Forest Hills

Architect Archie Royal Davis designed 1022 Westwood Drive for Florence and Virgil Ashbaugh in 1939. Mr. Ashbaugh was the President for Durham Dairy Products located directly behind Duke Memorial Methodist Church. This was a most popular stopping place for all of Durhamites, especially the Sunday school pupils from just across the street.

William and Louise Thomas, who owned and operated the Thomas Bookstore across from the Washington Duke Hotel downtown, built the house in the late 1940s. Durham auto repair magnate Donny Sorrell and his wife Fannie purchased it in 1960, and lived here until the mid-1990s.

This Tudor Revival style house is one of a row of three similar houses on the west side of Hermitage Court, and was built around 1927 for Richard and Elizabeth Slattery, owner of Durham Building Supply. Slattery may have been providing materials for the construction of Duke University's West Campus, since similar materials and commercial building techniques are found in his house and on the campus.

Construction began on this house for William Griffin and his family in 1940, although the traditional colonial architecture might suggest it was much earlier. It is, in fact, a revival piece designed by George Watts Carr.

From the 1998 Preservation Durham tour booklet: George Watts Carr, leading architect for many of the elegant homes in Forest Hills, designed this house for Parks Alexander and his wife Josephine. Alexander founded Alexander Motor Company, Durham's first Ford Agency, located on East Main Street. This house, built of dark red brick, stone and half...

This Colonial revival house was built for Thomas C. Worth in the 1920s. Worth was a successful banker. Designed by architects Northrup and O'Brien of Winston- Salem and Durham, the house's exterior is classically symmetrical with five bays under a mansard roof.

English Cotswold Style house built in 1929 by Alton R. Holland of the Holland Brothers Furniture Company

This is a unique house in Forest Hills both for its size and style. A 1 1/2 story cottage style, the main house was built in 1928 and the garage and additional living space were added in 1947. The current owners have occupied the house since 2005. The impressive tree house built by the owner as of 2012 can be seen from the road.

From the front, 15 Oak Drive looks like a typical early-20th century Colonial Revival style house. But a surprise awaits in the back garden, which is full of sculpture by homeowner Guy Solie.

Kitty Moses and Ken Soo’s Spanish Colonial Revival home at 1523 Hermitage Court sits in the middle of a wonderfully designed yard and garden. This is due to careful choices and expert planning that have transformed this half acre property into one of Forest Hill’s most interesting and beautiful landscapes.