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902 Dacian Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Upstairs/downstairs duplex of frame construction. It is gable-roofed and has a centered two-story gable-front wing on main facade, sheathed in weatherboards in the first story and flush vertical boards above a modillioned string course in the second...

900 Dacian Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1920s two-story cubical, flat-roofed building with symmetrical main facade, two entrances under a single terra cotta tile-covered hood, and a shed-roofed porch on simple posts at each side elevation. Veneered in beige brick.

Markham Avenue Oak

There's a curious little median on West Markham Avenue - a one-block long, ovoid median. Durham being a place of few medians, at least beyond the freeway variety, this small space is rather odd. In the early 20th century, Markham Avenue and College Road did not connect, separated by a block between Buchanan and Watts. In a rather uncharacteristic...

Loaded Text

June 1989 (Courtesy Milo Pyne / George Pyne Collection) Per Julie Thomson, " Loaded Text was created in June 1989 by artists Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler in downtown Durham as part of a national conference on public art co-sponsored by the NC Arts Council and the Durham Arts Council." June 1989 (Courtesy Milo Pyne / George Pyne Collection) June...

Old New Hope Road

Original cobbles on a section of the New Hope Road, which ran from near Stagville to Chapel Hill

1111 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Early 20th century two-story house sheathed in German siding. Consists of boxy main unit with low hipped roof, large corbelled interior chimney, and gable-roofed two-story wing on west elevation.

1105 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Type B bungalow built 1920; east end of porch enclosed.

1009 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Intact Type B bungalow, built 1920s.

1007 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Type A bungalow featuring narrow gabled dormer and an elephantine brick pier at each end of the porch. The two other porch supports, flanking the central entrance bay, are the typical tapered box post on brick plinths.

1005 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Type A bungalow with very short shed dormer and replacement foliate metal supports at engaged full-facade porch.