1910. Notice the instruments; William S. Terry is on horseback. Terry was selected as a constable of Lebanon Township in May of 1881, immediately following the formation of Durham County in April of that year. Terry died on August 29, 1918. It's unknown when the old house was demolished; a ranch-style structure replaced it, likely in the 1960s. 01...

Designed and built by Thomas Wray Wilkinson. Many parcels deeded to Langston and Mckee families. Sold in 1983 to Dayna F. Deck and Thomas B. Kibby. Sold in 1988 to Deborah L. Hayes, and recently sold to William and Lindsay Smart in 2012.

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1988 SHPO proof sheet photo - negative DH2478 if someone wants to pay for a better copy from the negative and send it to me. AP wire story picked up from the Herald, March 26, 2000 Bobby Copeland remembers clutching his grandaddy's hand in the corner gas station. He'd eyeball the candy rack while a group of local men would gather to chat about...

The county's 1978-2012 courthouse was outdated and hated from the moment it was completed. Worse yet, the powers-that-be destroyed an entire block of attractive - some beautiful - structures in order to build this cold mess. The best of the lot was the Hotel Malbourne, on the northwest corner of N. Roxboro and East Main. Looking northwest, 1966...

(Courtesy Triangle Modernist Houses) The Benjamin Boyce Residence, 1200 Dwire Place, Durham. Sold in 1983 to Daniel Lapadula. Sold in 1990 to Judith Moscovitz. Sold in 1995 to Howard Hochman. Sold in 2005 to Cameron and Naomi Ingram. Designed while Enersen was at UNC-Chapel Hill.

01.29.12 It's unclear who built the house at Guess Road, but it came into the possession of Will Terry in the early 20th century. By 1919, it was owned by the Warren and Turnage families, who incidentally lived next to one another on Watts Street. (And yes, it's the same Turnage who stated Turnage's BBQ.)

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01.14.12 Hewn log construction persisted intermittently after the turn of the twentieth century in northern Durham County as a few farmers elected the time-honored method of building for personal or practical reasons. Newly wed Charles E. Crabtree erected a two-story log dwelling with a fieldstone and brick chimney in 1912 on land given himself and...