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Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°58′55″N 78°54′53″W / 35.98194°N 78.91472°W / 35.98194; -78.91472
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Forest Hills Historic District
Houses on Hermitage Court
Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)
Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Forest Hills Historic District (Durham, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly bounded by Kent St., Bivins St., Wells St., American Tobacco Trail, Forestwood Dr. and Beverly Dr., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′55″N 78°54′53″W / 35.98194°N 78.91472°W / 35.98194; -78.91472
Area245 acres (99 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
ArchitectGeorge Watts Carr, et al.
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
MPSDurham MRA
NRHP reference No.05001476[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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

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Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Durham | Closure in the death of Kathleen Peterson 16 years too late | News & Observer". Archived from the original on February 8, 2017.