Trinity Historic District
Trinity Historic District | |
The King's Daughters Inn, May 2011 | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Green, Duke, Morgan, and W. Main Sts., Markham Ave., and Clarendon St.; also roughly bounded by the original Trinity Historic District, N. Buchanan Boulevard, W. Club Boulevard, Woodland Dr., and N. Duke St.; also 209-215 N. Gregson St., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°00′22″N 78°54′43″W / 36.00611°N 78.91194°W |
| Area | 281.9 acres (114.1 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | Barton, Harry; Davis, Archie Royal; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000672, 04000568, 07001372[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1986, June 4, 2004 (Boundary Increase), January 9, 2008 (Boundary Increase) |
Trinity Historic District, also called Trinity Park, is a national historic district and residential area located near the East Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.[2] The district encompasses 751 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Durham. They were built between the 1890s and 1960 and include notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed "Faculty Row" cottages: the Bassett House, Cranford-Wannamaker House, Crowell House, and Pegram House. Other notable buildings include the George W. Watts School (1917); Julian S. Carr Junior High School (1922); Durham School of the Arts, originally built as Durham High School (1923); Durham Alliance Church (1927); Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church (1925); Watts Street Baptist Church (1925); Great A & P Tea Company (1927–1929); Grace Lutheran Church (c. 1950); and the former Greek Orthodox Community Church (c. 1950).[3][4][5]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary increase in 2004 and 2008.[1]
Notable buildings
- Bassett House
- Cranford-Wannamaker House
- Crowell House
- Pegram House
- Powe House
- Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
- Watts Street Baptist Church
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Trinity Park include:
- John Spencer Bassett, Duke University professor
- Joseph Penn Breedlove, first librarian of Duke University
- John Franklin Crowell, Trinity College president
- William Preston Few, first president of Duke University
- George B. Pegram, Manhattan Project physicist
- Justin Tornow, dancer and choreographer
Gallery
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Joseph Penn Breedlove house (1915), 407 Watts St.
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Bassett-Brown house
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Cranford house
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "History | Trinity Park".
- ^ Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "Trinity Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ M. Ruth Little (December 2003). "Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ Heather Wagner (July 2007). "Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.