Morehead Hill Historic District

Morehead Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Typical district residence, the William B. Rowland, Jr., House on Vickers Avenue
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Location	Roughly bounded by Jackson St., East-West Expressway, S. Duke St., Lakewood Ave., Shephard St. and Arnette Ave.; also portions of Arnette, Vickers, Yancey, Parker, and Wells Sts., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°59′23″N78°54′46″W / 35.98972°N 78.91278°W / 35.98972; -78.91278
Area	95.4 acres (38.6 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
MPS	Durham MRA
NRHP reference No.	85001792, 04000567 (Boundary Increase) [1]
Added to NRHP	August 9, 1985, June 2, 2004 (Boundary Increase)

Morehead Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 206 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Durham. They were built between the late-19th century and 1950s and include notable examples of Late Victorian, Queen Anne, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. ^{[2] [3]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 2004. ^[1]

Notable buildings

• Harwood Hall
• John Sprunt Hill House
• Greystone Manor

Notable residents

• George Watts Hill, banker and philanthropist
• John Sprunt Hill, lawyer and banker
• Jillian Johnson, politician
• Jessamyn Stanley, yoga teacher and body positivity advocate
• George Washington Watts, financier and philanthropist
• Sara Virginia Ecker Watts Morrison, First Lady of North Carolina

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "Morehead Hill Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
3. M. Ruth Little (December 2003). "Morehead Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.