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809 Yancey Street

March 2012 2004 National Register entry: One-story tri-gable type house with Geman siding and a hipped porch with original turned posts, sawnwork brackets, and a replacement railing. The sashes appear to be 4-over-4. The house is very intact but in poor condition and has a very overgrown yard. Mrs. C. A. Hobgood, occupant in 1925 CD. March 2012...
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813 Burch Avenue

This two-story, hip-roofed house stands on a slight rise above Burch Avenue on a larger-than- average lot. The house is three bays wide and single pile with a one-story gabled ell extending from the right rear. The earliest known resident in Joshua L. Melvin (salesman, Burch-Gorman Co.) in 1907. The building was occupied by J. W. Lasley in 1920 and W. G. Bradshaw in 1925.
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1012 Gloria Avenue

2012 (Triangle MLS) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story frame Foursquare constructed c. 1910 for Louis A. Marshall who ran a car rental business, known as an "auto livery" [at Five Points.] Colonial Revival elements include Tuscan porch columns, plain frieze and...
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903 Orange Factory Road

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713 Anderson Street

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310 E. Umstead / Anthony-James House

(Courtesy UNC) The house at 307 East Umstead Street was built by Charles E. and Eva Anthony between 1911 and 1915; Charles Anthony was an agent with the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. By 1930, the house was occupied by Sidney T. James, who operated the Bull CIty Drug Company on West Parrish Street. In the 1950s, the house was utilized as the...
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1005 Vickers Avenue

1005 Vickers being demolished, 1960s (Courtesy Milo Pyne) George C. Pyne, Sr. and Mary Pilcher Pyne, in front of 1005 Vickers Avenue, ~1958 (Courtesy Milo Pyne) 1005 Vickers being demolished, 1960s (Courtesy Milo Pyne) - (sorry for the strange colors - there was a lot of red flare on the left side, which I've tried to correct as best I could.)
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1706 Fayetteville Street

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1702 Fayetteville Street

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1603 Hermitage Court - Robbins House

Philip D. Robbins House. 2-story side-gable Colonial Revival-style house with weatherboard walls and an exterior end chimney. Other features are an entrance with fanlight and sidelights and a 1-bay pedimented porch with paired columns and an arched soffit. The house has an exterior end chimney and a 2-story right wing with a French door. Philip D...
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