Devon Road

3437 Dover Road, ca. 1928, Contributing Building George Watts Carr, architect Two-story side-gabled Spanish Colonial Revival with stucco exterior, wood casement windows, Spanish-tile roof, projecting front-gabled wing at north end of facade, exterior end chimney at south elevation, iron balconettes, and recessed asymmetrical entry with slate surround. A low stucco wall edges the street-facing front and south side yards, stepping down towards the back of the parcel. Previous survey and research identified this as the David T. Smith House; city directories show that Smith and his wife Susan lived on Swift Avenue in the very early 1930s before moving here. Smith was a chairman of the microbiology department at Duke Hospital and established the Division of Infectious Diseases there in 1930. Claudia Brown identified this house as one of the ten George Watts Carr-designed spec houses during her 1980-1982 survey of Durham.

3406 Windsor Way, ca. 1956, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story Cape Cod with brick exterior, weatherboard siding in gable ends, 2/2 horizontal sash, replacement front door, single-story side-gabled wing at north elevation, basement garage, and added sunroom at rear elevation. The Vickers first appear on Windsor Way in the 1956 city directory; C. Wallace Vickers was a lawyer.

3407 Windsor Way, 1957, Contributing Building Single-story Ranch with side-gabled roof, brick exterior, 8/12 wood sash, and classical details that include dentil molding, a pedimented porch, and corner quoins built up from brick. The house is listed as under construction in the 1957 city directory. Winston and Marion Montgomery are the first owners recorded; Winston Montgomery was president and treasurer of Howerton-Bryan Memorial Home at the time.

3405 Windsor Way, ca. 1953, Contributing Building One-and-a-half-story Minimal Traditional with side-gabled roof, aluminum and board-and-batten siding, 8/8 wood windows, interior brick chimney, and enclosed side porch. The 1954 city directory lists Imperial Tobacco bookkeeper Winfree Palmer and his wife and Sadie on Windsor Way. In 1955, the Palmers sold this house to Duke physician William H. Finney and his wife June.

3403 Windsor Way, ca. 1956, ca. 1990s, Noncontributing Building Single-story Ranch with hip roof, asbestos shingle and board-and-batten siding, replacement windows, and added shed-roofed front porch with copper roof. The house first appears in the 1957 city directory, which lists Duke professor Herman Salinger and his wife Marion as owners.

This charming little house is like no other in Hope Valley and, architecturally speaking, it is one of the most significant houses in Durham. What makes it so special, of course, is its high-style Spanish Eclectic design.

In 1937 Duke economist Herbert von Beckerath and his wife, Guelda, bought two Devon Road lots. George Watts Carr designed a small, but elegantly appointed Colonial Revival design. Duke cardiologist, Dr. Edward Orgain and his family loved this fine Colonial Revival style house and purchased it in 1944 - calling it home for more than 50 years.

The Forbus House is a well-articulated example of the rare Norman Provincial architectural style in a city with several early twentieth-century suburbs favoring picturesque revival styles. G. Murray Nelson of Raleigh designed the house for Dr. Wiley D. Forbus and Elizabeth Burger Forbus and their daughters. The house, completed in 1931, burned in 1933 and was immediately rebuilt.