William Thomas O'Brien House

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William Thomas O'Brien House
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Location820 Wilkerson Ave.
Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°0′6″N78°54′55″W / 36.00167°N 78.91528°W / 36.00167; -78.91528 Coordinates: 36°0′6″N78°54′55″W / 36.00167°N 78.91528°W / 36.00167; -78.91528
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1890 (1890)
Architectural styleGothic, Vernacular Victorian
MPS Durham MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001777 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 9, 1985

William Thomas O'Brien House is a historic home in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1890, and is a two-story, Gothic Revival style frame dwelling. It has a center hall plan and features a one-story wraparound porch, an original embossed tin shingle roof, and projecting bays. It was the home of William Thomas O'Brien, who perfected the Bonsack machine for the W. Duke Sons & Company. [2] The house originally sat on a large tract of land that extended to Rome Street. [3] The property included a servants' house, a smokehouse, and a chicken coop. [3]

The house, located down the street from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and Immaculata Catholic School, played a significant role in Durham's Catholic community. [3] O'Brien, who was Catholic, invited a priest to perform masses in the home until Immaculate Conception was constructed in 1906 on West Chapel Hill Street, on land that O'Brien deeded to the Church. [3] After O'Brien's death in 1907, his wife moved to South Duke Street. In 1919, a carpenter and interior decorator named Edward J. Long lived in the house. [3]

Located in the Burch Avenue Historic District, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patricia S. Dickinson (December 1983). "William Thomas O'Brien House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.opendurham.org/buildings/william-t-obrien-house