{"nrhp_refnum":"01000427","name":"Watts-Hillandale Historic District","other_names":["Club Acres","Englewood"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Durham Waterworks, Wilson St., Sprunt Ave., Broad St., Englewood Ave., and Hillsborough Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":36.02066646900005,"lon":-78.92868325331845,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 178 acres in northwest Durham, North Carolina, anchored by the former Watts Hospital campus on the east and the Durham Waterworks on the west, with Club Boulevard and Englewood Avenue as its main streets. It developed from about 1909 into the 1940s.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criterion A for planning and community development and under Criterion C for architecture. It is a largely intact early-to-mid twentieth-century neighborhood of owner-occupied houses, with Foursquares, Colonial Revival houses, bungalows, and 1930s period cottages. Its planned street layout, medians, and Oval Park give it a cohesive character.","narrative":"Watts-Hillandale is a residential district of about 178 acres in northwest Durham, shaped like a wide letter U. The former Watts Hospital campus and the Durham Waterworks form its two ends, joined by Club Boulevard and Englewood Avenue. Club Boulevard is the principal street, with tree-lined medians, deep lots, and large houses, while Englewood Avenue is narrower with smaller houses set close to the street. Oval Park lies at the center. The district holds 446 contributing resources, mostly houses with their garages and sheds. Early construction, about 1910 to 1925, brought Colonial-Craftsman houses, Foursquares, Colonial Revival homes, and large bungalows. The 1930s favored smaller brick period houses with Tudor or Elizabethan features, and a few early 1940s Colonial Revival cottages followed. The neighborhood developed mainly as an area of owner-occupants and had largely reached its present appearance by the early 1940s. It was recognized for its architecture and for its role in the planning and development of Durham, with significance running from 1909 to 1945.","period_of_significance":"1909-1945","architect_builder":"Kendall & Taylor; Sally, John; Piatt, W. M. & Co.; Thompson & Cannady; Phillips, Clarence","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Romanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses remain in residential use, with some converted to commercial use along Broad Street; the former Watts Hospital campus is now used as a school.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.839675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7177/47717761/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01000427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000427/4c820a4884-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000427/4c820a4884-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Maria Miracoli","credit_html":"Maria Miracoli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Bowden_House,_Durham_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717761","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts%E2%80%93Hillandale_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016324"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/watts-hillandale-historic-district-01000427/"}