{"nrhp_refnum":"03000340","name":"Lakewood Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1601-1907 W. Lakewood Ave., 2001-2112 Chapel Hill Rd., 1406-1601 James St. and 1809-1819 Bivins St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":35.987335038000055,"lon":-78.92566353899446,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about fourteen block faces in southwest Durham, North Carolina, on Chapel Hill Road, West Lakewood Avenue, James Street and Bivins Street. It grew up around the site of the Lakewood Park amusement park, opened in 1902 by Durham's street railway company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant as an early twentieth-century streetcar suburb that developed around Lakewood Park, the city's major recreational destination in the first third of the century. It also argues the district has local architectural significance, with houses spanning Queen Anne, Craftsman, bungalow and Period Cottage styles from about 1902 to 1952.","narrative":"Lakewood Park is a neighborhood of about fourteen blocks in southwest Durham, North Carolina, developed beginning in 1902 around an amusement park built by the Durham Traction Company at the end of its trolley line. The park featured a swimming lake, a roller coaster, a dance pavilion, a skating rink, a bowling alley and a casino theater, and drew crowds from Durham and surrounding counties for more than twenty-five years. Lots were laid out from 1906 to 1908 on former farmsteads, and houses built between about 1902 and 1952 form the core of the district. The earliest are one-story frame cottages with Queen Anne details, followed by pyramidal cottages, Craftsman and bungalow houses of the 1920s, and Period Cottage and Minimal Traditional houses of the late 1930s and 1940s. Small brick commercial buildings along Chapel Hill Road, including grocery stores and a florist shop, served residents and park visitors. The district is significant for its planning and development as a streetcar suburb and for its range of early twentieth-century houses.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1902-1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman; tri-gable, pyramidal cottage; Queen Anne; Classical Revival; Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most historic houses retain moderate integrity; a small number of pre-1952 houses have lost integrity through remodeling, and the neighborhood is undergoing rehabilitation through a community association.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.015161-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7200/47720078/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000340.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000340/a362d80b52-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000340/a362d80b52-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_Hill_Road_near_Lakewood_Park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_Hill_Road_near_Lakewood_Park.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/lakewood-park-historic-district-03000340/"}