Roughly bounded by Knox, Ninth, W. Main Sts., and Rutherford St. and Carolina Ave., Durham, North Carolina. County/parish: Durham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 26, 1986. NRIS 86000680.
Part of Durham MRA (NRIS 64000452).
102 contributing buildings.Also known as:
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 (1923), Grey Stone Baptist Church (1936), and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717715