Dairy Farm

3417 Hope Valley Road

This home is part of an apartment complex (of buildings) that sit behind the wall at Hope Valley and MLK (including 3407/3409/3413/3415/3417 Hope Valley Rd). Since this photo was taken, this building, along with 3407, has gotten a shiny new red roof. In the first part of the century, this land was home to the Gibbs family, who ran Hope Valley Dairy...

3415 Hope Valley Road

This home sits on the former location of a dairy farm owned by the Gibbs family.

3413 Hope Valley Road

This building was part of a dairy farm owned by the Gibbs family during the first half of the 20th Century.

3409 Hope Valley Rd

Prior to this modern home being built around 2000, this land was the location of a dairy farm, and later an apartment complex in the 1950s.

Quail Roost Farm

In 1875, a group of Durham's successful businessmen formed the Quail Roost Hunting Lodge, acquiring 834 acres in northern Durham County for the purpose. The membership included George W. Watts and John Sprunt Hill, Washington, Ben, and Brodie Duke, Clinton Toms and J.O. Cobb. The club secured the right to hunt quail, dove and turkey over 3000...