From the 1998 Preservation Durham Home Tour Booklet: A house-plan book of the late 1920s would surely have described the Alfonso Elder house as "A Bungalow of English Inheritance." Indeed, the design of this well-built, nicely-detailed house appears to be influenced by the book "Small Homes of Architectural Distinction, published by the ARchitect's...

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916 Morehead, Aug 2007 916-918 Morehead, 12.03.11

01.16.70 (Photo by the Herald-Sun) 03.16.08 (Photo by Gary Kueber) On 02.01.12, Greenfire announced that it would, in partnership with Armada Hoeffler, redevelop this 2 acre site with newly constructed apartments. (Meaning the annex would come down.) (Photo via Greenfire Development) Text of the announcement: February 1, 2012, Durham, NC –...

The oldest building remaining in downtown Durham as of 2011, the Old Bull building remains an impressive structure after 130+ years. Its hard to overstate how impressive it must have been in the context of a still-small town full of small frame buildings. Demand was booming when John Green died and William Blackwell purchased his interest in the...

1-1/2 Storey English Tudor Revival residence (circa 1928) at northeast corner of North Gregson and Demerius Streets

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Built by Clyde and Eleanor H. Lloyd from mail-order plans, the house at 126 Nelson Street is unusual - a late application of the Art Moderne style, a definite deviation from the other brick ranches in the block in a traditionally African-American neighborhood. Sold in 2004 to James and Edwina Hunter.