MV LAWRENCE HOUSE- LIBERTY & ROXBORO (213 LIBERTY)
Year Built: 1890s
Looking northwest at the corner of Liberty St. and North Roxboro.
(Photo Courtesy Durham County Library)
This beautiful Queen-Anne House was located at the northwest corner of Roxboro and Liberty Streets (across from the current location of the main library.) It was representative of the quality of architecture located in this neighborhood from the late 19th century until the 1960s.
It was taken and demolished as part of the Federal Urban Renewal program.
Same vantage point today:
Looking northwest, 2006.
Aerial view of neighborhood in 1959, MV Lawrence house in red box
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heartbreaking. We have been driving through the Northampton area, and noting all the brilliant architecture, thinking of what once must have been in Durham. Houses like this one pictured are everywhere, and well kept. We must try to save what we can in the city.
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