Ward Street

2217 Chapel Hill Rd. – Lonnie And Bannie Pickett House

County Tax Administration photos from 1999 (above) and 2017 (below) A Victorian Triple-A farmhouse, this structure was several decades older than anything in the immediate vicinity, dating to the early 20th century when this area was outside city limits and mostly rural residences or farmland. The first known and longtime residents of the property...

Lakewood Filling Station / Lakewood Grocery

Lakewood Filling Station, 1930s (Courtesy Durham County Library) First appearing in the 1923 city directory, this roadside stop was first operated by T. R. Pendergraft. In subsequent years it changed hand several times, and was run in various periods by members of the Hobbie (c.1940s), Carroll (c.1950s), and Pickett (c.1960s) families. Lakewood...

Fire Station #5

When Fire Station #5 opened in Lakewood in 1960, it was the first expansion of the number of fire stations in Durham since 1926, when station #4 had opened on McMannen St. Station #4 had been replaced in 1957 by a new station #4 on Fayetteville St., which appears to have been identical to Station 5. The station displaced an earlier house on the...

33 Oak Dr.

From the Forest Hills NR: Steed Rollins House. Set on a large corner lot, the 2-story brick side- gable Colonial Revival-style house has a shallow front-gable wing, an entrance with 4-pane transom, a front pent roof sheltering the façade, and a dentil cornice. Other features are 6-over-9 and 6-over-6 sash windows with molded lintels, wide flanking...