People & Places

129 Nelson St.

(03.12.2019, N. Levy) From the National Register Historic District description: This one-story, hip-roofed Ranch house is six bays wide and double-pile with a wide, projecting, hip-roofed wing on the left (northwest) end of the façade. The house has a painted brick veneer, deep eaves, vinyl windows, and an interior brick chimney. A solid wood door...

2105 Duncan St. – Wigfall-Totten House

(December 2017, Photo by Heather Slane, hmwPreservation) From the National Register Historic District description: This one-story, side-gabled, Period Cottage is three bays wide with a projecting, asymmetrical, front-gabled entrance wing centered on the façade, a side-gabled brick wing on the left (north) elevation, and a gabled ell at the right...

2108 Fayetteville St. – Carter-Cox House

(December 2017, Photo by Heather Slane, hmwPreservation) From the National Register Historic District description, where it is listed as a "non-contributing property" because of modifications made in the 1970s: This one-story, hip-roofed house was significantly altered in the 1970s with the construction of a flat-roofed brick wing that extends...

1927 Cecil St. – Booker-Jackson House

(January 2018, Photo by Cheri Szcodronski, hmwPreservation) This one-story, side-gabled Ranch house is four bays wide and double-pile with a brick veneer, vinyl siding in the gables, and two-over-two, horizontal-pane wood-sash windows. A replacement door near the left (northwest) end of the façade is accessed by an uncovered brick stoop with a...

1410 N. Gregson St. – J.D. & Drusilla Gibson House

(Courtesy of Lappegard Photography, March 2019) Featured in the 2019 Preservation Durham Home Tour (text in italics below from the tour booklet): During the years of the Great Depression, new home construction stopped. The only thing happening to capture national attention and shape popular architectural taste was the work at Colonial Williamsburg...

111 East Ellerbee St – Cash-Waller House

In 2016, the owners of this home applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application which was prepared by Jan Hessing and Tom Miller. In 1924, the city limits were expanded and the city suddenly grew from 3.87 sq. miles to 11.5 sq. miles. The 1925 edition of Hill's...

206 East Hammond St – Norman-Marshall-Dixon House

The current occupants (2018) of 206 East Hammond Street have applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information derives from the plaque application, prepared by Sally Warther and Tom Miller. The house: This bungalow is located in the neighborhood of Northgate Park. In the 1920s, there was no...

1022 Homer – Clements-Livengood House

The residents of this home applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application. (Application prepared by Sara Lachenman, 4/1 Design.) W. Wallace Clements first owned 1022 Homer. He was born in Durham to William P Clements, a vice-president of Merchants and Mechanics Bank...

104 Briar Cliff – John Gerald & Macie Williams Pleasants House

This home has applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information derives from the plaque application. This is home is a 1.5 -story side-gable Colonial Revival-style house of clinker brick, with a recessed door with a wide pedimented surround, 8-over-8 and 6-over-6 sash windows, and 3 gabled dormers...

907 Cleveland St – Rigsbee-Fogleman House

This home received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham. The following information comes from the plaque application: The Clark family lived on Cleveland Street from the mid-1880s through the end of the century. They may have subdivided their lot around 1898, when the property was sold to William Lucius Rigsbee. It is quite possible that...