Stokesdale

This one-story, front-gabled commercial building has a three-bay aluminum storefront with a door flanked by large picture windows. A grocer and blacksmith are listed at this address as early as 1925; however, the current building was likely constructed around 1935. The College Inn (confectioners and restaurant) was listed here from 1935 through 1950. It is currently the New Visions of Africa restaurant.

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a hip-roofed rear ell on the southwest corner and series of shed-roofed rear additions east of the ell. The earliest known occupant is Matilda Townsend (maid) in 1925. According to her obituary, she was employed by Professor C. W. Toms and later Mrs. J. A. Buchanan. Townsend remained in the house until her death in 1965.

This one-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width front gable and a hip-roofed bay window toward the rear of the east elevation. The earliest known occupant is Eula W. Perry (domestic) in 1935; county tax records confirm the 1935 construction date.

This one-story, clipped-side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, gabled rear ell. According to deeds, the Community Damp Wash Laundry & Corporation controlled the site through the 1920s and the Crystal Laundry is listed at this address in 1930. However, the property changed ownership in 1929 and county tax records date the current structure to 1930. The earliest known occupant is Carter C. Smith Jr. in 1935.

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a hip-roofed front dormer. The earliest known occupant is Mary C. Evans (domestic) in 1925. When Evans died in 1958, the property was sold to the Durham Colored Library.

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is two bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting side-gabled bay on the north elevation that is flush with the façade and a shed-roofed block behind that bay. County tax records date the building to 1925; the earliest known occupant is William Luther Palmer (reverend) in 1930; the Palmer family remained in the house through at least 1965.

This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled Cape Cod house is five bays wide and double-pile with a full-width, gabled rear ell. The earliest known occupant (at 612 LINWOOD AVENUE) is William M. Rich (director of Lincoln Hospital) in 1945; the house remained on LINWOOD AVENUE through at least 1965.

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a side-gabled ell on the east elevation, an attached carport on the west elevation, and a gabled rear ell on the northwest corner. County tax records date the building to 1938; the earliest known occupant is William H. Curry (barber, Cosmopolitan Barber Shop) in 1940.

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and double-pile with a side-gabled porch on the east elevation. County tax records date the building to 1945; the earliest known occupant is Rufus H. Johnson (reverend) in 1950.

This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and double-pile with a front-gabled entrance bay projecting slightly from the right end of the façade. County tax records date the building to 1946; the earliest known occupant is James R. Henry (clerk, N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1950.