People & Places

1101 Taylor St.

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story hip-roofed bungalcw with shed attic dorrrer, built late 1910s. Alterations include enclosure of east end of recessed porch (which covered one of two original front doors), replacerrent metal porch support, and asphalt "brick"...

1009 Taylor St.

1007 Taylor St.

(Source unknown, c.1980s) One of a few dozen houses buit by the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company for its workers in the early 20th century. On the National Register nomination for the Golden Belt Historic District, this house was described as being built in the late 1910s. Prior to modifications, it is said to have been virtually identical to the...

Hartman's Steak House

Hartman's, 1953. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Ham, Marion A.

Club Boulevard School

Rendering of Club Boulevard School, 1949. Club Boulevard School was built in 1950 - per the school website, Club Boulevard School was built in response to population growth after WWII, rapid development in Northgate Park, as well as overcrowding at George Watts and North Durham Schools.

1050 W. Forest Hills Blvd. - Pinecrest

Designed by George Watts Carr, Pinecrest was built in 1928 for developer James Cobb, in the western portion of the Forest Hills neighborhood that both men were involved in creating. This and the following photos show the house as it neared completion in early 1928. (Courtesy of James D.B.T. Semans) Pinecrest was purchased by the Duke family in 1934...

1002 Cleveland St.

(12.18.2018 by N. Levy) A short block from Old Five Points, this century-old house was described as "contributing to but not included" in the Cleveland Street historic district when it was created in the 1980s. It lies just outside of this boundary as well as the adjacent Old North Durham historic district. A photographer for the Historic American...

1005 Crete Street

(Durham County Tax Records) This ranch-style house was built in the mid-1950s for the prominent African-American doctor Clemuel Durham Grandy, Sr., and his family. The property was a combination of lots for two adjacent, new developments that were underway at the time on the west side of Highway 55 south of Third Fork Creek. (Durham County Register...

506 Fayetteville St. - The John Merrick House

One of the grand houses of the elite in the African-American community of the early 20th century in Durham, John Merrick's house later belonged to Dr. Clyde Donnell before being demolished in the early-to-mid 1960s.