Watts-Hillandale

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...

08.28.11 J. J. Thaxton House. Thaxton was a deputy sheriff. Transitional late Victorian-Craftsman style 1 1/2 story cottage with hip roof, front and side gabled dormers, an engaged front porch with classical boxed posts and a plain railing, and a side bay window. House has interior end chimney and 6-over-1 sash. 1925 city directory: J. J. Thaxton...

W. G. Frasier, with Jones & Frasier Co., occupant. 2-story Colonial Revival style house with hip roof, interior chimney, hipped, louvered dormer, glazed and paneled door with Craftsman style transom and sidelights, and 12-over-1 sash. The hipped 1-story porch has paneled classical posts; the west bay is enclosed as a sunroom.

08.28.11 R. H. Cowan House. Cowan was the treasurer o f the Durham Lumber Co. Foursquare house with a hip roof, interior chimneys, and deep overhanging eaves. The windows are 9-over-1 and 12-over-1 sash. The front gabled porch has Craftsman paneled posts and the screened side porch has a hipped roof, plain posts, and a plain balustrade.

08.28.11 Dillard C. Mitchell House. Mitchell, president of Durham Lumber Company, purchased the lot at 2015 West Club in 1921 and built the house soon afterward. Striking Foursquare house with hip roof, wide curved exposed rafter tails, wood shake walls, 12-over-1 sash, a glazed and paneled entrance door with transom and sidelights, and a gabled...

08.28.11 Ottis G. Sawyer House. (1935 city directory: Ottis G. Sawyer, occupant.) 2 1/2-story brick Colonial Revival style house with side- gable roof and a front gabled stoop with arched roof and wrought iron posts. It has an end chimney, a front door with wooden fanlight sunburst and sidelights, and 6- over-6 sash windows. The 1-story shed roofed...

08.28.11 E. R. Thomas House. - E. R. Thomas, the original owner, operated a drugstore on Ninth St. Large 2-story Craftsman/Colonial Revival style house with a hip slate roof, interior chimneys, hip roof dormer with louvers, and plain siding. The fenestration consists of tall, 1-over-1 sash windows and a 2-story east side bay window. The replacement...

08.28.11 L. F. Butler House. 1 1/2-story Dutch Colonial style house with a gambrel roof with continuous shed dormer, original 9-over-1 sash windows, and an original glazed and paneled door with 4-pane transom and a bracketed hood. The house also has an end chimney and a flat-roofed sunroom wing. Vinyl siding. 1925 City Directory: L. F. Butler...