Join us on May 20-21, 2023 for our annual home tour. Tickets on sale at preservationdurham.org 318 South Driver Street - Fidelity Bank East Durham Branch The East Durham branch of a bank that was once a Durham powerhouse. 455 South Driver Street 455 S Driver, 1953 455 South Driver, 10.02.10 The rear portion of this property was developed in the late 1940s as Garland Woodcraft; when the building on South Driver was constructed is unclear - but after 1950. The business, which now takes up the remainder of the block south to Peabody, remains active as of 2011. 1905 Ashe -- HENDERSON-ELLIS HOUSE, 1936 (Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1-story front-gabled Craftsman-style house with German siding, 4-over-1 vertical sash windows, exposed rafter tails, and a 2-bay gabled porch with classical columns and a wood railing. 1937 SM. 1955 CD: Thurman Ellis owner/occupant.... 418 North Driver Street --- THE DOCK W. AND RUTH S. BROWN HOUSE, 1927 This substantial brick bungalow has side and front- gabled roofs and an engaged porch with a dentil frieze, brick posts, and a solid brick railing with ramped concrete coping. It was owned by DW Brown, who owned a dry cleaners on Driver Street for many decades. 508 South Buchanan - Albert Wilkerson House The earliest known resident of the house is Albert Wilkerson in 1900. Wilkerson was a contractor by trade and is believed to have constructed the house himself. Bartlett Mangum House / Four Square Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s. 2409 Green -- THE EUGENE D. & MARY A. GRADY HOUSE, 1912 5/2023 From Preservation Durham Home Tour "Then & Now: Part II" Sitting adjacent to the mill village in Old West Durham, the Eugene D. and Mary A. Grady House has seen the West Durham neighborhood change again and again since it was built in 1912. The Gradys bought the lot from the Durham Loan and Trust Company, which was selling off almost forty... 1505 Carolina -- THE C. E. AND MILDRED WALKER HOUSE, 1940 5/2023 From Preservation Durham Home Tour "Then & Now: Part II" The house at 1505 Carolina Avenue was built in 1940. Clarence and Mildred Walker bought the property in that year and members of their family would live here for eighty years. The builder may have been Henry C. Satterfield, Jr., an executive with the Cary Lumber Company, one of Durham... Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
318 South Driver Street - Fidelity Bank East Durham Branch The East Durham branch of a bank that was once a Durham powerhouse.
455 South Driver Street 455 S Driver, 1953 455 South Driver, 10.02.10 The rear portion of this property was developed in the late 1940s as Garland Woodcraft; when the building on South Driver was constructed is unclear - but after 1950. The business, which now takes up the remainder of the block south to Peabody, remains active as of 2011.
1905 Ashe -- HENDERSON-ELLIS HOUSE, 1936 (Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1-story front-gabled Craftsman-style house with German siding, 4-over-1 vertical sash windows, exposed rafter tails, and a 2-bay gabled porch with classical columns and a wood railing. 1937 SM. 1955 CD: Thurman Ellis owner/occupant....
418 North Driver Street --- THE DOCK W. AND RUTH S. BROWN HOUSE, 1927 This substantial brick bungalow has side and front- gabled roofs and an engaged porch with a dentil frieze, brick posts, and a solid brick railing with ramped concrete coping. It was owned by DW Brown, who owned a dry cleaners on Driver Street for many decades.
508 South Buchanan - Albert Wilkerson House The earliest known resident of the house is Albert Wilkerson in 1900. Wilkerson was a contractor by trade and is believed to have constructed the house himself.
Bartlett Mangum House / Four Square Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s.
2409 Green -- THE EUGENE D. & MARY A. GRADY HOUSE, 1912 5/2023 From Preservation Durham Home Tour "Then & Now: Part II" Sitting adjacent to the mill village in Old West Durham, the Eugene D. and Mary A. Grady House has seen the West Durham neighborhood change again and again since it was built in 1912. The Gradys bought the lot from the Durham Loan and Trust Company, which was selling off almost forty...
1505 Carolina -- THE C. E. AND MILDRED WALKER HOUSE, 1940 5/2023 From Preservation Durham Home Tour "Then & Now: Part II" The house at 1505 Carolina Avenue was built in 1940. Clarence and Mildred Walker bought the property in that year and members of their family would live here for eighty years. The builder may have been Henry C. Satterfield, Jr., an executive with the Cary Lumber Company, one of Durham...
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