2008 Preservation Durham Old Durham Home Tour: Watts Hospital Hillandale

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Harry F. Watkins House.

2-story, side gabled Colonial Revival house with interior chimneys, 6-over-6 sash windows, double French doors, and a side porch with massive entablature and two huge plain columns. The front entry is a bracketed pergola over a French door. The house has plain siding and appears to have been converted to apartments.

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Mitchell-Baker House.

Side-gabled Classical Revival cottage with corbeled eaves, vented dormers, 9-over-1 paired windows, a paneled front door with transom and sidelights, and a classical arched entrance porch with fluted columns. The side screened porch has fluted columns.

D. C. Mitchell Jr., bookkeeper at Durham Lumber Co., had this built. In 1955 the R. J. Bakers purchased it.

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W. L. Totten House.

Substantial brick bungalow with a side gable roof, interior and end chimney, a shed dormer, 6-over-1 and 9-over-1 paired windows, and a Craftsman front door with transom and sidelights. The hipped porch has Craftsman posts and railing and the hipped side porch has fluted columns.

1925 CD: W. L. Totten occupant. 

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W. F. Mansfield House.

Stylish 1 1/2-story bungalow with a side gable roof with large front gable porch, very wide eaves, wide fascia board, exaggerated, Japanese- influenced brackets, 10-over-1 sash windows, and a side bay window. The front porch has bold battered brick posts, a projecting louvered vent, and bracketed lintel. Other features include a glazed and paneled front door, and asbestos wall shakes.

Bookkeeper W. F. Mansfield bought this lot in 1925 and had the house built immediately thereafter. 1925 CD: W. F. Mansfield occupant.

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G. C. Glymph House.

This beautiful hipped roof Foursquare features two interior chimneys, plain siding, 1-over-1 sash windows, and a front cross gable with a diamond vent. The original glazed and paneled entrance door has one sidelight. The most striking feature of the house is the 1-story porch that wraps completely around the front and east side, with original classical battered posts and railing.

G. C. Glymph bought these lots in 1919 and built the house soon afterward. 1925 CD:G C Glymph occupant.

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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 front door has a transom and sidelights. The wraparound 1-story porch has Craftsman posts. Stairs on the side porch lead to an upstairs apartment.

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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.

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R. D. Davis House.

Substantial 1 1/2-story plain-sided bungalow has a side-gabled roof with deep eaves, a shed dormer with a recessed balcony, and 12-over-1 and 9- over-1 sash windows. The engaged wrap-around porch features paneled posts with decorative porch brackets and a plain railing. The Craftsman door is glazed and paneled.

1925 CD: R. D. Davis & Mrs. L. C. Hutchins, occupants.

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Sumpter Brawley House.

Large transitional Queen Anne-Classical Revival style 2-story house with hip roof, interior chimney, and a front hipped dormer. Flanking 1-story wings were created when portions of the broad front porch were filled in. The result is a recessed entry with fluted posts and a cross-gable over the entrance bay. Trim includes plain siding, original glazed front door with transom and sidelights, and 9-over-1 sash windows.

1925 CD: S C. Brawley owner. Brawley was a Durham attorney and state senator.