Trinity Park in Durham in Durham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Crowell House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023
1. Crowell House Marker
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Crowell House
1891
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
Location. 36° 0.355′ N, 78° 54.658′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is in Trinity Park. Marker is on Watts Street south of 14 Alley, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 504 Watts St, Durham NC 27701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Brooks-McCutcheon House (within shouting distance of this marker); William Kenneth Boyd & Trinity Park Neighborhood (within shouting distance of this marker); Joseph Breedlove House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Leah Boddie House (about 300 feet away); Warren-Redmond House (about 400 feet away); W.W. Card House (about 600 feet away); Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Love, Sr. House (about 600 feet away); Emanuel J. Evans House (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Durham.
Regarding Crowell House.
this page online
Crowell House. 504 Watts St. An octagonal corner tower, scalloped shingles on the second story, and applied half-timbering highlight this quaint Queen Anne cottage constructed in 1891 on the Trinity College campus. The upper sashes of the windows are in the characteristic Queen Anne configuration of a large central pane surrounded by small squares and rectangles of glass. The engaged front porch is supported by box posts. John Franklin Crowell, the first occupant of the house, lived here for only a few years prior to leaving Trinity College to pursue doctoral studies. Crowell was president of Trinity College from 1887 to 1895 and the director of the move of the college from Randolph County to Durham in 1892. He was a strong believer in the academic advantages provided by an urban environment; beyond promoting the move to Durham, Crowell worked very hard to improve the educational facilities of the college and to upgrade its faculty. In addition to teaching, administering the college and cataloguing the combined book collections of the Literary Society, Crowell introduced intercollegiate football to Trinity College. In the early years of the 20th century, he pursued a second, distinguished career as an economist and statisticianin New York. The Crowell House was moved to its present site in the 1910s.Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 20232. Crowell House Marker
Also see . . .
1. Faculty Row House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house (under an earlier name), which was listed in 1979. (National Archives) (Submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Crowell House. Another of the 'Faculty Row' houses built by Trinity College in 1891 during the original Durham campus construction is known as the Crowell House, for its first occupant, John Franklin Crowell. All five Faculty Row houses were built from plans ordered from a New York architect. (Open Durham Project, Preservation Durham) (Submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. Crowell, John Franklin. He returned for the year 1886–87 to Schuylkill Seminary, which had been moved from Reading to Fredericksburg. This move from an urban environment to a rural one Crowell considered detrimental to the school, and he would later achieve the reverse for Trinity College. (Mattie U. Russell, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography via NCPedia, 1979) (Submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Duke University Archives via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
3. John Franklin Crowell (1857-1931)
Besides administering and teaching at Trinity College, he also was its football coach for two seasons. He compiled a 3-2 overall record.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
