Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)


Forest Hills Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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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
Coordinates	35°58′55″N 78°54′53″W / 35.98194°N 78.91472°W / 35.98194; -78.91472Coordinates: 35°58′55″N 78°54′53″W / 35.98194°N 78.91472°W / 35.98194; -78.91472
Area	245 acres (99 ha)
Built	1923 (1923)
Architect	Carr, George Watts; et.al.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
MPS	Durham MRA
NRHP Reference #	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, and the separately listed Pinecrest.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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 2014-11-01.

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