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2421 Perkins Road

Per Triangle Modernist Houses: Colonel Rambeau House Built by Eileen Johns, pioneer woman real estate broker and builder, who sold and built Lustron houses in the Durham area from 1948-1951. Added a garage. Sold to the Mitchells. Sold in 1957 to Charles Albert (Al) Hilliard who added the back room and bath and then joined it to the garage...

Lake Ridge Aero Park

Not everyone is aware that there is an airport subdivision in eastern Durham county; Lake Ridge Airport, on the shore of Falls Lake near the Durham County line is Durham County's own little airport - no having to share it with the "R" next door. Residences have their backyards facing on the airstrip - I presume if you enjoy door-to-door convenience with your small plane, this is ideal. 10.10.10

2120 Sprunt Ave. – Keir Lustron House

(Courtesy of Lappegard Photography, March 2019) Featured in the 2019 Preservation Durham Home Tour (text in italics below from the tour booklet): This little house on Sprunt Avenue is a truly rare American architectural gem. It is a “Lustron” house – made entirely of enameled steel inside and out. The house was prefabricated and sold by the Lustron...

1906 Glendale Ave.

1811 Glendale Ave.

1404 Virginia Avenue

Herald And Sun Warehouse

2100 Angier Avenue / Crabtree Pharmacy

One of the earliest businesses established in the Angier-Driver business district of East Durham, Crabtree Pharmacy, was started in 1904 by R.A. Crabtree, C.A. Crabtree, H.C. Barbee, and Viola Young. The Crabtree family, 1895 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The original building was a frame structure on the southeast...

122 Cora Street / Cora Place - Venable New Warehouse

122 Cora St. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The Venable Tobacco Company, which had built three bays of warehouse on the east side of South Roxboro St. / Pine Street in the first two decades of the 20th century, built two additional warehouse sections (which they labelled 4 and 5) on the west side of South Roxboro at...

Liberty Warehouse No 1 / Star Warehouse No. 2

Looking east from Rigsbee Ave. and Seminary St., 1940 (Courtesy Library of Congress) The original Liberty Warehouse was located at the northeast corner of Rigsbee Avenue and Seminary St. The warehouse was constructed in the early 1930s, and operated by Satterfield and Stone. Looking north up Rigsbee Ave. from Seminary St., 1940. The Roycroft...