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Trinity Historic District

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Built
  
1890 (1890)

Opened
  
1890

MPS
  
Durham MRA

Area
  
114 ha

Trinity Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Green, Duke, Morgan, and W. Main Sts., Markham Ave., and Clarendon St.; also roughly bounded by the original Trinity Historic District, N. Buchanan Boulevard, W. Club Boulevard, Woodland Dr., and N. Duke St.; also 209-215 N. Gregson St., Durham, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne

NRHP Reference #
  
86000672, 04000568, 07001372

Added to NRHP
  
March 26, 1986, June 4, 2004 (Boundary Increase), January 9, 2008 (Boundary Increase)

Similar
  
Duke Homestead and Toba, Bennett Place, Eno River State Park, Falls Lake State Recreatio, Durham Central Park

Trinity Historic District, also called Trinity Park is a national historic district and residential neighborhood located near the East Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. 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).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary increases in 2004 and 2008.

References

Trinity Historic District Wikipedia