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Places in Peril 2010
[toggle title=”Little Five Points”] Intersection of North Mangum, Corporation, and Cleveland Streets
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Places in Peril 2011
[toggle title=”500-600 Block of Holloway Street”] Durham’s best examples of Mid-Century Modern commercial design include the 1963 Jack Tar Motel, the 1968 Mutual Community Savings Bank, the 1960 Holiday Inn, and the 1966 North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Once seen as ‘futuristic’, many people now see these buildings as Read more…
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Places in Peril 2012
[toggle title=”Fendol Bevers Farmstead”] 5713 Leesville Road Why it’s important: The Fendol Bevers Farm, straddling Leesville Road near Briar Creek, is a remarkable early farmstead that dates to about 1850. This early I-House has Greek Revival details, a stone foundation and chimneys, original windows with ornamented surrounds, and an intact Read more…
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Places in Peril 2013
[su_accordion] [su_spoiler title=”Historic Gas Stations” icon=”plus-circle”] Why They’re Important: Gas stations represent some of Durham’s most endangered but least recognized historic structures. Pre-war gas stations (built prior to 1945) were typically made of brick. Key examples include stations in East Durham on the corner Guthrie and Angier and another further Read more…
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South Bank Building
Issue Background and Overview: The South Bank building, which sits at the Five Points intersection downtown, was built in 1974. The building, which is surrounded by parking, has poor siting. Additionally, the massing of the building is inconsistent with the surrounding area. However, in a time when 70’s era buildings Read more…
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Places in Peril 2013: George Watts Hall House, 1015 Onslow Street
Why It’s Important: The George Wall House tells the story of a remarkable man, his family, and his community. The president of Trinity College hired a teenaged George Wall, born a slave to the grandfather of a Trinity College physics professor, as a farm laborer. Wall moved with Trinity College Read more…
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Places in Peril 2013: Historic Duplexes and Apartments
Why it’s important: Historically, duplexes and multi-family structures were constructed in all of Durham’s urban neighborhoods, from Cleveland-Holloway to Morehead Hill. Only Forest Hills and Hope Valley are without these types of multi-family homes. Their construction illustrates the gradual development of these areas over time and the need to Read more…
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Historic Gas Stations 2013: Historic Gas Stations
Why They’re Important: Gas stations represent some of Durham’s most endangered but least recognized historic structures. Pre-war gas stations (built prior to 1945) were typically made of brick. Key examples include stations in East Durham on the corner Guthrie and Angier and another further east on 2620 Angier, near Read more…
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Places in Peril 2013: Carpenter Motor Company
Why It’s Important: Carpenter Motor Company at 600 E. Main Street is the only commercial building left on three blocks of downtown’s main thoroughfare. The county demolished the 500 block of East Main for a surface parking lot in 2008, and eight buildings were lost during this demolition, including the Read more…