204 Watts St.
Trinity Park Neighborhood
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Photo taken Summer of 2001 |
This striking two-story brick house was built in 1924 and is located on beautiful Watts Street in Trinity Park, one of Durham's most prominent historic in-town neighborhoods. The house has a distinctive dominating mission-style central dormer and the slightly pedimented front porch has is composed of stone plinths supporting paired columns. The house has an impressive Arts & Crafts style central staircase opening onto a main second floor landing from which four bedrooms are accessed. The dining room has original chest-high paneled wainscoting supporting a plate rail. The majority of the floors are hardwood. There are two fireplaces downstairs and one fireplace upstairs, one bathroom downstairs and another upstairs. Most of the original moldings and doors are still present. Heating is accomplished by natural gas boiler/radiator system. According to the previous owner the roof was re-shingled in 1993-94 and the boiler was purchased in 1987.