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Home Tour 2007: Trinity Park

Hundreds of Preservation Durham members and friends of historic preservation in Durham attended the 11th Annual Old Durham Tour of the Trinity Neighborhoods west of Downtown. Read more about the Trinity area on our Historic Neighborhoods pages! Advance ticket buyers were able to exchange their tickets for a tour guidebook and map when they arrived at the tour area. On the day of the tour, tickets were sold only at two tour locations. Tour-goers enjoyed the tour Read more…

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Home Tour 2011: Duke Park

  15th Annual Tour Explored Duke Park on May 7, 2011 Read more about Duke Park on our Historic Neighborhoods pages! The 2011 Old Durham Home Tour in the Duke Park neighborhood was another popular success! Hundreds of historic architecture fans wandered the neighborhood, visiting the many and varied homes, welcomed and guided by Preservation Durham docents. Tourgoers enjoy Preservation Durham’s annual tour at their own pace, exploring year by year the many neighborhoods that make Read more…

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Home Tour 2009: Morehead Hill

Preservation Durham members and friends gathered on Saturday, May 2, 2009, for the 13th Annual Old Durham Tour of Morehead Hill. Read more about Morehead Hill on our Historic Neighborhoods pages! Homes on the tour covered a wide range of styles that are uniquely juxtaposed in Morehead Hill. From an 1890s Queen Anne to a 1950s stylish ranch, the neighborhood is full of interesting architecture and family histories. Tourgoers learned about the industrialists who built these lovely Read more…

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Home Tour 2010: Hope Valley

Preservation Durham members and friends gathered on Saturday, May 1, 2010, for the 14th Annual Old Durham Tour in Hope Valley. Read more about Hope Valley on our Historic Neighborhoods pages! We first explored this beautiful historic neighborhood in 2002, and it proved to be one of our most popular tours! In December 2009, Hope Valley was named a National Historic District, and the tour included some of the homes that were listed as contributing Read more…

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Places in Peril 2011: Downtown Mid Century Modern

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 dated. However, they remain valuable pieces of the Bull City revitalization puzzle. What’s Needed: The Mutual Community Savings Bank and the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Building remain in use as Read more…

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Places in Peril 2011: Eligibility Building

Designed by Milburn & Heister as a Freemasons Lodge in 1924, the building was acquired by Durham County during the Great Depression. It has been vacant since 1992, and deterioration of the roof has resulted in significant water damage, especially to the top floor. The Eligibility Building and the vacant site to its east were purchased in 2007 but the status of any renovation project remains uncertain. What’s Needed: Preservation Durham supports the redevelopment of Read more…

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Places in Peril 2011: 500-600 Block of Holloway Street

  Dating from the 1880s to the 1910s, this neighborhood has some of the best examples of Victorian architecture in Durham. Unfortunately, like much of downtown, the area fell into decline in the 1960s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and became Durham’s first local historic district in 1987. While the streets immediately to the north have seen a resurgence of owner-occupants and significant re-investment, vacancies continue to plague Read more…

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