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Pick And Bow Club

John Roland Terry, on accordion, and his brother Edsel, on fiddle, play with two brothers named Smith (mandolin and guitar) at the Pick and Bow in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The stage is raised and at the center of the room. Dancers at the Pick and Bow, late 1940s or early 1950s, heading in opposite directions in concentric circles around the...
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Clover Hill Club

The Clover Hill Dance Club, and drew people from 40 miles around – from Stem, Hillsborough, Durham, Creedmoor, and farther. “Back then, all you could do for entertainment was play an instrument and dance or go visit someone,” [Ike] Terry noted. His father, a fiddler, built the dance hall by popular demand. He started building a corn mill, Terry...
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1408 Duke University Road

02.66 (Below in italics is from the 2010 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) This one-story, side-gabled duplex is five-bays wide and four pile with a full-width rear gable. There are two small gabled dormers on the façade and a larger shed-roofed dormer on each side of the rear gable. The house is covered with...
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510 Gurley St.

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707 Cleveland St.

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208 Mallard Ave.

02.66 William J Monk, of Umstead, Monk and Co. is listed in the house in 1919. William L. Umstead and Monk were "proprietors, Planters' Warehouse" James P. Faucette, "mchst" is listed as living in the house in 1924. His wife, Florence O. Faucette is listed as living in the house as a widow in 1930 and 1939.
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209 Elliott St.

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312 Elliott St.

his two-story, simplified Queen Anne-style house has a hipped roof with front dormer and is two bays wide and triple-pile. The house has a stuccoed brick foundation, vinyl siding and soffits, and an asphalt-shingled roof. The house is first listed in 1915, occupied by Miss Bernice Cobb. By 1919, G. T. Cobb (millhand) was the primary resident.
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819 Cleveland St.

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607-609 Oakwood Ave.

02.66 Identical in form to the Minimal Traditional duplex at 601-603 Oakwood Avenue, this four-bay, quadruple-pile duplex has a brick foundation, German-profile wood siding, and an asphalt- shingled side-gabled roof with an interior chimney. The two engaged corner porches are defined by small, gable-roofed dormers. The two rear doors each have a...
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