{"nrhp_refnum":"85001338","name":"North Durham-Duke Park District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Glendale Ave., W. Knox St., Roxboro Rd., Trinity Ave., Magnum & Broadway Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":36.002029473500045,"lon":-78.89594742403617,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Durham, North Carolina, covering one of the city's earliest suburbs (North Durham), an early commercial area at Little Five Points, and part of the 1930s Duke Park residential neighborhood, with buildings dating from the 1880s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district preserves a wide range of residential, commercial and religious architecture built over roughly fifty years, from Queen Anne and Victorian houses to bungalows, period revivals and a rare International Style house. It shows how different areas were marketed to working-class and upper-middle-class families. Works by the Durham firm Rose and Rose are among its notable buildings. The form's significance statement is not included in the text provided, so this reading rests mainly on the description section.","narrative":"North Durham-Duke Park is a residential district in Durham, North Carolina, that combines one of the city's earliest suburbs, a small commercial node at Little Five Points, and part of the 1930s Duke Park neighborhood. Development began in the 1880s, when farmland north of downtown was converted to house lots, and continued through the 1930s. The result is an unusually varied streetscape. Queen Anne houses from the 1880s sit near Victorian homes with sawn millwork, Neo-Colonial houses, bungalows, Tudor and Spanish Revival cottages, and large Colonial Revival residences. Modest working-class houses on Glendale Avenue contrast with the larger homes on North Mangum Street. The Durham firm Rose and Rose designed several notable buildings, and the Gamble House is a rare local example of the International Style. Brick commercial buildings, apartments and churches add to the mix. Highway construction, urban renewal, new apartments and neglect have affected the southern end, but the district remains largely residential, with many owner-occupied homes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Rose and Rose, Architects (Durham); George Carr, Sr.; contractor Lonnie Glosson (for one house)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Neo-Colonial, Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Spanish Revival, Tudor Revival, bungalow, International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Almost entirely residential. Many larger homes have been divided into apartments, and properties at the southern end are in poor condition. Some buildings are well preserved and many homes remain owner-occupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.738506-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7200/47720054/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001338.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001338/5a17243970-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001338/5a17243970-1600.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:911_N._Mangum_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720054","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Durham-Duke_Park_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987332"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/north-durham-duke-park-district-85001338/"}