Neal Road

William T. Neal House

Since 1833, several generations of the Neal family have farmed land in what is now northwest Durham County. An early family house (demolished ca. 1940) is said to have served as a kitchen after William T. Neal built the present frame tri-gable I-house with its one-story rear ell around 1890. Eight acres of Neal’s once-extensive farm and the house...

Bennett Place

The farm the would become Bennett Place consisted of 325 acres when James and Nancy Bennitt settled on the farm in 1840. The Bennitts grew corn, wheat, oats, and potatoes, and raised hogs. Bennitt was also a tailor, cobbler, and sold horse feed, tobacco plugs, and distilled liquor.

John And Annie Lou Neal House

Directly across the road from the homeplace, Durham contractor Telphor Lawrence built a large and fashionable bungalow for Neal’s son, John, and his wife, Annie Lou, in 1921. The bungalow features such characteristic Craftsman details as a deep side-gabled roof that engages a spacious front porch, wood shingled walls, braced eaves, and a side bay...