People & Places

Page-Childs House

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Type A bungalow distinguished by enormous tapered brick piers supporting very shallow pointed arched frieze of the engaged full-facade porch. The earliest known occupant was Walter E. Page, owner of Page Motor Co., in the early 1920s; Duke University...

Dennis-Tew House

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Benjamin Parrish House. 1-story Minimal Traditional-style house with vinyl siding, 6-over-6 sash windows, and a gabled 1-bay entrance porch with metal posts.1940 CD. 1945 CD: Benj. C. Parrish owner/occupant (driver, Scott & Roberts...

Garrett-Walker House

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Plain one-story post-1940 frame cottage.

Williams-Harward House

11.13.2009 (Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) A combination of neoclassical and gothic motifs decorate this stucco-on-frame cross gable- roofed cottage constructed between 1925 and 1930 for Claude B. Willams, secretary-treasurer of the Austin-Heaton Company...

Dr. George T. and Lettie May Watkins House

1999 (Durham County tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-and-one-half-story bungalow with pedimented front and shed-roofed dormer on the west (side) elevation. Distinctive exterior features include sheathing of alternating rows of tall and short split shake shingles, and...

Watkins-Graham House

08.28.11 Harry F. Watkins House. 2-story, side gabled Colonial Revival house with interior chimneys, 6-over-6 sash windows, double French doors, and a side porch with massive entablature and two huge plain columns. The front entry is a bracketed pergola over a French door. The house has plain siding and appears to have been converted to apartments.

John T. and Mamie Christian House

(Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Large two-story frame foursquare built late 1910s and identical, except for later conversion to duplex, to Russell-Webb House at 811 Vickers Ave. Its builder, J. T, Christian, began his career as vice president and general manager of Cary Lumber...

William J. and Louisa Christian House

1981 From the 1984 National Register listing: Large two story L-shaped farmhouse style with weatherboard siding. Gable roof topped by two chimneys, one with elaborate brickwork, the other recently rebuilt. Two front facing gables, one closed, one open pediment; both with elaborate round motif within the pediment. Side gable has elaborate barge...

James A. and Irene B. Smith House

1417 Acadia Street, 2011 (Courtesy Alex Maness) The J. A. Smith House, 1931 1417 Acadia Street Among the last houses built in Duke Park before the crushing weight of the Great Depression halted nearly all construction, the J. A. Smith House is nevertheless an outstanding example of the Tudor or gothic revival style so popular in the Duke Park...

Thomas E. Allen House

03.06.10 (Photo by Gary Kueber) October 2013 (Triangle MLS) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) T.E. Allen House. Constructed for T.E. Allen, owner of an insurance agency by the same name. Allen's son, George, earned a national reputation as ambassador to Greece and as "the Voice...