Mattie M. And Wallace W. Umphlette House

1 ½-story side-gabled Tudor Cottage with clipped gables, a terra-cotta tile roof, stuccoed walls, and 9-over-1 sash windows. The shallow gabled entrance bay has an arched batten door. Interior chimney. This is said to be a spec house built by New Hope Realty Co. Wallace W. Umplette, a traveling salesman, was the occupant in 1930. [Carr interview, 1930 CD]

The following information comes from the City Directories and general web searching:

Year	Occupant(s)		Occupation(s)		Other information
1930	Mattie M. Umphlette*	Wallace W. Umphlette *		solicitor	Wallace worked at Continental Life Insurance. as a salesman.
1931	Melvin M. Kuhn			manager	Melvin managed the Durham Bowling Alleys, located at 316 E Chapel Hill St.
1932	Anna A. Zener +	Karl E. Zener +		associate professor	Karl worked at the Psychology Department at Duke University, later becoming its chairman in 1958. He developed the Zener cards, which were used to conduct tests for clairvoyance and extrasensory perception.
1941	Gertrude Strong	Frank R. Strong			Frank worked at Duke University.
1942	Edith M. Harton	Roman A. Harton		physician and county coroner
1943	Irene R. Byrd	Clyde R. Byrd		real estate
1945	Gretchen F. Everiss	Walter H. Everiss		manager	Walter worked at the Met Life Insurance Company.
1947	Ronald Brunson
1950	Ruth H. Cousins	James F. Cousins		auditor	James worked at Duke University.
1952	Frances D. Bryant	Victor S. Bryant, Jr.		associate lawyer	Victor worked at his father's law firm, VS Bryant Lawyers, located at 111 North Corcoran Street. He lived in the house built for him at 1002 Vickers Avenue before living on Carolina Circle, and appears to have moved back to that address in 1960.
1960	Joyce A. Tischendorf	Alfred P. Tischendorf		instructor	Alfred worked in the Department of History at Duke University as an assistant professor of Latin American History, but died while on sabbatical in Argentina in 1962.
1965	Pat A. Wynn	James O. Wynn		physician	James worked at Duke University Medical Center. and had a private practice in Durham from 1978-2005.
1967	Elizabeth D. Nelson		saleswoman		Elizabeth worked at Southland Associates
1970	Gail A. Malin	Joseph M. Malin, Jr.		physician	Joseph worked at Duke University Hospital as a urologist.
1973	Meredith K. Thrall	Jesse Thrall	instructor		Meredith worked at Duke University Hospital.
1981	Allen P. Duffer, Jr.		employee		Allen worked at IBM.
1988	Ann M Christensen	Allen P. Duffer, Jr.	sales associate		Ann worked at Coldwell Banker
1993	Penny H. Bridgers
2003	Matthew Cohen
2006	Bridget K. Finn	Megan M. Walsh
2008	Matthew Cohen
2009	Erin Valentine	Jason C. Valentine
2011	Jocelyn Arem	Kate Kyle
2014	Molly Draney	Brandon Draney		illustrator

* The 1930 US Census shows that W.W. Umplet (age 31) was the head of household with Mattie M. (age 28) as his wife; other occupants included William Jr., son (age 6); and brothers Clyde V. (age 26) and Hoyle M. (age 28), both of whom were agents for, presumabkly, rthe same insurance company at which William worked.. The 1931 City Directory lists these family members with the surname of Umphlett.

+ The 1940 US Census shows that Karl (age 37) and Anna (age 30s) lived with their three sons, Karl (age 7), Wilfred (age 5), and Julian (age 2). The elder Karl was born in Indiana, his wife and first two sons were born in Pennsylvania, and the youngest son was born in North Carolina. This does not quite align with the City Directories, which indicate that the Zener family had occupied the house for eight years at the time of the Census, but perhaps the first two sons were born outside Karl's academic calendar year - or intentionally delivered near Anna's family.

Mattie M. And Wallace W. Umphlette House

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