1219 Shepherd St was one of the first homes built in Durham by Richard and Lonna Harkrader. Their company New Morning Construction went on to construct numerous single family homes and apartments in Durham and the Morehead Hill neighborhood. The home was designed and built for the Harkrader's friends, twin brothers Wib and Dub Gulley. Wib Gulley went on to become the Mayor of Durham.

Home of Selena Warren Wheeler (daughter of Stanford Warren,) who worked as a librarian, and John H. Wheeler, who held various executive officer positions in the Mechanics and Farmers bank. Their son, Warren Hervey Wheeler, was born in 1943 and lived in this house as a boy; he became the first African-American graduate of the American Flyers School...

(Advertisement from the Durham Sun, April 15, 1940, referenced in lecture by Jennifer Martin of MdM Historical Consultants during events for April 2019 Preservation Durham home tour.) Part of the development of the northern phase of Trinity Park laid out from the 1930s, this home was designed by the architect George Hackney - who worked on many...

(Below in italics is from the 2003 Lakewood Park National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) House. One-story tri-gable house with boxed eaves and eave returns, 2/2 sash windows, a front cross-gable, and a rear ell. The original front porch has been replaced with a shed stoop. Asbestos shingles cover the walls. James Brock...

(Below in italics is from the 2003 Lakewood Park National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Fred Roll House. Originally a one-story tri-gable house that was expanded to I and 1/2 stories by 1937. The front shed porch has boxed classical posts, and the east bay is enclosed as a sunporch. The porch roof contains 3 gabled...

(Via George Pyne photo of an older picture; origin unknown) - 1940s. 111-113 is to the left. Looking southwest. This may be the best picture available of 111-113 W. Chapel Hill St. - a double-bay one story structure that was evidently home to "Simp's Place." It was torn down along with the remaining structures in this picture in the late 1950s...