West Durham Historic District Explained

West Durham Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Knox, Ninth, W. Main Sts., and Rutherford St. and Carolina Ave., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.9942°N -78.8753°W
Architecture:Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate
Added:March 26, 1986
Refnum:86000680

West Durham Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 101 contributing buildings in a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential section of Durham. The buildings primarily date after 1892 and include notable examples of Classical Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Erwin Cotton Mills Company Mill No. 1 Headquarters Building. Other notable buildings include Erwin Cotton Mills Co. Mill No. 4 (1909–10), Erwin Cotton Mills Co. worker's housing (1910s), Fidelity Bank (1920s), E. K. Powe School (1928), Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (1922), and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claudia Roberts Brown . West Durham Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1984. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.