East Lawson Street

McDougald Terrace was developed on vacant land east of Hayti and NCCU as part of large-scale public housing development in Durham, funded and authorized by the Housing Act of 1949. Two major, racially-segregated projects were developed in the early 1950s - Few Gardens, for white residents, McDougald Terrace, for African-American residents. Looking...

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile. It has a brick foundation, molded wood weatherboards, an interior brick chimney, and an exterior brick chimney on the façade. The building appears on the 1937 Sanborn map; the earliest known occupant is Ella L. Cotton in 1945.

This one-story, side-gabled house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a projecting front-gabled bay on the right end of the façade, a full-width rear gable, and a side-gabled ell beyond the rear gable. County tax records date the property to 1930; the earliest known occupant is Edward P. Norris (dentist) in 1930.

This two-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed dormer across the façade. The earliest known occupant is Martha Donnell (school teacher) in 1935.

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham) This house was built around 1950 for Palmer L. and Clara Perkins. At the time, Palmer Perkins is listed in the city directory as a janitor at Durham Bank & Trust (located in the Trust Building at 212 W. Main) while Clara Perkins worked at the Modern Beauty Shop in the heart of Hayti. Mrs...

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham)

(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...

Completed 1937 as part of the Public Works Administration building campaign. The focal point of the flat-roofed building with English bond brick elevations is the two-story frame portico supported by streamlined Corinthian columns that shelters the three identical entrances. The auditorium seats 900 and is named in honor of one of the school's major benefactors, whose contributions and bequest totalled approximately $125,000.