Trinity Historic District

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. 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" cottages: 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 School of the Arts, originally built as Durham High School (1923); Durham Alliance Church (1927); Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church (1925); Watts Street Baptist 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 increase in 2004 and 2008.

Notable buildings

• Bassett House
• Cranford-Wannamaker House
• Crowell House
• Pegram House
• Powe House
• Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
• Watts Street Baptist Church

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Trinity Park include:

• John Spencer Bassett, Duke University professor
• Joseph Penn Breedlove, first librarian of Duke University
• John Franklin Crowell, Trinity College president
• William Preston Few, first president of Duke University
• George B. Pegram, Manhattan Project physicist
• Justin Tornow, dancer and choreographer

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