Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)

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.