Atwood and Weeks / Atwood and Nash

Date Founded
1924
Business / Organization Type
Architectural Practice
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Architectural/Engineering firm of Thomas C. Atwood - first in partnership with Arthur Nash, which partnership arose in major expansion of the UNC campus, and later with H. Raymond Weeks.

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Related as an architect

Annie Day Shepard Residence Hall

The Annie Day Shepard Residence Hall was the new "Girls' Domitory" in 1930; designed by Atwood and Nash, it is similar to the Clyde R. Hoey Administration Building in its long rectangular three-story hip-roofed form with end pavillions and gabled entrance pavillion.
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New Dining Hall / Alexander-Dunn Building - North Carolina College / NCCU

As part of the inclusion of North Carolina College into the UNC system, the General Assembly approved funds for new campus buildings; the original frame dining hall was replaced with a brick building in 1930. New Dining Hall, 1930 This one-story Georgian Revival style building with basement also was designed by Atwood &Nash and completed in 1930 as...
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Clyde R. Hoey Administration Building

The oldest surviving building on the North Carolina Central University Campus, the Admistration Building (the Clyde R. Hoey Building) was part of the 'rebuilding' of the campus that occurred after inclusion in the UNC system.
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107-109 West Main Street / Baldwin's

Just to the left of the structure at 115 West Main was the very similar 109-111 West Main, a Queen Anne structure built in 1893. Looking east-southeast from Main St. ~ 1913 (From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill) And a view west from Mangum St., 1905, doesn't show much of the building, but the small tower is clearly visible....
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1212 Arnette Avenue - Thomas C. Atwood House

1929 (Courtesy Andrew Sprouse) The house at 1212 Arnette Avenue was built by/for Thomas C. Atwood in 1928. The Durham Architectural Inventory states: The only residence that the noted architect Arthur C. Nash designed in Durham is this two-and-one-half story Colonial Revival style dwelling executed for Nash's partner, Thomas Atwood. The combination...
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Old Hill Building

One of the earliest masonry structures built in what is now the core of downtown, west of Corcoran St. was the Armory Building, built ~1895. Looking east on West Main St., 1900. Two two-story buildings are on the right side of the street - the more elaborate of the two, with the flanking square turrets projecting from the second floor, is the...
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Evans House - 1021 Dacian

Still frame from HLW film of Durham, showing the Evans house soon after construction, ~1940 The Evans house was built in 1937 by Eli Evans and his wife Sara; Evans had come to Chapel Hill to attend UNC from Fayetteville, and Sara had come to Durham with her parents, the Nachamsons, who started United Dollar Stores on West Main Street. Eli and Sara were married in 1928 and took over the United Dollar Stores - which would become Evans' United Department Store - in 1929.
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West Durham Graded School No. 2 / E.K. Powe School / Elementary School

It's a bit murky as to whether a school existed at Ninth and West Knox (C) Streets prior to 1912. Per Jean Anderson, the West Durham Graded School on Swift Avenue was formed from the consolidation of Northside School and Piney Grove School. Piney Grove was located on Swift Avenue, however, she notes only that Northside was located "north of the railroad tracks."
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West Durham Baptist / Grey Stone Baptist Church

West Durham Baptist / Grey Stone Baptist, 1935. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)
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Bragtown School

Bragtown School, ~1960. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) I'm uncertain when Bragtown School was initially established, but the original school was replaced with a Rosenwald-funded school around 1923, and a newer Atwood and Weeks-designed structure replaced this in 1928. Aerial of Bragtown School, looking west-southwest, 1950s.
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Fire Drill Tower

The Durham Fire Drill Tower was constructed in May 1926, designed by Durham architects Atwood and Nash, who likely also designed the adjacent Durham City Garage. The name makes the use rather evident, but the 61 foot tall tower provided a practice facility for Durham firefighters. It included a standpipe system, smoke room, safety net, and platforms. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection)
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U.S. Post Office (1934)

View of the U.S. Post Office, Atwood and Weeks, ~1934 (Courtesy Milo Pyne) The block of East Chapel Hill St. between Holland St. and Rigsbee Ave. was the site of the William Mangum homestead and farm, which stretched west to present-day Morris St, and the AM Rigsbee house - Rigsbee's farm extended east across present-day Rigsbsee Avenue. These...
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City Market / The Armory

The northern portion of the site between Morgan, East Chapel Hill, Holland, and Foster Sts. was the site of a city market constructed around 1910. It is unclear if this market replaced the market that had been located in the Academy of Music or supplemented it - it is possible that when the "New Academy of Music" was constructed, the market was...
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Submitted by Wendy Hillis (not verified) on Thu, 8/29/2013 - 8:50pm

Atwood and Nash came to the University in 1922 to act as the Architect of Record for the NYC firm McKim Mead and White who completed the master plan for Polk Place and completed conceptual designs for the Georgian buildings on that quad.

UNC Buildings by Atwood, Atwood & Nash, Atwood & Weeks:

Grimes Residence Hall 1922 Atwood and Nash
Mangum Residence Hall 1922 Atwood and Nash
Manly Residence Hall 1922 Atwood and Nash
Ruffin Residence Hall 1922 Atwood and Nash
Aycock Residence Hall 1924 Atwood and Nash
Carolina Inn 1924 Arthur Nash
Graham Residence Hall 1924 Atwood and Nash
Lewis Residence Hall 1924 Atwood and Nash
Spencer Residence Hall 1924 Atwood and Nash
Everett Residence Hall 1928 Atwood and Nash
Wilson Library 1928 Atwood and Nash
Bingham Hall 1929 Atwood and Nash
Graham Memorial 1931 Atwood and Nash
Alderman Residence Hall 1937 H. Raymond Weeks
Woollen Gymnasium 1937 Atwood and Weeks
Stacy Residence Hall 1938 Atwood and Nash
Alexander Residence Hal 1939 Atwood and Weeks
Coates Building 223 Eas 1939 H Raymond Weeks
Kenan Residence Hall 1939 H. Raymond Weeks
Lenior Hall 1939 Atwood and Weeks
McIver Residence Hall 1939 H. Raymond Weeks
Wilson Hall 1940 Atwood and Weeks
Connor Residence Hall 1948 H. Raymond Weeks
Joyner Residence Hall 1948 H. Raymond Weeks
Winston Residence Hall 1948 H. Raymond Weeks
Carroll Hall 1953 H. Raymond Weeks
Gardner Hall 1953 H. Raymond Weeks
Hanes Hall 1953 H. Raymond Weeks

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