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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 1/11/2012 - 7:19pm
East of this store was a large house sitting maybe 100 yards off the road. It may have been the Carver house. Anyway, sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's, it was razed and burned by thieves, reportedly looking for Confederate gold hidden there.
Submitted by gary on Wed, 1/11/2012 - 9:18pm
Anon
The Carver house is here:
http://www.opendurham.org/buildings/carver-house?full
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