The Freeland Markham house, built ~1905, was one of three houses belonging to members of the Markham family on Cleveland Street, and the only one still standing. It is the most architecturally impressive house remaining on Cleveland Street, with copious neoclassical Victorian detail.

The Walker Warehouse, built in 1897, was the first of the parapet/chimney Italianate style brick warehouses to be built in Durham, and would be used as a model for multiple others, including the Watts and Yuille warehouses, the Toms and Hicks warehouses and the Hill Warehouses at American Tobacco.

Name: Hackney House Built: ~1900 Demolished: Between 1980 and 1994 Close to Little Five Points, the Hackney House was the home of Robert P Hackney, who owned the "Durham Seed House" on West Parrish Street. The corner tower was a not-uncommon feature on these large houses, although few survive. The house was demolished sometime between 1980 and 1994...

Name: Crews House Built: ~1905 Historic District: Cleveland-Holloway 526 Holloway in 1980 The Crews house was built by Paul Crews, an executive at the nearby (now defunct) Golden Belt Manufacturing Company. It has a similar multi-sided front and wrap-around porch to the single-story house next door at 524 Holloway. This house recently sold (as of...

At the turn of the century (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Chamber of Commerce Collection) The house at 809 Cleveland St. is referred to in the architectural inventory as "one of the foremost late 19th century architectural designs surviving in Durham." The house was built by Philadelphia architect Samuel Leary around 1890, who...

Name: FL Hunter House Built: ~1900 Demolished: ~1980 Owner: First Baptist Church As with much of the neighborhood, Cleveland Street began to lose houses from commercial intrusion during the 1950s. Once construction of the Loop and the new fire station removed the southern end of Cleveland Street, the process accelerated. As noted previously, urban...

Dr. Blackwell Markham's house once stood at the southeast corner of Cleveland and Seminary streets, one of three Markham houses along the street.

Year Built: ~1920s Owner: James Marvin Bradford Around the corner from 502 and 504 Roxboro (which I wrote about several posts ago) on Queen Street are these great small Craftsman houses. 601 North Queen St. Unfortunately, they have the same owner as 502 and 504 North Roxboro. Together with those damaged houses, and other parcels owned by Mr...