311 Dunstan Ave. – Charles Pridgen House

35.979136, -78.901932

311
Durham
NC
Year built
1940
Architectural style
Construction type
National Register
Neighborhood
Use
Building Type
Local ID
118349
State ID
DH3118
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This one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional house is three bays wide and double-pile, with a projecting side-gabled bay on the west elevation and a small side-gabled bay on the east elevation, flush with the façade. The house has a brick foundation, vinyl siding, two interior brick chimneys, and vinyl windows. The replacement front door is sheltered by a gabled roof supported by knee braces and is accessed by a brick stair. A small inset porch on the east elevation is supported by a simple wood posts. A low stone retaining wall extends along the front of the property. County tax records date the building to 1940; the earliest known occupant is Charles Pridgen in 1945. According to neighbor Ralph Judd, Pridgen owned a grocery story in Hayti, “Pridgen’s Store.”

 

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