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1700 W. Lakewood Ave.

1700 W. Lakewood Ave, Durham NC built early 1920s
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1612 West Lakewood

1612 West Lakewood, Durham NC built around 1925
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1606 W. Lakewood Avenue

Below in italics is from the National Register and has not been verified by the auhtor. Cole House. Side-gabled, 1-stmy bungalow with 2 interior chimneys, weatherboards, a glazed and paneled door with 1 sidelight, 1/1 sash windows, and overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails and decorative brackets. The engaged porch has Craftsman posts and...
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1601 James Street

1601 James Street, Durham NC built around 1930 architectural style: Craftsman construction type: Frame national register: Lakewood Park neighborhood: Lakewood-Tuscaloosa type: Residential use: Residence
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118 W. Main St.

One of the buildings demolished along the north side of Main Street to make way for the towering new One City Center - read more about the evolution of this lot on the page for the Brodie Duke Building which stood at 118 W. Main before the catastrophic 1914 fire. Stores housed in this building included Van Straaten's clothing store in the postwar...
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Site Of Booker T. Spicely's Murder

Death certificate notes his death by homicide at 4th Street (Berkeley Street.)
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1600 James Street

This side gabled Craftsman home has 1/1 Craftsman-style sash windows and a gabled porch with brick posts.
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1521 James Street

This minimal traditional style home was the residence of student Murray Heimberg in the early 1950s, and Sears salesman Henry Satterfield III in the 1960s.
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Leo's Seafood

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Duke Gardens Gate

1961 (Duke Yearlook) Caption from Duke Yearlook: " Joseph G. Barnes (r), artist-sculptor, explains a detail of the gates to Richard H. Fillmore, horticulturalist of the Gardens staff. William Leong (not shown), the Gardens' master planner, assisted with the design, which is abstracted from the arches and stained glass windows of the Duke Chapel."...
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