Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)
Forest Hills Historic District | |
 Houses on Hermitage Court | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Kent St., Bivins St., Wells St., American Tobacco Trail, Forestwood Dr. and Beverly Dr., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°58′55″N 78°54′53″W / 35.98194°N 78.91472°W |
| Area | 245 acres (99 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | George Watts Carr, et al. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001476[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 28, 2005 |
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, the original campus of Durham Academy, and the separately listed Mary Duke Biddle Estate.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
On December 9, 2001, Nortel executive Kathleen Peterson was reportedly murdered by her husband, the writer Michael Peterson, in their mansion in Forest Hills.[3]
Notable buildings[edit]
Notable residents[edit]
- Kathleen Peterson, business executive and murder victim
- Michael Peterson, writer and convicted criminal
- Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress and philanthropist
- Mena Webb, journalist and writer
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ M. Ruth Little (July 2005). "Forest Hills Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ "Durham | Closure in the death of Kathleen Peterson 16 years too late | News & Observer". Archived from the original on February 8, 2017.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Historic districts in Durham, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Durham County, North Carolina
- Neighborhoods in Durham, North Carolina
- Durham County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs