McPherson Hospital Issue Background and Overview: McPherson Hospital, built in 1926, was the first hospital in Durham. It functioned as a medical center until 2005, when the Eye and Ear Hospital relocated. A developer quickly purchased the property, asked for a rezoning, and unveiled plans to turn it into a Read more…
The Trinity Park and Trinity Heights neighborhoods (recorded collectively as the Trinity Historic District) were platted at the turn of the century and experienced rapid growth and expansion in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Unlike other historic neighborhoods in Durham, which were closely tied to the tobacco 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…
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 Read more…