Pearl Mill Village

910 Orient St.

(08.30.2018, N. Levy) 910 Orient is one of several remaining early 20th-century two-story houses built by the nearby Pearl Cotton Mills for its workers. The exact date of construction is difficult to determine, as city directories from the turn of the century describe residences in the area as "near" the factory or simply "Pearl Mills" with a house...

921 Washington St.

1982 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides collection, Durham County Library)

919 Orient St.

September 1980 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides collection, Durham County Library) Like the house at 913 Orient, this is one of four "one-story bungalows built by the mill around 1924. These rectangular, single-family 'builder's houses' are three rooms deep with a low hipped roof, recessed full-facade porch, and three-bay main facade." (1984...

911 Washington St.

911 Washington St., 1982 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides collection, Durham County Library)

913 Orient St.

09.03.18 (N. Levy) According to a 1984 National Historic District application, this is one of the Pearl Cotton Mill Village's four "one-story bungalows built by the mill around 1924. These rectangular, single-family 'builder's houses' are three rooms deep with a low hipped roof, recessed full-facade porch, and three-bay main facade." Its porch had...

907 Orient St.

08.30.18 (N. Levy) Like much of the surrounding Pearl Cotton Mill Village, this two-story house was built as a duplex for factory workers and their families around 1905. Sold along with the other mill-owned houses in the area in 1945 or 1946, it was still rented as a duplex when recorded as "largely unaltered" in a 1984 National Historic District...

921 Orient St.

925 Washington St.

919 Washington St.

917 Washington St.

917 Washington, 1981