Classical Revival

Lochmoor

Lochmoor was most well known as the 'country estate' of Edward James Parrish, Durham's first tobacco auctioneer, and builder of the first brick warehouse in Durham.

311 Oakwood - The Proctor House

311 Oakwood was built by William and Melissa Proctor around the turn of the 20th century. Wm. Proctor was the 'cashier' (probably equivalent to the corporate accountant) for the Ellis Stone department store company, which predated Woolworth's as the ground floor retail tenant of the Geer Building. After Mr. Proctor's death in 1910, Ms. Proctor...

115 North Dillard Street

(Courtesy Susan Griswold Herst) The large house at 115 N. Dillard St., was built in a neoclassical revival style, and resembled the still extant 206 N. Dillard St. After ~1910, the house was home to the Griswold family. William J. Griswold was mayor of Durham from 1910-1912, and president of the Griswold Insurance and Real Estate Co. William...

Mcpherson Hospital / North Carolina Eye And Ear Hospital

McPherson hospital, 1920s. For the first ~40 years of its existence, Durham made do without a hospital. This was not unusual, particularly for a town of Durham's size. Medical care, when available, was provided in the home by visiting physicians. Dr. Albert G. Carr, brother of Julian Carr became an early proponent for the construction of a hospital...

Mrs. Kathleen Morgan House - 1006 Arnette Ave.

From the 2003 National Register listing: One-story side-gabled house of Tudor/Classical Revival style, with a Palladian entrance with fanlight and sidelights set in a surround with fluted pilasters supporting a massive bracketed arched pediment. Other features are a tapered paneled Tudor style gable end chimney, flanking lower wings, and a brick...

105 S. Mangum St.

2422 West Club Blvd.

08.28.11 Sumpter Brawley House. Large transitional Queen Anne-Classical Revival style 2-story house with hip roof, interior chimney, and a front hipped dormer. Flanking 1-story wings were created when portions of the broad front porch were filled in. The result is a recessed entry with fluted posts and a cross-gable over the entrance bay. Trim...

Hillcrest

Hillcrest, 1926.

311 East Main Street - Second Main Public Library

The main public library in Durham - the first public library in North Carolina - was established in Durham in 1897 at Five Points, located in a small, ornate Queen Anne frame structure. The library's collection began to push the capacity of this small structure by the 1910s, and the search began for funding and space to build a new library.