{"nrhp_refnum":"04000568","name":"Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Trinity Historic District, N. Buchanan Blvd., W. Club Blvd., Woodland Dr., and N. Duke St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":36.014402182000055,"lon":-78.90913048511194,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Trinity Historic District covering the northern section of the Trinity Park neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina, about 101 acres of mostly houses built between about 1900 and 1960.","why_significant":"The area is a cohesive middle-class streetcar-era and post-war residential neighborhood that extends the existing district. It is significant for its architecture, with Queen Anne, bungalow, Tudor Cottage, Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional and Ranch houses, and for community planning and development in Durham.","narrative":"This residential area in northern Trinity Park, Durham, adds roughly forty-five block faces to the existing Trinity Historic District. Once farmland, it filled with houses between about 1900 and the mid-1950s. Early Queen Anne cottages and tri-gable houses line the main thoroughfares, followed by bungalows in the 1920s, Tudor Cottages from the late 1920s to the 1940s, and Colonial Revival houses designed in part by local architects such as George Hackney and Robert Markley. After World War II, Minimal Traditional and Ranch houses appeared. Houses sit close to the street on narrow lots, with granite curbs and a canopy of pin oaks planted in the 1930s. Consistent height, setbacks, porches and materials give the streetscapes a unified character. Of 325 principal buildings, about 79 percent date before 1955 and contribute to the district. The area was listed for its architecture and its role in the neighborhood's development as Durham grew.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900-1955","architect_builder":"Architects: Archie Royal Davis, George Hackney, Charles Knott, Robert R. Markley, William van Sprinkle, Raymond Weeks; Builders: Edwin L. Bullock, Thomas M. Hunt, Aubrey Michael, A. Ernest Wilkerson","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Ranch, tri-gable, Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mostly houses still in residential use, with a few churches and a grocery; 366 contributing and 120 total resources, and twenty vacant lots.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.857718-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7177/47717719/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000568.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717719","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/trinity-historic-district-boundary-increase-04000568/"}