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Harris Hill Cemetery

In a wooded area between an office complex and the confluence of the Flat and Eno Rivers to the east of Red Mill Road, this began as a burial ground for African Americans enslaved on surrounding lands. Sometimes referred to as Harris or Harris Quarter Cemetery, the name appears to come from a family that owned over 300 acres in this vicinity prior...
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George And Blanche Mccracken House

(Courtesy J. Stuart McCracken) The George and Blanche McCracken House, which was a large Queen Anne structure similar to the Manning house still standing next door. Mrs. Gladys Culbreth was resident in 1958. Sometime between 1960 and 1980, the house was torn down. I don't know why. In 1987, New Morning Construction built several multitenant passive...
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420 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Heather Slane, hmw Preservation, National Historic District Submission, December 2017 Among the latest houses constructed in the district, this one-story, side-gabled Ranch house is typical of 1960s construction. The house is three bays wide with a lower, side-gabled wing on the right (west) end of the façade. It has a brick...
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408 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Heather Slane, hmw Preservation, National Historic District Submission, December 2017 This one-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and single-pile with a gabled ell at the right rear (southwest). The house has aluminum siding, six-over-six wood-sash windows, and partial cornice returns wrapped with aluminum. The entrance...
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219 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 This one-story, side-gabled Period Cottage is three bays wide and double-pile with a gabled ell at the left rear (northwest). The house has aluminum siding, vinyl windows, and an interior brick chimney. The fenestration of the façade has been altered with an...
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217 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 This one-story, front-gabled duplex is four bays wide and four-pile with German-profile weatherboards, vinyl windows, and exposed rafter tails. It has a rectangular vent in the front gable and three interior brick chimneys. A six-panel door on the left (west...
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215 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Register Submission, January 2018 This one-story, front-gabled duplex is four bays wide and four-pile with German-profile weatherboards, vinyl windows, and exposed rafter tails. It has a rectangular vent in the front gable and two interior brick chimneys. Two six-panel doors on the façade are each...
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211 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 Oriented with its narrow end to the street, this one-story, hip-roofed Ranch house is two bays wide and four-pile. It has plain weatherboards with a faux stone veneer on the lower one-third of the façade, two-over-two horizontal-pane wood-sash windows, and...
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134 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 Significantly altered with the construction of a half story, this house features a brick veneer on the first floor and vinyl siding in the asymmetrical side gables and on three gabled dormers on the façade. The house is three bays wide and double-pile with...
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132 Nelson Street

Photograph taken by Cheri Szcondronski, National Historic Register Submission, January 2018 This one-story, side-gabled Ranch house is four bays wide and double-pile with a frame, gabled wing at the left rear (south) and a low-sloped, frame, gabled wing at the right rear (west). The house has a brick veneer, vinyl windows, flush eaves, vinyl siding...
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