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706 Dowd St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. County property records date construction of this house to 1945, but identical structures appear at this location on both 1937 and 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
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708 Dowd St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1925.
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710-712 Dowd St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to property records, this duplex was constructed in 1959. Sanborn maps confirm there was no structure on this lot prior to 1950. Aerial photos confirm a building had been erected by 1960, though no residents are listed at this address in the city directory for that year.
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1105 Hazel St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1924. Amid the many demolitions and redevelopments in the East End neighborhood and throughout urban Durham, as of 2017 the house at 1105 Hazel remains unchanged and seemingly well cared for. Durham County Department of Tax...
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311 Dowd St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. This house appears to have been built around 1914 by David Jones and his wife, Alice Daniel Jones - possibly replacing an earlier home built closer to the street on the same parcel. Originally from a large family in the Dutchville Township of neighboring Granville County, David Jones...
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1000 N. Elizabeth St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1944, however, a similarly located and configured structure appears on the 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map. Originally a duplex, in recent years it appears to have been remodeled as a single-family dwelling. Durham...
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1103 Hazel St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. According to county property records, the house at 1103 Hazel Street was constructed in 1920. In 2010, this house was demolished. In late 2020, permits were filed to construct a new single-family dwelling on this site.
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1007 Hazel St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.1.2002. This house appears to have been built by around 1913, when it first appears on Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. The land previously belonged to D. Z. O'Briant, one of the heirs to Calvin O'Briant who held significant acreage in this area. The younger O'Briant sold this parcel to Allen Jeffries, an...
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704 N. Elizabeth St.

Photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 11.01.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1912.
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501 Dowd St.

Preservation Durham survey volunteers, 10.18.2002. According to county property records, this house was constructed in 1944. In 2016, significant renovation and repairs were done, including to the facade, front porch and back deck. Durham County Department of Tax Administration, 9.27.2017.
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