607 Holloway

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607
Holloway Street
Durham
NC
Year built
1900-1925
Year demolished
1964-1980
Construction type
Frame
Neighborhood
Cleveland-Holloway
Use
Residence
Building Type
Residential
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Imagery is a bit limited for the remaining residential structures on the north side of the 600 block of Holloway - all early 20th century, two-story structures.


607 Holloway, 1964




The former site of 607 Holloway, 2007

I'm worried for the future of the remaining structures here. Although they are in a local historic distict, that hasn't done much to stem the attrition here on Holloway, particularly the neglect. This block is so sandwiched between Elizabeth and the bridge over the railroad tracks that it feels a bit like a no-man's land.

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Submitted by Stew (not verified) on Thu, 9/27/2007 - 11:33am

May I just once again comment about how fabulous this blog is? (And you, by extension!)

It feeds my fantasy of purchasing a house like this, redoing it entirely by myself, making a huge garden in the back, and urban homesteading.

Of course the reality is that I work in an low-paid, non-profit job, and am a little short to do extensive, say, ceiling work. Oh, and I bet I couldn't lift a claw foot tub, either.

Sigh.

Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Thu, 9/27/2007 - 1:42pm

Many thanks, Stew - always nice to hear.

Having done enough drywall to hate doing drywall (in the interest of full disclosure, I hated it after one room, but persisted) I thought that, if ever pressed to drywall again, I would buy those great stilts that the professionals wear to make themselves ~9 feet tall. They might be good for the impending Halloween season, as well.

As to clawfoot tubs, that's what friends + ample beer and pizza are for.

GK

Submitted by Jon (not verified) on Sun, 6/8/2008 - 12:12am

I was looking at the "Bird's-Eye View of the City of Durham, North Carolina. 1891." map, and it appears that the house at 611 Holloway is on that map. If you look just to the west (left) of the railroad tracks on Holloway, you can see a house with a dormer, three upstairs windows and what look like four columns holding up the porch roof; just like the pictures you posted.

If I'm correct, that would date the house to at least 1891 and possibly earlier and not the early 20th century as mentioned. It'd be interesting to research the history of this house.

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