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Ford-Swartz House

(Courtesy of Lappegard Photography, March 2019) Featured in the 2019 Preservation Durham Home Tour (text in italics below from the tour booklet): The house was built in 1948 for Willard C. and Maude Ford. Willard Ford operated the Ford Metal Molding Company, a successful metal fabrication business with offices in Manhattan and a plant in New Jersey...
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2114 West Club Blvd.

1 1/2-story side-gable bungalow with deep, bracketed eaves, a shingled, front gabled dormer, and 9-over-1 sash windows. The wraparound engaged porch has brick piers with boxed posts and plain railing. Other features include a glazed and paneled door and an interior chimney. 1925 CD: C. M. Herndon occupant. The Tom Walker family resided in the house from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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2119 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 S. L. Howard House. 1 1/2-story bungalow with a side gable roof with a front gable dormer, exposed rafter tails, eave brackets, wood. shake siding, and an interior chimney. The engaged porch has Craftsman posts, a curved lintel, and a solid brick railing. It has 5-over-1 sash windows and· a replacement front door. 1925 CD: S. L. Howard...
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Brock-Nabors-Crockett House

08.28.11 The current occupants of this home have applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application, prepared by Tom Miller in May 2017. The House The house at 2115 West Club Boulevard was built in 1921 for the Thomas Hubbard Brock family. The building contractors for...
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2109 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 R. M. Kinton House. Front-gabled 1 1/2-story bungalow with exposed rafter tails and eave brackets, wood shake siding, and paired metal casement windows. The hip-roofed wraparound porch features boxed posts. The original house was bricked over and casement windows were added in the 1940s. The house was enlarged at the same time. In 1990 a...
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Dr. Numa D. Bitting House

08.28.11 Dr. N.D. Bitting House. Dr. Bitting bought the lot in 1916 and had the house built. 2-story hipped-roof Colonial Revival Prairie style house with front and side hip dormers, 12-over-1 sash windows, wood shake siding, and an exterior chimney. The porch has Craftsman posts, a plain railing. and a recessed balcony. The front French door has a...
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Clay-Lloyd House

08.28.11 (The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Clay-Lloyd House) The story begins with Kurt and Linda Hube purchasing 2100 W. Club Blvd. in May of 2003, and renovating it under the guidelines of the NC Historic Preservation Society. They learned during this time that the...
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Dr. Merle T. "Doc" Adkins House

08.28.11 Dr. Merle T. Adkins, associated with Watts Hospital, bought the lot at 2101 West Club in late 1915 and had the house constructed soon thereafter. The house is a two-story, hipped-roof Colonial Revival Prairie style house with exposed rafter tails, front and side hip dormers, 12-over-1 sash windows, wood shake siding, and interior chimneys...
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903 Holloway Street

"Water Main Breaks at Alston and Holloway" 09.23.53. Looking northeast towards 903 Holloway
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1016 Ferrell Street

1012-1016 Ferrell Street, 1968. 1016 is the leftmost structure. (Courtesy Bob Blake) 11.06.11
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