Southgate, James H.

Date of birth
07.12.1859
Date of death
09.29.1916
Place of birth
Norfolk, VA
Place of death
Chapel Hill, NC
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Angier, Malbourne

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Walker, Mamie Dowd

Date of birth
1879
Date of death
1960
Place of death
Durham, NC
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Austin, Louis

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Pearson, WIlliam Gaston

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Bassett, John Spencer

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Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company

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O'brien Building

O'Brien Building, 1910. Looking northeast from Duke and Main Sts., 1890s. The tower of the Fire Station #2 is visible along West Main St. On either side, the stepped, projecting vent chimneys of Cobb and O'Brien are visible. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection) Cobb on the left and O'Brien on the right, with the original Fire Station...
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Barnes, Ernie

Date of birth
07.15.1938
Date of death
04.27.2009
Place of birth
Durham, NC
Place of death
Los Angeles, CA
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Milburn and Heister's Durham Buildings

Over the past few years I've become quite intrigued by architect Frank Milburn, a prolific mid-Atlantic/southeastern architect who, nearly-anonymously (at least in contemporary terms,) might have been preeminent architect of the New South during the 1890s-1920s. Despite this prominence, he seems nearly forgotten. There have been two scholarly...
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