Joseph Whitfield House - 822 Broad

36.011608, -78.919278

822
Broad Street
Durham
NC
Cross Street
Green Street
Year built
~1907-1913
Neighborhood
Old West Durham
Use
Residence
Building Type
Residential
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822 Broad St., 1980.

The unusual house at 822 Broad St. was built prior to 1913, most likely by Joseph Whitfield, who lived in the house during the 1910s. Whitfield was a machinist who became a Quarry Superintendent with the City Engineering Department in the late 1920s.

The house is unusual for the materials employed - brick facing with stucco gables, each with leaded glass oval windows.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield lived in the house until the late 1940s, when it appears that only his wife continued to live in the house. By 1952, it was occupied by Marcus Edgerton, who continued to live in the house into the 1960s.


822 Broad, 06.27.09

The small storefront building sits in the rear yard, facing Green St., which was known as the "B Street Grocery" and operated by Salley Pulley during the mid-20th century.

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36.011608,-78.91927

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Submitted by Batman (not verified) on Mon, 9/28/2009 - 2:06pm

I remember in the late 1960's or early 1970's when this house was either sandblasted or acid washed to clean up the brick. It seemed like it went on for a long time.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 9/28/2009 - 3:17pm

the house is now home to a graphic design firm, Hopkins Design.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 9/28/2009 - 5:17pm

I thought this was brick veneer--a later addition to the exterior. Interesting.

Submitted by Green (not verified) on Mon, 9/28/2009 - 7:43pm

I see two chimneys in the first photo and only one in the second?

Submitted by Marsosudiro (not verified) on Tue, 9/29/2009 - 12:49am

I met with Joyce Hopkins briefly last year. She owns the building and can give you its history. I'd quote what I remember her telling, but my memory is too fuzzy, so I'll leave it for Gary to call or email via the link below.

http://www.hopkinsdesign.com/aboutus.html

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 9/29/2009 - 5:46am

A success story finally. Great looking house.

Submitted by Brian Hopkins (not verified) on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 3:44pm

We bought the house in 1995 from Francis Edgerton. We gutted then rebuilt the interior. The house does not have a brick veneer, but is actually 3 courses of brick thick. The story that I got is that Francis was born in this house that her father built with brick supplied by her uncles brick company. The woman who ran the grocery lived in a house across the street that is now a vacant lot. About 15 years ago I met a man who was 87 and use to buy penny candy there when he was a child. The second chimney was taken down when a new roof was put on.

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