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208 West Trinity Avenue

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) Asymmetrical well-built brick bungalow with front facing jerkin headed gable supported by brackets. One and one half story. Two small side gables, small attached porch with bungalow style piers and varying brick bonds in water table and over windows. In 1931, Wyatt J. Womble lived...
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Thomas E. Allen House

03.06.10 (Photo by Gary Kueber) October 2013 (Triangle MLS) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) T.E. Allen House. Constructed for T.E. Allen, owner of an insurance agency by the same name. Allen's son, George, earned a national reputation as ambassador to Greece and as "the Voice...
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916 West Trinity Ave. - Ambassador House Apartments

05.04.10 Ambassador House Apartments. Three-story, nineteen-unit rectangular apartment building constructed 1929. The rough stucco wall finish may have been applied at a later date since the rear half of the H-shaped building is painted brick. Classical design elements include pedimented entry porch supported by heavy wood Doric columns, and...
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406 North Buchanan Blvd.

Edwards House. Dr. Charles w. Edwards, Professor of Physics at Trinity College and Duke University, had this house constructed in 1908. It was the second house built opposite the campus on N. Buchanan Blvd., which then was named Guess Rd. The design of the house is eclectic, featuring neoclassical dentil cornices and Doric porch columns, latticed...
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1108 Monmouth Ave.

03.06.10 Laprade House. Occupied for many years beginning early 1920s by William T. Laprade, Duke University history professor. Distinctive two-story house veneered in ochre-colored brick. Deep eaves of hipped roof have exposed rafter end. Enclosed one-story flat-roofed sun porch on west end features large multi- paned windows and balustrade raised...
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Walter L. Totten House

08.28.11 W. L. Totten House. Substantial brick bungalow with a side gable roof, interior and end chimney, a shed dormer, 6-over-1 and 9-over-1 paired windows, and a Craftsman front door with transom and sidelights. The hipped porch has Craftsman posts and railing and the hipped side porch has fluted columns. 1925 CD: W. L. Totten occupant.
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2212 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 Dr. T.C. Kerns House. Handsome 1 1/2-story brick Craftsman style house features a side gable roof with a clipped gable dormer and an interior chimney. The batten door with a bracketed awning is flanked by picture windows with transoms and sidelights; remaining windows are triple casement. A side porch is enclosed as a sunroom. All trim is...
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2218 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 F.E. Schnepfe House. 1 1/2-story Tudor Revival brick house with a steep side · gable roof, an end chimney and a half-timbered shed dormer. Windows are 6-over- 1 sash. A glazed and paneled door stands beneath an eyebrow roof on a small stoop. A hip roof side porch with chamfered posts is enclosed. 1925 CD: F. E. Schnepfe occupant.
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2220 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 Gilbert Boger House. 2-story brick Colonial Revival house with a side gable roof, end chimney and a panel door with a four-pane transom. 1940 CD: Gilbert H. Boger owner-occupant.
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2104 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 J.V. Hundley House. 1 1/2-story Craftsman style house with plain siding, a side gable roof with deep, bracketed eaves, and two front gable bracketed dormers. A prominent bracketed hood shelters the front French door. It has an interior chimney and 9-over-1 sash windows. The side porch has large fluted columns. 1925 CD: J.V. Hundley...
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