Frame / Masonry

407 Brant St.

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham)

405 Brant St.

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham)

College Grill / Paul's Grill

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham) Operating out of this small building just off Fayetteville Street from the late 1940s until at least the 1980s, the College Grill served up quick meals to several generations of students and neighborhood residents. The name as listed in advertisements and city directories from its first two...

Free Will Baptist Church - 1004 Morning Glory

Until recently an art studio and now opening as a coffee shop, 1004 Morning Glory started life as the Free Will Baptist Church, built sometime before 1919.

1106 N. Driver St.

(11.22.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham) The first reference to this address in city directories - as 1106 First Avenue, as Driver Street north of Liberty was known until c.1960 - was in 1926, when the resident was a Frank J Mutter, listed as working for Edward J. Latta's roofing company. Residents changed multiple times in the...

1608 Lincoln Street – Asa T. Spaulding House

This one-and-a-half story, side-gabled Period Cottage is located on a large lot on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Dupree Streets. It is three bays wide and triple-pile with full-width, shed-roofed dormers across the façade and rear elevation. The earliest known occupant is Asa T. Spaulding (actuary, N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1940; county tax records date the building to 1936 and the building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map.

1118 Liberty Street

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Henry Pegram House. Intact 1-story side-gable bungalow with a shed dormer window, eave brackets, exposed refter tails, German siding, and 4-over-1 vertical sash windows. Other features are a side bay window and a shed Craftsman porch...

1209 Liberty St.

1937 (Courtesy Rod Mullen) (Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Leon J. Kirkland Jr. House. Pyramidal cottage with a front gable wing, 1-over-1 sash windows, and a hipped Craftsman porch with a replacement railing. Alterations include vinyl siding and an added front...

1409 James Street – Theophelous Hight Duplex

This Craftsman house was home to Theophelous Hight, a janitor at the neighborhood school.

W.G. and Ophelia Pendergrass House

(Below in italics is from the 2003 Lakewood Park National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story single-pile, hipped-roof house with a center cross-gable, interior chimney, a glazed and paneled door, and 2/2 sash windows. The hipped porch has Craftsman posts. Asbestos shingles cover the walls. Frank L. Patterson and...