neighborhood. This gateway to Forest Hills, a nationally designated historic neighborhood, is across from Forest Hills Park. The house is one of the...

1009 Burch Avenue was built by M. Webb Thompson and his wife Minnie A. Thompson. (In 1940, Thompson built 1010 Burch Ave . across the street.) In 1940 Enclosed rear porch In 2006 Restoration including reconfigured rear porch, fixing floor and redoing kitchen, rearranging upstairs bath, partially finishing basement

The Hackney House is representative of the work of one of Durham's important residential architects and it retains its original appearance and details.

Built as a parsonage for Lakewood Methodist Church.

Original owner, Dr. J. Fred Rippy, was a well-respsected scholar in the field of Latin American history and was a professor at the University of Chicago (1920-1926 and 1936-1958) before taking a position at Duke University (1926-1936). In the Hills Directory, the address for this property is listed as 814 Overhill until 192x, when it is listed as...