People & Places

Upchurch-Yates House

1999 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) This 1920s two-story brick Period House has a gambrel· front roof extended by large shed-roofed dormers. The front elevation holds a round-arched attic window, paired nine-over-one windows at the second story and a full-facade...

Two people outside the house. Perhaps Bud and Thelma Davis

Tinnin-Davis House

Tinnin-Davis House, 1921 Ernest Tinnin was a mill hand at Erwin Cotton Mill and worked in the weave room at Mill No. 4 after it opened in 1925. When the house was built, it had wood siding and the front door faced C Street (now called Knox St). Ten years later, they sold the property to the Davises and moved to 911 Carolina, presumably to save...

Bartlett and Sarah Mangum House / Four Square

Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s.

O.K. Proctor Building

455 S Driver, 1953 455 South Driver, 10.02.10 The rear portion of this property was developed in the late 1940s as Garland Woodcraft; when the building on South Driver was constructed is unclear - but after 1950. The business, which now takes up the remainder of the block south to Peabody, remains active as of 2011.

The Satterfield House

1981 (Below in italics is from the 1985 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Large two story Neoclassical residence with center hall plan and French doors leading to living and dining rooms. Weatherboard siding, hipped roof. Stone bungalow piers support large front porch with hip roof which continues over a side...

W. Murray Jones House

1999 (Durham County Tax Office) (Below in italics is from the 2005 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) W. Murray Jones House. 1 1⁄2-story stuccoed Tudor Cottage with steep front-gable roof, side shed dormers, and a front rustic stone chimney. A gabled entrance bay contains a round-arched door with a stone and brick...

1721 N Roxboro

The Rowe-Paschall House

The Rowe-Paschall House is a one-story, brick-clad Craftsman Style house constructed in 1924 for A. P. and Mary Gilbert. It is believed that the architects for this house were James and Garland Rose. Throughout the 1910s and 20s, the Rose and Rose firm counted among Durham’s most important architects. They designed many of the early homes in the...

James F. and Rosa Pleasants House

101 South Guthrie In an area of the city exhibiting a multitude of wonderful bungalows, 101 South Guthrie stands out as one of East Durham's (and Durham's) largest and most elaborate, given its unusual wraparound front porch. It and the full block of houses to its east on East Main are owned by a single LLC landlord. (Below in italics is from the...

Coy M. Franklin House

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1-story bungalow with combination side-gable and front-gable roofs, 9-over-1 sash windows, and a 2-bay gabled Craftsman porch with replacement metal railing. aluminum siding covers the walls and eaves. 1930 CD, 1937 SM. NC Garage. ca...

Angier-Wheless House

Samuel Angier, treasurer of Cary Lumber Company, had this one-and-one- half-story frame Type A bungalow built around 1925. Much of the porch, which originally extended across the entire facade to wrap around the east end, has been enclosed.