Preservation Durham is the proud steward of OpenDurham.org, an incredibly rich, entirely volunteer-run community archive committed to documenting this cit’s people and places – its past and present – to preserve and pass along for the future. To keep that commitment, we need the voices of Durham old-timers and newcomers, Read more…
See the completed renovation! Friday, Feb 20, 2015, 4:00-6:00 pm 118 S Driver Street is a classic tri-gable house in East Durham. In 2013, Preservation Durham invested the proceeds of a grant from the 1772 Foundation in the rehabilitation of this property with Renovision Properties. In 2014 the house Read more…
Protective covenants put in place through EPF sale in June of 2004. Craftsman bungalow built by the Blackman family between 1910 and 1920. Originally located on Erwin Road (where the Duke Eye Hospital now stands), this house was moved three times: Moved to LaSalle Street – then Holman Road – Read more…
Building sold through City RFP in late 2011. Preservation ensured by PD through EPF covenants and by NC Historic Preservation Office via the income-producing historic tax credits; click here to learn more about rehab credits. Example of PD partnering with commercial developers. Continues ongoing revitalization of the Downtown Durham National Read more…
Protective covenants put in place through EPF sale in April of 2010. Contributing property in the Trinity Park National Register Historic District. High-style Colonial Revival built in the early 1920s for Duke mathematics professor W.W. Rankin. Rehabilitation included: Complete rebuild of both the built-in copper gutters and the roof structure. Read more…
Protective covenants put in place through EPF sale in October of 2008. Contributing property in the Duke Park/Old North Durham National Register Historic District. Owners converted property from a duplex to a single-family dwelling. Many significant architectural elements retained during renovation including: Interior and exterior paneled wood doors Original door Read more…
Built in 1926. Former municipal garage for Durham Fire Department and City. EPF covenants put in place early 1999. Rehabbed by Zapolski + Rudd later in 1999. Iconic Durham Fire Drill Tower still remains. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Named one of top redevelopment projects in Triangle Read more…