Morehead Hill Historic District
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 2004.
Notable buildings
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
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
