Roughly bounded by Kent St., Bivins St., Wells St., American Tobacco Trail, Forestwood Dr. and Beverly Dr., Durham, North Carolina. County/parish: Durham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 28, 2005. NRIS 05001476.
Part of Durham MRA (NRIS 64000452).
357 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 4 contributing structures.
Forest Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 312 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Durham that was the city's first automobile suburb. The buildings primarily date between about 1923 and 1955 and include notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Notable contributing resources include Forest Hills Park, the subdivision plan, the original campus of Durham Academy, and the separately listed Mary Duke Biddle Estate.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
On December 9, 2001, Nortel executive Kathleen Peterson was reportedly murdered by her husband, the writer Michael Peterson, in their mansion in Forest Hills.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717779