711 W. Knox St.

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711
West Knox Street
Durham
NC
Year built
1948-1949
Architectural style
Minimal Traditional
Neighborhood
Trinity Park
Building Type
Residential
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03.08.2000 - Photo by survey volunteers for Historic Preservation Society of Durham (now Preservation Durham)

Part of the rapid development of this eastern edge of Trinity Park near South Ellerbe Creek in the years immediately after World War II, the first listed owner of this house in the 1949 city directory appears to have been a building contractor, Alvitt E. Loftis.  Built within a few years of the development along Ruffin Street, this and the adjacent house at 713 West Knox seem to have been designed as rental duplexes.

Fragment of 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map - available online via NCLive.org

Though 713 West Knox appears to have been converted into a single-family house in recent years, 711 remains divided into two units.

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