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George Franklin
Hackney

(1905–1997)

Hackney was born in Siler City NC and graduated in Architectural Engineering from NC State University in 1927. He came to Durham as part of the architecture and engineering staff working on Duke's West Campus. Upon completion at Duke, he started a firm focused on high end residences via his connections to prominent Durham families as the Dukes, Biddles, Teers, and Kenans. The firm grew and Hackney offered partnership to former intern Charles Knott. During WWII, Hackney taught structural engineering at Duke and designed Duke's Rose Bowl float when it was played in Durham. Hackney and Knott's firm continued as Sears, Hackney, Keener & Williams. Company president Bill Sears joined the company as a student in 1961.

George Franklin Hackney

Charles Franklin Knott, AIA

(1912–1982)

Knott was born in Durham. He went to NCSU to study architectural engineering but did not graduate. Instead he earned his license through apprenticeship with George Hackney. Knott started with Hackney in 1932, a team that would last 50 years until Knott's death in 1982. Their commercial projects included much of Campbell College (later renamed Campbell University) and the main Durham County Library. Hackney and Knott did primarily traditional houses, but they also designed a few Modernist houses.

Charles Franklin Knott, AIA
1930

Untitled

1106 Englewood Avenue, Durham NC

Sold to M. Sid and Jo Ruth Stallings. Sold in 2002 to Kyle and Christina Chenet. Sold in 2006 to Alan and Erika Stone.

Untitled
1934

Untitled

1017 Demerius Street, Durham NC

Sold to Robert McDuffie. Sold in 2009 to Martin Steinmeyer and Janice McCarthy.

Untitled
1936

The George F. Hackney House

1012 West Knox Street, Durham NC

George Hackney lived here until moving to a nursing home in 1992. Sold in 1996 to Damian and Mary Craig who still owned it as of 2012.

The George F. Hackney House
1936

Untitled

1014 West Knox Street, Durham NC

Sold in 2006 to Kenneth and Christina Herold. Sold in 2009 to James and Christine Edmondson.

Untitled
1938

The Friedman House

1006 West Trinity Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 2006 to David and Sarah Nevill. Sold in 2010 to the GRSW Stewart Real Estate Trust. Sold in 2010 to Carol Dianne Martin. Sold in 2013 to James A. an Mini C. Miles.

The Friedman House
1939

The F. G. Hall House

north side of Pinecrest Road, Durham NC

Unsure if built. Plans were drawn up and put out for bid.

The F. G. Hall House
Around 1940

The S. Swartz House

Durham NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1940. Status unknown.

The S. Swartz House
Around 1940

The Robert A. Ross House

Durham NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1940. Status unknown.

The Robert A. Ross House
1941

The Albert E. and Ruth Wackerman House

3610 Dover Road, Durham NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1942. Sold in 1967 to Clark C. and Karen Havighurst, who did several renovations and expansions with Hackney and Knott. Sold in 2006 to Diane Johnson and James Reynolds. Sold in 2010 to Sarah and William Nicholson. Bottom photo by Tad DeBerry.

The Albert E. and Ruth Wackerman House The Albert E. and Ruth Wackerman House
Around 1942

The W. P. Richardson House

Chapel Hill NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1942. Status unknown.

The W. P. Richardson House
Around 1942

The Lyman Cotten House

Chapel Hill NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1942. Status unknown.

The Lyman Cotten House
Around 1942

The R. E. Nichols House

Durham NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1942. Status unknown.

The R. E. Nichols House
Around 1942

The Dewey Mims Durham NC

Featured in Carolina Architecture 1942. Status unknown.

The Dewey Mims Durham NC
1951

Untitled

2201 Pershing Street, Durham NC

Built by Wade Cavin. Sold to Stephen Hiltner. Sold in 2006 to Theodore Outwater.

Untitled
1952

The Willis and Emily Aldridge House

3322 Devon Road, Durham NC

Sold in 1983 to Cynthia T. and Jim McAbee. Sold in 1987 to Nancy A. and Joseph A. Stephens. Sold in 1995 to Victoria H. and Rodney H. Ward. Sold in 1997 to Cathy Ann Smith. Sold to Randy and Debra Gelber. Destroyed, and a new Louis Cherry house built on the site. Interior photos by Tad DeBerry circa 2019.

The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House The Willis and Emily Aldridge House
1953

The Wade H. Penny House

1005 West Club Boulevard, Durham NC

Designed by Knott. Sold in 1995 to Robert Willard Rumpf and George Buddy Dean, still owners as of 2014.

The Wade H. Penny House
1954

The Alex and Polly Davis Residence

808 Kings Mill Road, Chapel Hill NC

Commissioned 1952. Construction by Van Thomas of Siler City. Two additions: one in 1963 by Hackney and Knott. The second 1972 addition by William (Bill) Stewart enclosed the garage and added a large room on the southeast side of the house. Sold in 1957 to James C. (Jimmy) and Nina G. Wallace who still owned it as of 2014. Photos by Leilani Carter.

The Alex and Polly Davis Residence The Alex and Polly Davis Residence
1956

The H. Spurgeon and Neola Boyce House

3719 Hope Valley Road, Durham NC

Sold in 2019 to Ashley J. and William R. Mason.

The H. Spurgeon and Neola Boyce House The H. Spurgeon and Neola Boyce House
Year unknown

The George Allen House

Warrenton NC

He was head of the Duke Endowment. Built for his sisters.

The George Allen House
Year unknown

The Raymond C. Firestone House, Youngs Road area

Southern Pines

1968 - Raymond C. Firestone built a second house at 172 Old Mail Road, designed by architect Mott B. Schmidt. Sold in 2012 to Quail Glen LLC.

The Raymond C. Firestone House, Youngs Road area
Year unknown

The Cameron House

Hope Valley area of Durham

The Cameron House
Year unknown

The Barringer House, Dover and Avon

Durham NC

Destroyed. Photo by Tad DeBerry.

The Barringer House, Dover and Avon
1976

The Jerry M. and Betty Wallace Houseaka The Campbell University President's House

1767 Keith Hills Road, Lillington NC

Commissioned in 1975. Jerry Wallace was the President of Campbell University until his retirement in 2015. The Wallaces still owned the house as of 2015.

The Jerry M. and Betty Wallace House

Hackney and Knott House List: First two digits are the year the project was commissioned.

4601 W. L. Cooper

4602 S. J. Nicholson

4603 Carl Goodwin

4604 Charles Cheek

4606 Wortham G. Lyon

4607 H. G. Dowling

4611 Mrs. Louis Brown

4612 S. B. Knight

4614 M. B. Melvin

4616 E. T. Newton

4617 Dr. Derwin Cooper

4619 M. B. Fowler

4620 E. L. Tilley

4621 Dr. E. E. Menefee

4622 O. J. White

4624 E. H. Michaels

4625 J. E. Burroughs

4626 Homer C. Starling

4629 J. H. Coman Jr.

4630 Dr. Emil Cekada

4631 Byers W.Watkins

4632 Leon S. Nichols

4633 Sam Bason

4634 C. H. Shipp

4635 Preston L. Fowler Jr.

4636 H. C. Pollard Jr.

4637 Cecil McClees

4639 David D. Jones

4640 Welford Headen

4641 W. H. Miller

4644 Lester Bray

4645 Herbert F. Steinka

4646 Mrs. J. D. Bourne

4647 Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Robbins

4648 Capt. & Mrs. G. C. Westervelt

4649 Mr. Jacob Apter

4650 Mr. C. W. Robbins

4652 Richard Ives

4653 A. T. Weatherly

4654 Frank Justice

4655 P. H. Kolbi

4657 Jan Philip Schinhan

4659 Alterations to Erwin Residence

4660 Mr. Ralph Van Trine

4661 Marshall Y. Cooper

4663 Mrs. Mattie T. Bitting

4663 Sam Newton

4664 Mr. D. C. Haithcock

4672 Basil M. Watkins

4673 Anson K. Chesson

4674 E. P. Sneed

4675 Carl A. Turner

4676 S. O. Gantt

4677 Henry T. Perkins

4701 Arnold Hall

4702 Dan Marshall

4703 D. C. May

4705 W. R. Kimbro

4706 O. W. Hudson

4708 J. M. M. Gregory

4715 W. C. Spaulding

4719 Mr. Basil Watkins

4721 Henry Barge

4722 H. H. Hopkins

4723 S. W. Sparger

4723 J. H. Zollicoffer

4724 Dr. A. H. London

4725 R. E. Kepler

4726 B. M. Currin

4727 Lawrence Neese

4729 James Petway

4731 Alex Davis

4732 R. L. Nichols

4733 Mrs. W. A. Fulford

4734 Drs. Charles & Vance Rollins

4735 Dr. W. W. Eagle

4739 Dr. E. L. Persons

4740 E. G. Atkins

4741 H. W. Kimbrell

4743 George E. Munz

4745 J. Fleming Wily

4746 W. R. Kimbro

4749 Linwood Balden

4752 S. J. Nicholson

4753 Hal L. Ballew

4755 J. I. McBroom

4759 R. L. Brame (Residence

4760 C. B. Markham

4762 Mrs. Marie McCullen

4763 H. H. Lewis

4765 W. T. Coman

4771 Walter T. Hamlet

4772 O. L. Johnson, J. B. Gates (Plans)

4774 Mr. J. M. Ray (Duplex Residence)

4775 W. H. Cooksey

4803 Mr. R. G. Hurst

4809 Curtis Hobbie

4810 Stephen H. Millender

4812 Dr. John Dees

4813 Mrs. Marie McCullen

4814 Mr. Russel Chandler (Duplex Plans)

4815 Dr. F. H. Edmister

4817 W. R. Kimbro

4820 W. E. Horner

4821 Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Branch

5303 Mr. S. C. Ray

5304 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Freedman

5305 Chas. R. Skinner Jr.

5307 Frank Southerland, Mebane, N. C.

5309 Nello L. Teer

5310 Dr. Deryl Hart

5311 Clarence Jones, Hillsboro, N. C.

5313 Dr. R. E. Richardson, Chapel Hill, N. C

5314 Mrs. Gideon Macon, Warrenton, NC

5315 H. S. Crain, Lot 25 and 26

5317 Ned May

5319 H. S. Crain, Watts Norton, Lot 6

5321 Lot 6, Block D, Watts Norton, Hope Valley

5323 Mrs. Marjorie Campbell, Chapel Hill, N. C.

5324 Mrs. Helen P. Finley, Chapel Hill, N. C.

5325 Mr. Robert Varley, Chapel Hill, N. C.

5327 Dr. C. N. Patterson, Hope Valley

5329 D. W. Sorrel

5330 Dr. Earl Bane, Lawrenceville, N. C.

5331 Dr. James S. Wilson

5332 Mrs. Dewey Cline

5335 Forrest A. Pollard

5336 Dr. A. Rosenstein

5340 Dr. Chas. Flowers, Chapel Hill, NC

5403 Mr. and Mrs. Alec S. Davis, Chapel Hill, NC

5404 Addition to Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Teer

5405 B. Perry Rose, Henderson

5408 Mr. George G. Allen, Warrenton, NC

5411 Sam Byrd Winstead, Roxboro, NC

5412 Kings Daughters Home

5413 Dr. A. Rosenstein

5416 N. A. Gregory

5419 Dr. A. H. London

5421 Mrs. W. H. Dameron, Warrenton, NC

5422 Mr. Robert D. Boyce, Glenn Lennox, Chapel Hill

5424 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Parker, 909 Marrow Drive

5426 W. B. Kirkland

5427 Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bagwell

5430 Mr. and Mrs. Ned H. May

5431 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, Aberdeen, N. C.

5432 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Averette, Oxford, NC

5434 William Taylor Jr., Warrenton

5435 W. H. Branch (Addition) Chapel Hill

5436 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Knight

5501 Miss Ruth Perry

5502 H. E. Gwyn

5506 Dr. A. Rosenstein

5507 Mr. & Mrs. R. G. S. Davis Jr., Henderson, NC

5510 Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rollins, Henderson

5511 Dr. McDonald Dick

5512 Mr. G. L. Simpson, Chapel Hill

5513 Van Straaten's

5513 Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Clonts, Winston-Salem, NC

5516 C. C. Hamlet

5517 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brame

5519 R. E. Quinn, Hope Valley

5520 Charles Dark, Siler City, N. C.

5522 Mrs. Lottie Lee Gray

5523 Mr. Loran Clark

5524 L. H. Harvin Jr., Henderson, NC

5525 Mrs. Lawrence Wall, Henderson, NC

5526 A. Augustus Zollicoffer Jr., Henderson

5527 Dr. and Mrs. William Noland, Chapel Hill, N. C.

5528 H .S. Burns Jr., Wake Forest

5529 Arthur W. Knight

5531 Dr. D. T. Carr

5532 Dr. Geo. F. Kirkland Jr.

5533 C. E. Rodwell, Warrenton, NC

5534 Dr. I. E. Harris

5536 Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Ogburn, Hope Valley

5537 Mr. Chas. A. Moore

5538 Mrs. Lyman A. Cotten, Chanel Hill, NC

5539 A. A. Zollicoffer Jr., Henderson, NC

5540 Mr. J. D. Starkey

5602 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Noblin, Hope Valley

5603 Thomas S. White Jr.

5604 Nello L. Teer

5606 Frank Southerland

5610 Dr. R. W. Postlethwait

5612 Dr. W. C. Sealy, Cranford Rd., Durham, N. C

5613 C. W. Tilson Residence

5615 Clarence Jones, Hillsboro, NC

5616 Dr. Thomas Long, Roxboro, NC

5617 H. C. Pollard Jr.

5619 Mr. and Mrs. Charlie James, Hillsboro, NC

5622 Dr. M. B. Roberts, Hillsboro, NC

5626 Dr. S. H. Massey, Warrenton, NC

5627 Miss Helen Clement, Oxford N, C.

5628 Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Cheatham, Henderson, NC

5629 Capt. and Mrs. Gordon Campbell, Hope Valley

5630 Dr. S. H. Massey, Warrenton, NC

5631 Mrs. O. G. Parsley, Hillsboro NC

5635 Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rodwell Addition, Warrenton

5636 Mrs. W. G. Thomas

5637 Dr. Robert R. Huntley, Warrenton

5638 Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Clements Jr., Henderson

5640 Geo. E. Daniel, Oxford, NC

5705 R. T. Winstead, Roxboro, NC

5706 Dr. R. J. Caroret

5709 Mrs. H. A. Palmer, Sanford, NC

5710 Mr. J. Cobb, Sanford, NC

5713 D. L. Boone Jr.

5714 Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Smith, Hillsboro, NC

5715 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Newcomb, Henderson

5718 Sybil S. Geary, RFD 3, Chapel Hill

5719 Geo. H. Adams, Wilson, NC

5722 Mr. and Mr. S. Settle Dockery, Rockingham

5723 W. H. Averette Jr.

5727 Dr. E. E. Menefee

5729 Van Straaten's

5730 Capt. & Mrs. Gordon Campbell

5731 Dr. J. B. Rhine

5801 Mr. James M. Bates

5802 Mr. W, K. Rand

5804 Mr. John Perkinson, Oxford, N. C.

5805 Mr. R. G. Kittrell, Henderson, N. C.

5806 Chas. F. Jones

5809 J. B. Sherman

5820 J. D. Starkey

5822 H. M. Taylor, Pinehurst, NC

5823 Mrs. William B. Umstead

5825 Dr. I. H. Manning

5826 Bernard Le Brun, Greensboro, NC

5901 Paul Barringer, Weldon, NC

5903 Norwood A. Thomas

5905 Conrad Sturges, Winston Salem, NC

5906 W. W. Edwards, Hope Valley, Durham NC

5908 Van Straatens

5909 Mrs. E. A. Jones, Greensboro, NC

5910 Mrs. Arthur Lacey, Pinehurst, NC

5911 Dr. L. S. Daniel, Oxford, NC

5913 Horace Robinson

5914 E. A. Jones, Greensboro, NC

5919 J. W. Carpenter

5923 B. Perry Rose, Henderson, NC

5924 Edward Griffin, Louisburg, NC

5926 G. W. Rhew

5927 Robert M. Davis, Warrenton, NC

6001 Mrs. William Gray Long, Garysburg, NC

6002 Van Straatens

6003 Mr. John Burr, Pinehurst, NC

6006 Dr. and Mrs. L. Sam Daniel, Oxford, NC

6007 Kenan Rand Jr.

6010 Henry Blair, Pittsboro, NC

6012 J. R. Malone

6017 Dr. Max Schiebel

6018 Mr. Sam Byrd Winstead

6026 Mr. Fred C. Justice

6030 Arthur W. Clark

6031 Perry A. Sloan, Durham NC. Landscape design by Lewis Clarke.

6101 Jesse Eisenberg, Henderson, NC

6102 Walter Robins, Pinehurst, NC

6105 Dr. J. Winston Pearce

6109 Perkinson Currin, Oxford, NC

6110 Williiam Frantz, Pinehurst

6111 Mrs. Boyd Morris, Greensboro, NC

6114 Dr. A. J. Ellington Jr., Burlington

6115 W. L. Perry, Durham

6116 Harry M. Taylor, Pinehurst

6118 Dr. L. S. Daniel (cabana), Oxford, NC

6119 Jerry Harris, Oxford

6122 Van Straatens (Ivy Cellar)

6123 Wesley Memmorial Parsonage, Warrenton

6126 LeRoy Clark, Durham

6129 Dr. Harvey Rubin, Greensboro

6131 Don Silver, High Point

6202 W. T. Cheatham, Statesville,

6204 Tommy Crudup

6205 Lonnie Small

6207 Horace W. Fowler

6216 W. P. Biggers, Durham

6220 A. A. Williams, Warrenton

6221 Dr. Patterson Residence, Hope Valley, Durham

6224 James Wallace, Chapel Hill

6225 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Griswell, Durham

6227 R. Wensell Grabarek

6228 S. Philip Harris Jr., Henderson

6303 G. A. Barrett Residence - Chapel Hill, NC

6304 Norman M. Hunt Residence - Durham, NC

6308 Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Borden Jr. - Henderson, NC

6310 G. B. DeLoatche

6315 Mr. William A. Blount

6316 Sycho Pickett

6317 Ricca & Nelson - Durham, NC

6319 Walter A. Biggs

6321 Robert F. Baker - c/o W. W. Edwards

6322 Herbert Todd -Pinehurst, NC

6324 LeRoy Clark - Carport Addition

6325 J. Wesley Lewis

6326 David Hessee

6327 Mr. Norman Toerge Jr.

6328 Mr. A. A. Zollicoffer Jr.

6331 Mr. & Mrs. G. Watts Fowler

6332 Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Tomlinson

6401 L. D. Kirkland Jr.

6403 Frank Southerland

6404 John C. Von Schlegell

6405 Walter J. Alston Jr.

6406 Norman A. Amstutz

6407 J. C. Pittman

6409 John C. Williams

6410 Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Parrott

6411 Pat Foy Brady

6413 Mrs. Walker G. Blair Jr., Burlington NC. Landscape architecture by Lewis Clarke. Unbuilt.

6415 James L. Nicholson Jr.

6417 Smith Young Residence

6418 Charles Blanks Residence

6419 Robert F. Beard Residence

6420 Charles Broadfoot Residence

6423 Beach Cottage - Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Gunter

6426 Mr. Jacques Hardre Residence

6431 G. A. Barrett

6501 Jas. R. Patton

6502 Mrs. Norman Toerge

6503 Mr. & Mrs. Norman Amstutz

6507 Kenan Rand Jr.

6508 Dr. R. M. Williamson

6511 Mr. & Mrs. Romane L. Clark

6514 Thomas S. White

6516 Mr. Alex G. Thomerson

6518 Mrs. Arthur Lacey

6519 Thomas B. DeLoache

6520 Dr.Thomas Hinson

6521 Henry Stoever

6522 Dr. L. W. Kornegay

6524 Marvin Harris

6527 H. 0. Schoolfidd Jr.

6528 Loy D. Thompson Jr.

6531 Livingston Biddle

6532 Robert Variety

6533 C. W. Tilson

6535 Mrs. R. L. Brame

6603 William Cheatham

6604 H. F. Ford

6605 Mrs. Betsy LeBrun

6608 L. A. Corbett

6615 Mr. Robert Silver

6616 C. N. Hibberd Jr.

6617 Raymond Firestone - Remodeled Mgr's Residence

6618 Raymond Firestone - Groom's Quarters

6619 Marcus G. Carpenter Jr.

6620 Mr. & Mrs. Fred Webb

6623 Raymond Firestone Residence

6624 L. D. Kirkland Jr.

6625 William Teer

6627 Dr. & Mrs. Joe Boyd

6631 C. Marshall Davis

6701 C. H. Wells

6704 Albert E. and Ruth Wackerman House

6705 Frank Kenan

6706 J. R. Patton

6709 King's Daughter

6711 Addition to Residence of Mr. Robert Varley

6712 1013 Watts St., Remodeling, Durham, NC

6714 Hilton R. Campbell

6715 Dr. P. F. Parshley

6721 E. T. Rollins Residence

6723 Dr. & Mrs. John Evans

6801 Virgil Hager, Residence

6803 Mrs. Reed Harris, Residence

6804 Mrs. James C. Walker

6807 L. D. Kirkland alterations

6809 Harold Talton

6810 Hill Yarborough

6814 William C. Poweil

6815 Milton Barber

6818 R. F. Yarborough

6819 W. L. Parrott Addition

6821 Ike Andrews

6827 George Burwell alterations

6828 Perry Sloan alterations

6913 G. A. Barrett

6914 Dr. J. Winston Pearce

6918 C. Paul Roberts

6920 David Colquitt

7004 Hitchings Residence - Durham, NC

7005 J.G. -Mrs. Matthews - Residence, Henderson, NC

7008 Dr. James S. Wilson

7012 Ralph Daniel Renovation

7101 E. T. Rollins (Porch Alterations)

7108 Andrew H. Christian

7111 Baldwins

Mary W. Hall, 53 Pine Cone Drive, Oxford NC

Dr. J. B. Rhine

W. W. Noblin

Sources include: Jim Wallace, Bill Sears, Charles Franklin (Frank) Knott Jr., George Franklin (Frank) Hackney Jr.