William Gaston Vickers Farmhouse

35.990048, -78.911356

629
Durham
NC
Cross Street
Year built
1860-1875
Year demolished
1950-1959
Construction type
Neighborhood
Building Type
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VickersFarm_sanborn_1937.jpg

1937 - Vickers' farmhouse is in the middle of the block between Hill, Cobb, Proctor, and Vickers.

 

William Gaston Vickers’ land - acquired from Atlas Rigsbee - 200 acres for $1500. Built or occupied a farmhouse by the 1870s. Anecdotally made his money back in one parcel sale - to George Watts.

VickersFarm_aerial_1959.jpg

Aerial, 1959, showing new houses under construction - the driveway / site / field of the old farmhouse are still visible.

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