618 Arnette Ave. One meaningless, throwaway line I often hear when people are trying to justify why something needs be torn down is - "it's not worth saving." I heard it a fair amount about 618 Arnette Ave back in 2002. 618 Arnette Ave. was built in the early 20th century as one of several small Victorian houses ornamented with multiple sawnwork details and a... 907 Jackson – Davis-Dixon House The house at 907 Jackson Street (the southeast corner of Jackson and Buchanan) is another of West End's small Victorian houses built in the early 20th century, characterized by a generous front porch and sawnwork details. I noticed a few months ago that the house had been foreclosed upon, and it went on the market for $37,000. It was bought fairly... 807 Parker 814 Vickers Ave 814 Vickers, 1970s. Looking northwest at the south end of the 800 block, including 814 Vickers., 01.30.08. From the 1984 National Register listing: Ornamental bracing with a carved sunburst motif in the front pedimented gable adorns this otherwise austere two-story frame house with wraparound front porch. The porch posts probably are placements... 813 Vickers Avenue Looking northeast, 01.05.67 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The four Craftsman-style houses at the northeast corner of Parker and Vickers (two on Parker and two on Vickers) remain essentially unchanged from the view of this corner in 1967. However, the major change occurred immediately to the northeast of these houses, and the Durham Freeway was contructed... 1007 Vickers Ave. 01.01.08 Near replica of the St. George Tucker House in Williamsburg, Va., built in 1952 according to design by Archie Davis for medical doctor Hunter Sweaney. Interior in center hall plan features modillion crown molding, Georgian mantelpieces, sheathed wainscoting, and a study fully panelled in 16" beaded boards. Dr. Sweaney married Francis... Budd House - 903 S. Duke W. P. Budd, a partner in the Budd-Piper Roofing Company, commissioned Raleigh architect Murray Nelson to design this two-and-one-half-story Tudor Revival style house in the late 1920s. One of the first domestic projects by noted Durham contractor George W. Kane, the house exhibits handsome Tudoresque elements throughout. Lipscomb-Carr House The 2 1/2 story Colonial Revival house at 913 South Duke St. was built in 1914 by Mr. and Mrs. John Lipscomb. Mr. Lipscomb was a manager at the Durham Loan and Trust and vice-president of the Durham Realty and Insurance Co. His wife's father, Louis A. Carr (no relation to Julian Carr), had lived directly across South Duke St. from this house. The... 1013 South Duke - The Round Houses Eclectic housing - particularly eclectic yet modest housing - is, for the most part, a lost form in America, sacrificed at the altar of mass production in the 1950s. Right on the cusp of that change, Durham welcomed two of its more whimisical houses, the round houses on South Duke St. The houses were built, according to a nice writeup in the N&Os... George Watts House - Harwood Hall Harwood Hall, 1920s. (From "Favored by Fortune" by Howard Covington) The title of Howard Covington's book about the Watts and Hills of Durham- "Favored by Fortune" - seems somewhat trite at first glance, but it is an apt description of George Watts' entry into the gentry of Durham. When your father buys you a 1/5 share in the Duke and Sons Tobacco... Eugene Morehead House (second) Morehead house - early 20th century. Eugene Morehead came to Durham in 1878, having grown up in Greensboro - in the Blandwood mansion of his father, former North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead. Little history is available as to Morehead's pursuits prior to coming to Durham, although Boyd noted that he was "one of the promoters of the Cape... 518 Morehead Avenue / John F. Wily House 1903 (Colonial Southern Homes by Barrett, Charles W.) Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/colonialsouthern00barr) As Morehead Hill developed in the 1880s and 1890s, multiple large houses were built on the larger lots along Morehead Ave. and Vickers Ave. The houses of SF Tomlinson, John Wily, et al occupied this block, which was the 800 block... 512 Morehead Ave. 512 Morehead Ave., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) 506 Morehead Ave. 506 Morehead aerial, 1959 The Alphonsus Cobb House was located at 506 Morehead Avenue. He came to Durham from Hickory, NC and resided at the Carrolina Hotel where his brother Howell was proprietor. Alphonsus Cobb became manager at the hotel in 1902 and by 1905 he was proprietor. In 1911-12 he worked at the Corcoran Hotel. By 1915 he resided at 714... 502 Morehead Ave. 502 Morehead was occupied by Judge Howard Foushee, his family, and a nurse in 1910. Unlike the other houses nearby, this was a single story house, referred to as a “cottage,” which sat on a slight elevation about four feet above the sidewalk. In 1923 Wallace E. Seeman, son of Henry T. Seeman, bought the property. Seeman lived here until 1926 when E... 619 Morehead Ave I have a particular obsession with what I've referred to as 'urban tombstones' before - stairs, curb-cuts, low walls, etc. - the remnants of an old house that persist long after the house is gone. In that vein, I've had a longstanding obsession with the empty lot, and accompanying stairs/wall, at the southeast corner of Morehead Ave. and Vickers... 609 Morehead Ave. 906 Vickers - Rl Baldwin House Looking Southwest, late 1970s RL Baldwin, who started his eponymous department store on West Main St. in 1911, built this house around 1910. The stately Neoclassical revival house features Renaissance revival and Mediteranean elements, with one of several tile roofs nearby. The Baldwins' daughter and son-in-law lived in the house following her... Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
618 Arnette Ave. One meaningless, throwaway line I often hear when people are trying to justify why something needs be torn down is - "it's not worth saving." I heard it a fair amount about 618 Arnette Ave back in 2002. 618 Arnette Ave. was built in the early 20th century as one of several small Victorian houses ornamented with multiple sawnwork details and a...
907 Jackson – Davis-Dixon House The house at 907 Jackson Street (the southeast corner of Jackson and Buchanan) is another of West End's small Victorian houses built in the early 20th century, characterized by a generous front porch and sawnwork details. I noticed a few months ago that the house had been foreclosed upon, and it went on the market for $37,000. It was bought fairly...
814 Vickers Ave 814 Vickers, 1970s. Looking northwest at the south end of the 800 block, including 814 Vickers., 01.30.08. From the 1984 National Register listing: Ornamental bracing with a carved sunburst motif in the front pedimented gable adorns this otherwise austere two-story frame house with wraparound front porch. The porch posts probably are placements...
813 Vickers Avenue Looking northeast, 01.05.67 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The four Craftsman-style houses at the northeast corner of Parker and Vickers (two on Parker and two on Vickers) remain essentially unchanged from the view of this corner in 1967. However, the major change occurred immediately to the northeast of these houses, and the Durham Freeway was contructed...
1007 Vickers Ave. 01.01.08 Near replica of the St. George Tucker House in Williamsburg, Va., built in 1952 according to design by Archie Davis for medical doctor Hunter Sweaney. Interior in center hall plan features modillion crown molding, Georgian mantelpieces, sheathed wainscoting, and a study fully panelled in 16" beaded boards. Dr. Sweaney married Francis...
Budd House - 903 S. Duke W. P. Budd, a partner in the Budd-Piper Roofing Company, commissioned Raleigh architect Murray Nelson to design this two-and-one-half-story Tudor Revival style house in the late 1920s. One of the first domestic projects by noted Durham contractor George W. Kane, the house exhibits handsome Tudoresque elements throughout.
Lipscomb-Carr House The 2 1/2 story Colonial Revival house at 913 South Duke St. was built in 1914 by Mr. and Mrs. John Lipscomb. Mr. Lipscomb was a manager at the Durham Loan and Trust and vice-president of the Durham Realty and Insurance Co. His wife's father, Louis A. Carr (no relation to Julian Carr), had lived directly across South Duke St. from this house. The...
1013 South Duke - The Round Houses Eclectic housing - particularly eclectic yet modest housing - is, for the most part, a lost form in America, sacrificed at the altar of mass production in the 1950s. Right on the cusp of that change, Durham welcomed two of its more whimisical houses, the round houses on South Duke St. The houses were built, according to a nice writeup in the N&Os...
George Watts House - Harwood Hall Harwood Hall, 1920s. (From "Favored by Fortune" by Howard Covington) The title of Howard Covington's book about the Watts and Hills of Durham- "Favored by Fortune" - seems somewhat trite at first glance, but it is an apt description of George Watts' entry into the gentry of Durham. When your father buys you a 1/5 share in the Duke and Sons Tobacco...
Eugene Morehead House (second) Morehead house - early 20th century. Eugene Morehead came to Durham in 1878, having grown up in Greensboro - in the Blandwood mansion of his father, former North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead. Little history is available as to Morehead's pursuits prior to coming to Durham, although Boyd noted that he was "one of the promoters of the Cape...
518 Morehead Avenue / John F. Wily House 1903 (Colonial Southern Homes by Barrett, Charles W.) Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/colonialsouthern00barr) As Morehead Hill developed in the 1880s and 1890s, multiple large houses were built on the larger lots along Morehead Ave. and Vickers Ave. The houses of SF Tomlinson, John Wily, et al occupied this block, which was the 800 block...
506 Morehead Ave. 506 Morehead aerial, 1959 The Alphonsus Cobb House was located at 506 Morehead Avenue. He came to Durham from Hickory, NC and resided at the Carrolina Hotel where his brother Howell was proprietor. Alphonsus Cobb became manager at the hotel in 1902 and by 1905 he was proprietor. In 1911-12 he worked at the Corcoran Hotel. By 1915 he resided at 714...
502 Morehead Ave. 502 Morehead was occupied by Judge Howard Foushee, his family, and a nurse in 1910. Unlike the other houses nearby, this was a single story house, referred to as a “cottage,” which sat on a slight elevation about four feet above the sidewalk. In 1923 Wallace E. Seeman, son of Henry T. Seeman, bought the property. Seeman lived here until 1926 when E...
619 Morehead Ave I have a particular obsession with what I've referred to as 'urban tombstones' before - stairs, curb-cuts, low walls, etc. - the remnants of an old house that persist long after the house is gone. In that vein, I've had a longstanding obsession with the empty lot, and accompanying stairs/wall, at the southeast corner of Morehead Ave. and Vickers...
906 Vickers - Rl Baldwin House Looking Southwest, late 1970s RL Baldwin, who started his eponymous department store on West Main St. in 1911, built this house around 1910. The stately Neoclassical revival house features Renaissance revival and Mediteranean elements, with one of several tile roofs nearby. The Baldwins' daughter and son-in-law lived in the house following her...
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