{"nrhp_refnum":"04000567","name":"Morehead Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Includes portions of Arnette, Vickers, Yancey, Parker and Wells Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":35.99426072950004,"lon":-78.91351339570265,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district boundary increase in Durham, North Carolina, adding about eight blocks on the west and south sides of the existing Morehead Hill Historic District. It covers portions of Arnette, Vickers, Yancey, Parker and Wells streets and contains houses built from about 1905 to about 1955.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is significant under Criterion C for architecture and for community planning and development. It documents successive phases of neighborhood building, from Queen Anne-style tri-gable and pyramidal cottages to bungalows, revival-style houses, Minimal Traditional houses and early Ranch houses. The addition brings the district to its logical boundaries.","narrative":"This boundary increase extends Durham's Morehead Hill neighborhood by roughly eight blocks to the west and south, taking in houses along Arnette, Vickers, Yancey, Parker and Wells streets. Most were built between about 1905 and 1955 and remain in residential use. The earliest are modest one-story Queen Anne-style tri-gable houses and pyramidal cottages, many built as speculative or rental housing. Later phases brought brick and frame bungalows, including a row of six on Vickers Avenue, along with Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival houses, Colonial Revival homes, Minimal Traditional houses and a few early Ranch houses. One Colonial Revival house on Arnette Avenue was built about 1928 for architect Thomas C. Atwood and designed by his partner Arthur C. Nash, the only house Nash designed in Durham. The district is recognized for its architecture and for showing how the neighborhood developed over about fifty years. It includes 119 contributing and 41 noncontributing resources.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1905 to ca. 1955","architect_builder":"Nash, Arthur; Atwood, Thomas C.","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman; Other: tri-gable, pyramidal cottage; Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current functions remain domestic, including single dwellings, secondary structures and multiple dwellings. Of the resources, 119 contribute and 41 do not.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.44367-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7177/47717773/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000567.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717773","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/morehead-hill-historic-district-boundary-increase-04000567/"}