Residence

1005 Fayetteville - John O'daniel House

(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Occupying the entire 'block' between Banks Alley and Cart Place, the house at 1005 Fayetteville St. was built by John O'Daniel.

217 Hood St

Looking east, 1981. (Courtesy Robby Delius) I've always had a particular affection for the 1920s-era, Colonial Revival apartment building on Hood St. Although as late as the 1980s, above, there was an adjacent apartment building as well, for the time that I've known the building, it has stood alone amidst the warehouses. I used to wonder what in...

212 N. Hyde Park Ave.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Duplex. 1 1/2-story side-gable duplex with German siding, 8-over-8 sash windows, and a 2-bay gabled front porch with classical posts, a decorative comice, and a replacement railing that shelters 2 front doors. 1950 CD: 2 occupants.

605 East Lawson Street – Ella L. Cotton House

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile. It has a brick foundation, molded wood weatherboards, an interior brick chimney, and an exterior brick chimney on the façade. The building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map; the earliest known occupant is Ella L. Cotton in 1945.

607 East Lawson Street – Edward P. Norris House

This one-story, side-gabled house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled bay on the right end of the façade, a full-width rear gable, and a side-gabled ell beyond the rear gable. County tax records date the property to 1930; the earliest known occupant is Edward P. Norris (dentist) in 1930.

609 East Lawson Street – Martha Donnell House

This two-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed dormer across the façade. The earliest known occupant is Martha Donnell (school teacher) in 1935.

1200 Hanover St. - McLean-Flintall House

Early house in the Geerwood Park subdivision of East End, built by carpenter John B. McLean for himself; longtime residence of William Flintall

White-Flowers House

Hugh Edward White, an office manager at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, and his wife Anne Parker purchased the lots at 1506 Hermitage and constructed the grand, Colonial Revival-style house about 1924.

501 St. Joseph Street

June 1965 photograph, attached to appraisals by Durham Redevelopment Commission (Durham Urban Renewal Records, Durham County Library - online via DigitalNC). This was likely built as the home of brickmason Robert Lee Poole and his wife Beannie Faucette Poole, daughter of White Rock Baptist Church founder, Margaret Faucette. The couple acquired the...

3406 S. Alston Ave - Hargrove House

June 2005 photograph by volunteers for the Historic Preservation Society of Durham (now Preservation Durham) This is an early 1920s bungalow built on land between Alston Avenue and the Durham & Southern Railroad - not far from the rural stop near Cornwallis known as Oyama (later renamed Few). While it appears to have been built after J. A. Clark...