East Durham

Robert Motley House. Small one-story side-gable house with German siding, 2-over-2 horizontal sash windows, and a 2-bay porch with original metal posts and railing. Motley was a salesman at Gulf Oil.

One-story hipped-roof bungalow with German siding, 4-over-1 vertical sash windows, and an engaged porch with original tumed posts.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Tri-gable house with 2-over-2 sash windows. The porch has replacement metal posts, and a combination of aluminum and brick covers the walls. [1930 CD] C Shed. Ca. 1920. Shed-roof shed with weatherboard, exposed rafter tails.

One-story tri-gable house with a decoratively shingled front gable with sawnwork bargeboard, 2-over-2 sash windows with peaked lintels with applied sawnwork, and German siding. The full hipped porch has replacement metal posts. George L. King occupant in 1930. Demolished in 2010.

G. Allie Ellis House. Pyramidal cottage with shallow front and side gabled wings, German siding, and a wraparound porch with replacement Craftsman-era stone piers and balustrade and battered wood posts. Replacement vinyl sash windows. 1930-1940 CDs: G. Allie Ellis owner/occupant (auto mechanic).

Lawrence Carden House. 1-story side-gable bungalow with German siding, 2-over-2 sash windows, eave brackets, exposed rafter tails, and an engaged Craftsman porch. 1930-1940 CDs: Lawrence Carden owner/occupant (employee Durham Lumber Co.).

2006 (rear of house) (Below in italics is from the East Durham District NR listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Gardner House. 2-story gable-and-wing type house with 2-over-2 sash windows. Alterations include vinyl siding and a replacement porch. 1925-1935 CDs: L. Landon Gardiner, occupant. 1940 CD: Eva Gardner owner/occupant. Garage...

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story gable-and-wing type house with a front cross-gable, 2-over-2 sash windows, and a wraparound porch with boxed posts. Alterations include asbestos siding and an added front window. 1930 CD, 1937 SM. Demolished in 2010

Large 2-story Queen Atme-style house of gable-and-wing form, with a 2-story cutaway bay window in the front wing, a secondary front gable, German siding, and 1-over-1 sash windows. Mrs. Lydia Griffin bought this house about 1920 when she moved to Durham from Chatham County. Mrs. Griffin sold the house to Arthur and Frances Barbee about 1930.

Early Boyd House. 1-story tri-gable house with weatherboard, 6-over-6 sash windows, and a hipped porch with boxed posts and a replacement railing. Original owner Early Boyd owned Early Boyd Grocery at 2006 Hart Street. Burned and was demolished in 2007.