905 CLEVELAND
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- Mon, 07/11/2011 - 9:44pm by gary
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Name: Hackney House
Built: ~1900
Demolished: Between 1980 and 1994
Close to Little Five Points, the Hackney House was the home of Robert P Hackney, who owned the "Durham Seed House" on West Parrish Street. The corner tower was a not-uncommon feature on these large houses, although few survive.
The house was demolished sometime between 1980 and 1994.
The land sat vacant until recently, when a new house was built on the vacant lot. Since this is a local historic district, plans for this house must have passed muster with the city Historic Preservation Commission. I'm glad it has a house on it instead of remaining a vacant lot, but it looks like suburbia with some awkward I-don't-really-want-to-add-this elements to me. The current building is owned by a California landlord.
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Not the worst house I've ever
Not the worst house I've ever seen, but it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the houses on the block--I do wonder how that got approved by the commission. And it pales in comparison to what preceded it. Though a house is indeed preferable to a vacant lot, as you said.
I wonder why, and when, the original house was demolished.
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Not the worst house I've ever seen, but it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the houses on the block--I do wonder how that got approved by the commission. And it pales in comparison to what preceded it. Though a house is indeed preferable to a vacant lot, as you said.
I wonder why, and when, the original house was demolished.
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