Four Square

08.28.11 G. C. Glymph House. This beautiful hipped roof Foursquare features two interior chimneys, plain siding, 1-over-1 sash windows, and a front cross gable with a diamond vent. The original glazed and paneled entrance door has one sidelight. The most striking feature of the house is the 1-story porch that wraps completely around the front and...

08.28.11 J. R. Bagwell House. Foursquare with a hip roof with hip dormers, Craftsman sash windows on the 1st story, 12-over-1 sash windows on the 2nd story, wood shake siding, a glazed and paneled front door, and a hip roof porch with paneled posts and plain railing. 1925 CD: J. R. Bagwell occupant. Bagwell ran an eponymous plumbing-heating...

08.28.11 Dr. N.D. Bitting House. Dr. Bitting bought the lot in 1916 and had the house built. 2-story hipped-roof Colonial Revival Prairie style house with front and side hip dormers, 12-over-1 sash windows, wood shake siding, and an exterior chimney. The porch has Craftsman posts, a plain railing. and a recessed balcony. The front French door has a...

08.28.11 Dr. Merle T. Adkins, associated with Watts Hospital, bought the lot at 2101 West Club in late 1915 and had the house constructed soon thereafter. The house is a two-story, hipped-roof Colonial Revival Prairie style house with exposed rafter tails, front and side hip dormers, 12-over-1 sash windows, wood shake siding, and interior chimneys...

08.28.11 Angus H. McDonald House. McDonald started McDonald's drugstore on Ninth Street; he built this house around 1915 Foursquare with a hip roof with a hipped dormer vent, end chimney and 3-over-1 and 4-over-1 Craftsman windows. The first story has plain siding while the second story has wood shakes. The porch, with Craftsman posts, shelters a...

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08.28.11 R. H. Cowan House. Cowan was the treasurer o f the Durham Lumber Co. Foursquare house with a hip roof, interior chimneys, and deep overhanging eaves. The windows are 9-over-1 and 12-over-1 sash. The front gabled porch has Craftsman paneled posts and the screened side porch has a hipped roof, plain posts, and a plain balustrade.

08.28.11 Dillard C. Mitchell House. Mitchell, president of Durham Lumber Company, purchased the lot at 2015 West Club in 1921 and built the house soon afterward. Striking Foursquare house with hip roof, wide curved exposed rafter tails, wood shake walls, 12-over-1 sash, a glazed and paneled entrance door with transom and sidelights, and a gabled...

While it may more often be known as the "bathtub house" to passersby, the house at 2003 West Club was built in 1921 for William H. Woods. Woods was contractor who worked with West Durham Lumber Co. and the Durham Ice and Coal Co. B rick Foursquare house with hip roof and a monitor at the peak also features an interior end chimney, 3-over-1...

The first house constructed in Bahama with a bathroom, the Lyon-Ellis house was built as a physician's home and office.