Watts-Hillandale

08.28.11 (The information below in italics is from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham Plaque Application for the Clay-Lloyd House) The story begins with Kurt and Linda Hube purchasing 2100 W. Club Blvd. in May of 2003, and renovating it under the guidelines of the NC Historic Preservation Society. They learned during this time that the...

08.28.11 Dr. Merle T. Adkins, associated with Watts Hospital, bought the lot at 2101 West Club in late 1915 and had the house constructed soon thereafter. The house is a two-story, hipped-roof Colonial Revival Prairie style house with exposed rafter tails, front and side hip dormers, 12-over-1 sash windows, wood shake siding, and interior chimneys...

08.28.11 Alpheus McCullen Jr. House. Substantial 11/2-story bungalow with side-gable roof with brackets and exposed rafter tails, front shed dormer, interior chimney, and stuccoed walls. Engaged front porch has arched bays with stuccoed railing. Original French front door, casement windows on 1st story, 9-over-1 and 6-over-1 sash windows in gables.

08.28.11 Wm. C. Lyon House. William C. Lyon, owner of Lyon Hardware and Building Co. at 213 East Chapel Hill St., had this house built and lived here until the early 1960s. Ralph Cooke, his partner, lived here until 1998. Imposing 2 1/2 story blond brick Neoclassical Revival/Prairie style house with a hip roof with hip dormers, end chimneys, 9-over...

08.28.11 Angus H. McDonald House. McDonald started McDonald's drugstore on Ninth Street; he built this house around 1915 Foursquare with a hip roof with a hipped dormer vent, end chimney and 3-over-1 and 4-over-1 Craftsman windows. The first story has plain siding while the second story has wood shakes. The porch, with Craftsman posts, shelters a...

08.28.11 Bowden-Arena House. Oscar Bowden purchased the lot in 1919 and built the house soon afterward. Bowden owned Bowden's Cafe on Parrish St. From the 1940s, the house was occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Arena and their family. Two and 1/2-story Craftsman style house with a side gable roof with deep, bracketed eaves, an end chimney, and wood shingle...

08.28.11 Colonial Revival style brick church with front gable, 8-bay-deep nave, a shallow portico, a bell tower, and a rear 2-story wing. The rear wing was built first, about 1960. Later the church bought and demolished the Dr. McCracken House facing Club Blvd. to make room for the new sanctuary.

08.28.11 John C. Rose House. John Rose owned the Rose Agency, an early office furniture and supply company. Bungalow with side gable roof, eave brackets and exposed rafter tails, a shed front dormer, and wood shake walls. The French front door has a transom and one sidelight. Windows are 9-over-l and 6-over-l sash. Engaged porch has stone rubble...

08.28.11 B. D. Haines House. Bungalow with side gable roof, end chimney, bracketed eaves, wide sidelights at the front door, and paired and tripled Craftsman sash windows. The gabled porch has arched bays, Craftsman posts and a plain railing. 1925 city directory: B. D. Haines occupant.

08.28.11 R. W. Black House. Black was a salesman with Peabody Drug Co. Hip-roofed bungalow with deep eaves, 12-over-1 sash windows, and a central chimney. The engaged porch features triple boxed posts with decorative impost blocks and a cross-gable over the entrance. There is a French front door and vinyl siding. 1922 city directory: R. W. Black...