Trinity Park in Durham in Durham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Brooks-McCutcheon House

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023

1. Brooks-McCutcheon House Marker

Inscription.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham

Brooks-McCutcheon
House

1922

No. 50

Trinity Historic District

Erected by Historic Preservation Society of Durham. (Marker Number 50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 36° 0.375′ N, 78° 54.683′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is in Trinity Park. Marker is at the intersection of Watts Street and 14 Alley, on the right when traveling south on Watts Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 507 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. Crowell House (within shouting distance of this marker); Leah Boddie House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); William Kenneth Boyd & Trinity Park Neighborhood (about 400 feet away); Joseph Breedlove House (about 400 feet away); Warren-Redmond House (about 500 feet away); Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Love, Sr. House

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(about 500 feet away); Emanuel J. Evans House (about 600 feet away); W.W. Card House (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Durham.

Regarding Brooks-McCutcheon House. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Trinity Historic District:

Brooks House. 507 Watts St. Another of the pattern book Colonial Revival houses of the 1920s and 1930s, this two-story brick residence was built in 1924 for pediatrician B.V. Brooks who moved to Trinity Park from West Durham. The symmetrical three-bay facade is surmounted by a slate covered gable roof with two gabled attic dormers. Other embellishments include a modillioned box cornice, nine-over-nine sashes, string courses, a gabled portico with returns and classical box posts, and beveled glass sidelights and transom.

Dr. Baird Urquhart Brooks earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1905 and practiced in Durham. A U.S. Army Medical Corps officer in World War I, he was chairman of the Durham and Orange County health boards and an instructor at Duke University's medical school. Dr. William Benson McCutcheon, Sr. was a general surgeon who graduated

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023

2. Brooks-McCutcheon House Marker

from Duke in 1919, completed his medical training in Virginia in 1921 and began his medical practice in Durham in 1924. He and his wife, Julia Parrott McCutcheon, bought the house in 1936. During World War II Dr. McCutcheon was an officer at the 101st General Army Hospital in England. The house remained in the McCutcheon family for more than 50 years.

Also see . . . Trinity Historic District (PDF). National Register nomination for the district, which was listed in 1984. (National Archives) (Submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

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 66 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.