Cameron Village Historic District (Raleigh, NC)

The Cameron Village Historic District encompasses the single-family residential portion of the Cameron Village neighborhood, which was designed to include single-family housing, multi-family apartment buildings, and a commercial district. Believed to be the first mixed-use development in the Southeast, Cameron Village was developed by J. Willie York with housing and commercial buildings designed by Raleigh architect Leif Valand and others.

The neighborhood was identified in a 2006 survey of Raleigh's mid-century resources that included all construction that took place between 1945 and 1965. Portions of the original neighborhood have been significantly altered, leaving the documented historic district comprised of about 50 houses (approximately 1/3 of the neighborhood). Platted in 1950, the neighborhood homes were mostly built in the early 1950s and in variations of the Ranch style. Residents included businessmen, politicians, developers, architects, and other upper-class occupants.

Cameron Village Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in December 2011.

523 Holloway Street - House

The c. 1890 house at 523 Holloway Street is located in the Holloway Street Historic District in Durham, North Carolina. The two-story Victorian home has undergone a full renovation including extensive structure work, all new mechanical systems and completely remodeled kitchen and bathroom spaces. After many years as a rental property, divided into two units at the start of the project, little interior fabric remained. The original stair newel and railing were retained and woodwork and flooring on the first floor were refinished. The house is a single-family home once again and is slated to received state Historic Preservation Tax Credits.

Hampton-Ellis Farm (Bahama, North Carolina)

The turn-of-the-century Ellis Farm is one of the most intact farmsteads remaining in Durham County. The three-room farmhouse, tenant house, feedhouse, and tobacco barn were purchased by the Ellis family in 1922. The house was enlarged by addition a room to the left end of the main side-gable. Additional outbuildings were erected to support the 100-acre farm that raised corn, wheat, barley, hay, oats, and tobacco. The buildings continued to be occupied and the land farmed until 1988.

The 15-acre parcel currently contains the Ellis farmhouse (for which renovations are planned), a tenant house, two wood sheds, two smokehouses, a cannery, garage, feedhouse, packhouse, order/stripping house, and four tobacco barns.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 2010.

Uptown Suburbs Historic District (High Point, NC)

The proposed Uptown Suburbs National Register Historic District consists of approximately 650 residential properties in several adjoining neighborhoods just northwest of downtown High Point. These include the Sheraton Hill, The Parkway, Roland Park, and Emerywood neighborhoods as well as the Johnson Street Local Historic District and a section of North Main Street. Residences were built from the 1910s through the 1960s and include Tudor Revival, Mission, Mediterranean, Italian Renaissance, Georgian Revival, and Colonial Revival style homes as well as later Minimal Traditional-style and Ranch-form homes.

The architectural survey of the proposed district has been completed and the full nomination is currently in draft form.

Barker House (Henderson, NC)

The Barker House was constructed in the early- to mid-nineteenth century, potentially as a tenant house for the larger Barker Farm nearby. It stands on 115 acres and originally had a series of domestic outbuildings and barns. It may have been constructed in three stages as variations in the flooring and chimneys suggest that the two main rooms may have been constructed at different times, though the roof framing is consistent between the two rooms. The rear room and porch were likely added in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. The house was abandoned for a period around the turn-of-the-twentieth-century. It was likely updated with new windows, doors, drywall, and electrical systems when the house was occupied again in the early twentieth-century. The rear porch was likely enclosed and the bathroom and kitchen adjoined to the house in the mid-twentieth century.

The house has been vacant for approximately thirty years and the current owners, descendents of the Barkers, have cleared the area around the house, removed the failing outbuildings, and removed the later kitchen and bath additions.

1808 Vale Street - House

The c. 1900 house is located in the East Durham Historic District in Durham, North Carolina. The two-story folk-Victorian home will be updated with a new roof, exterior woodwork repair and paint, and interior plaster repair. Kitchen and bath renovations will occur during a later stage of renovation. The project is slated to received state Historic Preservation Tax Credits.

1111 N. Duke - Willis and Emily Aldridge House

The Willis and Emily Aldridge House was erected in 1927 by University Home Builders. The first residents were listed in city directories in 1928, however the house was operated as a rental house until 1934.

The earliest residents were W. Avery Sorrell and John V. Barnhardt, president and vice-president of Sorrell Hardware. As the Great Depression wore on the house continued to be inhabited by two separate families. By 1932, the Sorrells and Barnhardts had moved out and another set of co-workers had moved in, Clifford W. Tilson and H. Connor Kennett, managers of the Durham Farmers Mutual Exchange.

In 1934, property was sold to Willis Aldridge and his wife Emily Dowdee Aldridge. Willis worked for Carolina Auto Service and later formed the Montgomery & Aldridge Company, which provided automobile-related service and supplies as well as appliances and televisions. The Montgomery & Aldridge Company remained in business until at least 1951, during which time Aldridge was also listed with the Durham Transportation Corporation (1944-45) and Hotel Gas & Storage Company (1944-51). Emily Aldridge worked at the Thomas Book Store.

Living with Willis and Emily Adridge were Emily’s parents, Leon and Catherine Dowdee. By the time Willis and Emily Aldridge purchased the house on North Duke Street in 1934, her parents were aging (Leon was 59 and Catherine was 54). While living on North Duke Street, Leon was listed as a tobacco worker and Catherine was listed alternately as both a department manager and seamstress at Baldwins. Leon passed away in 1945 and Willis and Emily Aldridge sold the house in 1952, moving to a large home on Devon Road in the Hope Valley neighborhood.

In 1952, the Aldridge’s sold the house to Emily’s sister Catherine and her husband, Garland Frank Penny. The elder Catherine Dowdee remained in the house with her older daughter until her death in 1958, after which the Penny’s sold the house.

407 Oakwood Avenue - Anderson-Sorrell House

The c. 1907 Anderson-Sorrell House is located in the Holloway Street Historic District in Durham, North Carolina. The two-story Victorian home has undergone a full renovation and contains completely remodeled kitchen and bathroom spaces as well as a re-constructed rear addition with enlarged first-floor living space and a master bath and closet on the second floor. Little interior fabric remained; original stair newel and railing were retained and period mantels and woodwork were re-installed. The project is slated to received state Historic Preservation Tax Credits.

Hi Mount Historic District (Raleigh, NC)

The Hi Mount Historic District is a mid-twentieth-century, transitional residential subdivision in Raleigh, North Carolina. The neighborhood was identified in a 2006 survey of Raleigh's mid-century resources that included all construction that took place between 1945 and 1965. The district is comprised of approximately 250 houses, built in four distinct building campaigns and ranging in style from Period Cottages and Minimal Traditional homes from 1940-1946, Cape Cod style homes in 1948, typical Minimal Traditional homes in 1949, and Minimal Traditional and Ranch homes from 1952-1954.

Approximately half of the homes were built by George W. Wright and his building companies (Wright Construction Company and Allied Building Company). The other half of the district was developed by Pine Ridge Homes and Hi Mount Homes; both companies were operated by well-known Raleigh developers Willie York and Ed Richards, who went on to develop Cameron Village and North Hills respectively. The neighborhood has remained stable but may be subject to redevelopment pressure as property values within the City of Raleigh continue to increase.

The Hi Mount Historic District was listed to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2011.

2110-2114 Angier Ave. - Commercial Building

The c. 1950 Commercial Building is located in the East Durham Historic District in Durham, North Carolina. The one-story, three-bay commercial structure experienced a significant fire in January 2011, leaving it without a roof structure, interior finishes, or existing storefronts on the left two bays.

The building is to be fully renovated and is slated to receive both state and federal Historic Preservation Tax Credits.