Colonial

Leigh Farm

Little-visited 19th century farmhouse and city park on the edge of I-40 and 54 in southwest Durham

Massey-Carver House

This house was built in 1926 or 1927. Its first occupants were rental tenants, Lucius and Mary Oliphant. Oliphant was the assistant manager of the Piggly-Wiggly grocery store. They resided in the house a short while and are listed in the directory at 1113 Virginia only in 1928. The next residents, Charles Knox Massey and his wife, Anne Louise...

Simpson-Umstead House

When entering the historic Forest Hills neighborhood in Durham, NC, one drives up a steep hill (Hermitage Court Drive) from University Blvd to the well-known Hermitage Court circle, a landmark of the neighborhood. This gateway to Forest Hills, a nationally designated historic neighborhood, is across from Forest Hills Park. The house is one of the...

Fairntosh

The site of Fairntosh was originally part of the Stagville Plantation, owned by the Bennehan family. After Duncan Cameron married Rebecca Benneham in 1803, the couple lived at Rebecca's homeplace, Stagville for several years before beginning building their own house in 1810.

921 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Post-1940. Two-story frame house with a gabled roof, tall full facade shed dormer, and recessed porch across two-thirds of front elevation.

Stagville

The construction of Stagville Plantation arose from Richard Bennehan's trek south from Virginia in 1768 to work with William Johnson at his store on the Snow Hill Plantation. He managed Johnson's store, living at Snow Hill for 8 years. It appears that he fought for the rebel side in the Revolutionary War - likely fighting in the Battle of Moore's Creek.