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709-715 Washington Street

06.07.08 UPDATE 10.10.13: Napa/Walker Auto parts vacated 709 Washington St. in November 2012 (moved to 802 E. Geer in a new building) and the owner thereafter listed the property for sale. The property sold to a private developer in May 2013 for at least $450,000. There are many rumors swirling around the future use of this property given its sales...
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703 Rigsbee Ave. / Surf Club

06.07.08 (Photo by Gary Kueber) 03.15.2011 (Photo by Gary Kueber) Renovated in 2011 as a bar, named "Surf Club," with a large patio where the parking lot is in the above pictures. 10.1.13 - Parking lot converted into outdoor seating that is dog friendly. Many friendly free roaming dogs can be seen in this enclosed garden. Photo by Andrius...
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705 Foster Street

06.07.08 - Photo by Gary Kueber From the National Register Listing: The two-story, flat-roof, three-bay-wide brick commercial building does not appear in the 1955 Durham City Directory but is listed in the 1957 directory as the “Durham Awning Co.” The business was still listed in the 1963 directory. Its functional construction of one-to-five common...
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703 Foster Street - Manbites Dog

06.07.08 - Photo by Gary Kueber From the National Register listing: The one-story brick, flat-roof rectangular building was built ca. 1947 for Walton Roofing and Heating Company. It is not listed in the 1944-1947 Durham City Directory but is listed the 1950- 1951 directory. The three-bay-wide east façade has Flemish bond brick with glazed headers...
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230 West Trinity Ave.

1981 Large two story Colonial Revival style. Much of form and style lost due to extensive renovation. Front porch converted to room; second story balustrade. 03.06.10 Interestingly, the most recent occupants of this house took a historic house with "form and style lost" according to the above Nat'l Register notation and added technology to reduce...
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604 Carlton Avenue

04.16.10 This typical early twentieth-century, one-story, triple-A-roofed house retains its original form. The house is three bays wide and single-pile with a gabled rear ell and a hip-roofed block within the ell. The house has a brick pier foundation with concrete block curtain wall. The German- profile siding, wood soffits, and gable returns have...
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117 West Seeman St.

One of the Six Bungalows of Seeman Street - a row of 1920s Craftsman houses with varied unique Asian-inspired exterior detailing.
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115 West Seeman St.

1981 03.06.10 One story weatherboarded bungalow with hipped roof, two symmetrically placed chimneys. Gable roofed dormer in front. Unusual bracketed porch posts. Front door in Egyptian Revival type frame.
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903 West Club Blvd.

Craftsman-style 1-story front-gabled house with fi·ont gable wing, 6/6 sash windows, and an interior chimney. The porch set between the main block and wing has replacement cast-iron posts. Vinyl siding and trim. T. Leonard Cheek was the occupant in 1930.
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1203 North Mangum St.

1981 Much like 1201 next door, a bad porch railing replacement makes the house look cheap. In this case, it's just treated lumber deck rail. The unfortunate thing is that it doesn't even make business sense for landlords to do this in a neighborhood like OND - the more attractive the house, the higher-rent-paying tenants they can get. 03.06.10
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