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Submitted by Phil (not verified) on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 5:23am
Clad as it is in vinyl, 701 Holloway is to my eyes the weirdest effin' building in all of Durham. I had no idea it was so old.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 12:45pm
Didn't know they had mobile homes in the 1800s! ;)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 8:56pm
These houses are totally cool. They scream 'Renovate ME!'. And not being that large, it wouldn't take a herculean effort to do. Thanks for profiling these oddities Gary.
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 1:38am
Phil
The vinyl does contribute to that odd mansard-mobile-home look.
Anon1
Covered wagons?
Anon2
They are quirky as hell, aren't they? Too bad we seem to have, for the most part, lost the ability to inject some whimsy into our construction of new houses.
GK
Submitted by Phil (not verified) on Sat, 11/10/2007 - 1:46am
I'm fond of the small (and falling-apart) houses that line Railroad St. just south of these houses, too.
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 4:43pm
Phil
Agreed. I took pictures of those the same day I took the above. There is one in particular I really like with big multi-paned windows.
GK
Submitted by John Martin (not verified) on Mon, 3/30/2009 - 12:49am
701 Holloway is for sale. Price $20,600, but the realtor's listing has these chilling words:
"BRING ALL OFFERS!!! House in need of many major repairs. Great for investment purposes. Bring your investors and make us an offer!"
Just what we need: an "investor." Please, someone with some taste, buy that house and rip off that siding. . .and fix it up nicely.
Submitted by Batman (not verified) on Thu, 6/18/2009 - 1:59am
I heard from an older relative that there were some (3?) beautiful daughters of the owner living there in the 1910's-1920's -1930's. Unfortunately, I didn't pick up on the names.
These unique homes exemplify the Victorian-era architectural motto: we'll consider anything.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 2:35am
Doing genealogical research today I learned that I am colaterally related to the James H Burns who built these houses. Born about 1862 in Chatham Co, he was son of Spencer Burns. He married Alice Stephens and was still living at 702 Holloway when he died in 1935. He lies buried in Maplewood Cem.
Submitted by John Martin (not verified) on Thu, 1/26/2012 - 11:36pm
Sadly, 701 Holloway has shifted radically, and appears to be on the verge of collapsing. I hope the owner can save it, but it looks very dire.
Submitted by Nancy Averette (not verified) on Tue, 5/8/2012 - 8:51am
They ARE rebuilding! Any news on this?
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