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Trinity Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Trinity Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The King's Daughters Inn, May 2011
36°00′22″N 78°54′43″W / 36.00611°N 78.91194°W / 36.00611; -78.91194
Area	281.9 acres (114.1 ha)
Built	1890 (1890)
Architect	Barton, Harry; Davis, Archie Royal; Et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne
MPS	Durham MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000672, 04000568, 07001372^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1986, June 4, 2004 (Boundary Increase), January 9, 2008 (Boundary Increase)

Trinity Historic District, also called Trinity Park, is a national historic district and residential area located near the East Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.^[2] The district encompasses 751 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Durham. They were built between the 1890s and 1960 and include notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed "Faculty Row" cottage: the Bassett House, Cranford-Wannamaker House, Crowell House, and Pegram House. Other notable buildings include the George W. Watts School (1917), Julian S. Carr Junior High School (1922), Durham High School (1923), Durham Alliance Church (1927), Trinity Presbyterian Church (1925), Great A & P Tea Company (1927-1929), Grace Lutheran Church (c. 1950), and the former Greek Orthodox Community Church (c. 1950).^[3]^[4]^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary increase in 2004 and 2008.^[1]

Notable buildings

Bassett House
Cranford-Wannamaker House
Crowell House
Pegram House
Powe House

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Trinity Park include:

William Preston Few, first president of Duke University
Justin Tornow, dancer and choreographer

Gallery

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "History | Trinity Park".
^ Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "Trinity 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). "Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
^ Heather Wagner (July 2007). "Trinity Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.