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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…

By info@preservationdurham.org, 10 years7 years ago
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