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Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)

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MPS
  
Durham MRA

Area
  
99 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 December 2005

NRHP Reference #
  
05001476

Year built
  
1923

Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Kent St., Bivins St., Wells St., American Tobacco Trail, Forestwood Dr. and Beverly Dr., Durham, North Carolina

Architect
  
Carr, George Watts; et.al.

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival

Forest Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 312 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Durham that was the city's first automobile suburb. The buildings primarily date between about 1923 and 1955 and include notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Notable contributing resources include Forest Hills Park, the subdivision plan, and the separately listed Pinecrest.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina) Wikipedia


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