Trinity Park in Durham in Durham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Leah Boddie House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023
1. Leah Boddie House Marker
Society of Durham
Leah Boddie
House
1923
No. 91
Trinity Historic District
Erected by Historic Preservation Society of Durham.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.
Location. 36° 0.407′ N, 78° 54.63′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is in Trinity Park. Marker is on Monmouth Avenue east of Watts Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1026 Monmouth Ave, 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. Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Love, Sr. House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Emanuel J. Evans House (about 300 feet away); Brooks-McCutcheon House (about 300 feet away); Crowell House (about 300 feet away); Register-Honeycutt House (about 500 feet away); William Kenneth Boyd & Trinity Park Neighborhood (about 600 feet away); Brame-Preslar House
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Regarding Leah Boddie House. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Trinity Historic District:
Boddie House. 1026 Monmouth Ave. Frame Foursquare with hipped roof interrupted by bracketed gable above east entrance bay of main facade. Full-facade hip-roofed porch on Tuscan columns also is gabled at the entrance bay. Earliest known occupant was Mrs. S.S. Boddie, a teacher.
The house is named after Sallie Sledge Boddie's daughter Leah, who also was an educator. Leah, who graduated in 1911 from what eventually would become the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, taught at Durham High School and was principal of Watts Street School. In 1926, she became the dean of women at New Jersey College for Women (now Rutgers University’s Douglass Residential College), where she spent the next 25 years before retiring. Rutgers has since named a student community service award after her. The Durham house remained in the Boddie family until Leah's death in 1982.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023
2. Leah Boddie House Marker
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3. Leah Boddie (1890-1982)
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 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
