Interesting piece of semi-lost information, courtesy of Wyatt Blalock and Jason Cash, who brought it to my attention. At one time, Norfolk and Western evidently planned a turntable for the junction of the Beltline and the Norfolk and Western line near Geer Street and Avondale. It appears from aerials and the drawing that the proposed facility was...

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Rambling 2-story side-gabled Colonial Revival-style house built for lumber merchant Henry Satterfield, president of Cary Lumber Co. He was the owner-occupant in 1946, when the address was “Fairview corner Bivins.” In the...

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 2-story frame Contemporary-style house with a shed roof, vertical wood sheathing, large windows, and 2 front porches, one an open pergola, the other screened. At the left side, the lower level is an open carport.

2-story side-gabled "Harkrader House" of contemporary passive solar design, built by New Morning Construction and set on a heavily wooded 1-acre lot. Although similar to the house across the street, this is a larger house that was custom-built for the original occupant.

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Brick Ranch house on a sloping lot, with a recessed door with sidelights, an interior end chimney, metal casement windows, and board-and-batten siding on the upper walls of the entrance wing. The lower level includes a...

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) U-shaped brick Ranch house with hipped roof, projecting wings at each end of the façade, and an interior chimney. At left is asbestos siding above the window sills. The recessed door has sidelights and a stoop with a metal...

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Side-gable Ranch house with such Modernist features as an entrance porch with a vertical wood screen, vertical siding on the left bays and Roman brick veneer on the right. The recessed carport has square decorative openings...

(Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Small side-gable brick Ranch house with interior chimney, front picture window, and a brick stoop with decorative metal posts and aluminum awning. The sliding windows are replacements. Wallace S. Pickard was owner-occupant...

907 N. Mangum, 05.05.13 Originally the site of the George and Blanche McCracken House, which was a large Queen Anne structure similar to the Manning house still standing (as of 2013) 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...