People & Places

112 North Buchanan Boulevard

04.30.11 This house is illustrated in The Durham Morning Herald, August 20, 1916, with a two-page feature entitled "Mr. W. B. Davis' New Residence and Firms Who Assisted in Construction." The caption beneath the photograph of the house reads: The latest edition to Durham's "Homes Beautiful." Mr. Walter B. Davis is the proprietor and the handsome...

517 Holloway Street

1964 From the National Register Nomination (1985): 517 Holloway Street -This foursquare house resembles the Scanlon House in its side-hall plan and elongated form and the Kirkland House in its upper fenestration on the main facade. An imposing wraparound porch with heavy box posts on random-coursed ashlar plinths shelters an entrance with:a...

1704 W. Lakewood Ave.

1704 W. Lakewood Ave, Durham NC built in 1914

Waverly Honor

This is a first in a 4-part series of posts examining the corner of E. Main and Dillard Streets, starting with the southeast corner. One of Durham's most influential citizens, Julian Shakespeare Carr, a member of a successful Chapel Hill mercantile family built his estate on this site in 1870. It was called 'Waverly Manor'. (Courtesy Durham County Library)

Jasper Hare House 2024

Jasper Hare House - 113 East Ellerbee Street

The homeowner of 113 East Ellerbee Street applied for and received a historical plaque from Preservation Durham in 2016. The following information derives from the plaque application, 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...

Washington Duke Building / 'old Main' - Trinity College

The original main building of Trinity College, home to offices, classrooms, and dormitories, Old Main's belltower sounded the changes of classes and other important events. The building was beset by tragedy at its beginning and end, but during a brief ~two decades was the heart of the campus

Fendol Bevers House

An early I-House with Greek Revival features.

410 Watts Street / Trinity Park

410 Watts St. (Courtesy Adrienne Baroff) The house at 410 Watts St. was built in 1906 for James B. Warren, who is listed variably as a "manager" at 107 1/2 East Main St. later as vice president of Merchants Bank with an office at the same address. There are various JB Warrens in the city directories prior to that date who are listed only as living...

Fairntosh

The site of Fairntosh was originally part of the Stagville Plantation, owned by the Bennehan family. After Duncan Cameron married Rebecca Benneham in 1803, the couple lived at Rebecca's homeplace, Stagville for several years before beginning building their own house in 1810.

926 Urban Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Long one-and-one-half-and two-story brick-veneered, gable-roofed Period House with Colonial detailings. Built after 1940, reportedly on site of late nineteenth-century one-story frame house.