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Richard
Harkrader

(1946– )

Harkrader was born in Bristol VA. He graduated from Cornell with a degree in architecture. He was one of the first energy-efficient construction and passive solar designers in Durham and built many Contemporary and Modernist dwellings during the 1980s. He start New Morning Solar Realty that built and managed 45 passive solar apartments. Bio and house list adapted from OpenDurham.

Richard Harkrader
1974

The Richard and Lonna Harkrader House

1320 Shepherd Street, Durham NC

Still owners as of 2022.

The Richard and Lonna Harkrader House The Richard and Lonna Harkrader House
1976

The Wib and Dub Gulley House

1219 Shepherd Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1989 to Daphne Lucille McMurrer and Mark Kallison Dreyfus. Sold in 1993 to Allison M. Bluj and Cynthia M. Sortisio. Sold in 2000 to Daniel E. Chapman and Lisa K. Seago. Sold in 2014 to Fay-Wei Li and Yu-Hsuan Liu. Sold in 2018 to Paul L. Wilshire.

The Wib and Dub Gulley House The Wib and Dub Gulley House
1976

The Robert A. and Donna S. Slade House

125 West Woodridge Drive, Durham NC

Sold in 1985 to Harold Basowitz. Deeded in 2000 to Anne Basowitz. Deeded in 2001 to Joseph and Deborah Karen Neev. Sold in 2002 to Francis Michael and Deborah Joy Davey. Sold in 2021 to Pedro L. Perez and Peter P. Repetti III.

The Robert A. and Donna S. Slade House
1977

The John D. and Carolyn L. Coie House

123 West Woodridge Drive, Durham NC

Sold in 1982 to James A. Blumenthal and Daphne C. McKee. Sold in 1985 to Daryl B. and Shirley C. Jenkins, still owners as of 2022.

The John D. and Carolyn L. Coie House
1977

The Daniel and Susan E. Barco House

1610 High Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1984 to Steven L. and Jane Smith Haughton. Sold in 2002 to Shelagh Kenney. Sold in 2010 to Douglas K. Rumble.

The Daniel and Susan E. Barco House The Daniel and Susan E. Barco House
1977

The Rosalind Coleman House

2644 University Drive, Durham NC

Sold in 1986 to John William and Marguerite C. Stanback. Sold in 1992 to Richard A. Birgel Jr. Sold in 1995 to James Walter Farmer Jr. Sold in 2015 to Katie and Kyle Hanschke. Sold in 2018 to Richard Strakosch.

The Rosalind Coleman House The Rosalind Coleman House
1977

The Gary Lee and Martha T. Deaton House

2646 University Drive, Durham NC

Deeded in 1981 to Martha R. Thompson. Sold in 1988 to Howard Randolph Straughan III. Sold in 2011 to Vince and Mei Thai. Sold in 2012 to Kevin B. Davis. Top photo by Gary Kueber, Open Durham.

The Gary Lee and Martha T. Deaton House The Gary Lee and Martha T. Deaton House
1978

The Edward A. Johnson House

2206 Wilshire Drive, Durham NC

Sold in 1988 to Kathleen Ross and Daniel B. Szyld. Sold in 1992 to William Lee Richardson. Sold in 2016 to Meghan Corroon and William Matthew Palmer IV. Sold in 2018 to Julie C. and Ryan D. McCormick.

The Edward A. Johnson House The Edward A. Johnson House
1978

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709 Yancey Street, Durham NC

Managed by New Morning Realty until it sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1979

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1308 Hill Street, Durham NC

Duplex managed by New Morning Realty until it sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1979

The Robert H. and Christine M. Brinkmeyer House

1107 Wells Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1986 to Anselmo Adalio Lastro and Mary Elsa Mace. Sold in 1991 to Eric C. and Susan Dalsheimer Poncelet. Sold in 2001 to Gilford B. and Treva P. Fitts.

The Robert H. and Christine M. Brinkmeyer House
1979

The George Mahon Holt House

1404 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1993 to Chadmark Lee Schoen.

The George Mahon Holt House
1979

The Christine Annette Judge and Marguerite Judge Burns House

1408 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1984 to Cynthia S. Payne and Susan R. Marcinkus. Sold in 1998 to Owen Flanagan. Sold in 2005 to Avice O'Connell and Timothy O'Connor. Sold in 2010 to Brian M. Schneiderman. Addition built in 2016 by Coby Linton Architects and Pruitt Building Company.

The Christine Annette Judge and Marguerite Judge Burns House The Christine Annette Judge and Marguerite Judge Burns House The Christine Annette Judge and Marguerite Judge Burns House
1980

The Stephen L. Darwall and Rosemarie T. Hester House

705 Cobb Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1984 to Mary N. Eldridge and Stuart A. Rosenfeld. Sold in 1992 to Robert M. and Jennifer C. Perkins. Sold in 1995 to Rae Beno. Sold in 2001 to G. Daniel Bowling. Sold in 2004 to Tucker Prescott and Kathleen W. Bartlett.

The Stephen L. Darwall and Rosemarie T. Hester House
1980

The Joyce Ann Copeland and Russell Thomas Giesler House

701 Cobb Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1985 to Hariet B. and Geoffrey G. Sayre McCord. Sold in 1998 to Gair B. McCullough and Richard S. Larson. Sold in 2005 to William Henry Martin Young. Sold in 2009 to Libby Webb and Gary L. Ander.

The Joyce Ann Copeland and Russell Thomas Giesler House
1980

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1205 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Multi-family home managed by New Morning Realty until the units sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1981

The William Ben and Lillian Paris Spiller House

1206 Hill Street, Durham NC

Ben Spiller was a carpenter for New Morning Construction.

The William Ben and Lillian Paris Spiller House
1981

The Ralph M. Byers and Susan H. MacDonald House

1412 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1990 to Barton J. and Laura M. Mann. Sold in 1992 to Katayoun Tabrizi. Sold in 2007 to Sarah Dodge Anthony.

The Ralph M. Byers and Susan H. MacDonald House
1981

The John C. Heffner and Janine R. DeWitt-Heffner House

1306 Bivins Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1984 to John Hampton and Susanna C. Bachmann. Sold in 1989 to Sharon Sandomirsky. Sold in 1991 to Ann E. McKown. Sold in 2003 to Jean Vayo Hamilton. Sold in 2009 to Jehangir Malegam and Catherine Mathers.

The John C. Heffner and Janine R. DeWitt-Heffner House
1981

The C. McLean and Helen Lanier Rand Fonvielle House

1209 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Deeded in 1992 to Frederic and Lanier R. Blum. Sold in 1995 to Christoph and Tammy S. Spoerri. Sold in 2004 to Debra Kent and Jamie A. Lamkin. Sold in 2015 to Jessica Dara Bloom.

The C. McLean and Helen Lanier Rand Fonvielle House The C. McLean and Helen Lanier Rand Fonvielle House
1981

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1207 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Multi-family home managed by New Morning Realty until the units sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1981

The Joseph J. Pfister and R. Jane Burwell House

1211 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1987 to Kevin Thomas McClain and Donna Read King.

The Joseph J. Pfister and R. Jane Burwell House
1982

The Mary E. Berman House

1215 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1985 to Michael J. and Mary Ende Matros. Sold in 1987 to Keith T. Brown. Sold in 1988 to John W. Waddell. Sold in 1994 to Jerome Witschger. Sold in 1998 to Carol Ann Childs. Deeded in 2003 to Keval Kaur Khalsa.

The Mary E. Berman House
1982

The James Victor and Christy Myers Gudaitis House

1520 Kent Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1987 to John E. R. Staddon. Sold in 1996 to Roxanne Quimby. Sold in 1999 to William T. Marcheck and Margit A. Bucher.

The James Victor and Christy Myers Gudaitis House
1982

The Ronald Richard Butters House

1213 Carroll Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1988 to Alan Baxter Teasley. Sold in 2003 to Paul J. Stinson and Sean Michael McCarthy. Sold in 2007 in Grace K. Wakeman.

The Ronald Richard Butters House
1982

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802 Arnette Avenue, Durham NC

Multi-family home managed by New Morning Realty until the units sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1983

The Dorothy Pendle Brock House

209 Dacian Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 2009 to Daniel Conrad. Sold in 2016 to Benjamin James and Christa Twyford Gibson.

The Dorothy Pendle Brock House
1983

The Lynne Pierpont and Thomas Charles Winter III House

211 Dacian Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1985 to Robert S. Kiel. Sold in 1987 to Timothy J. Sperry and M. Lynne Tirrell. Sold in 1993 to Brian Hayes. Sold in 2010 to Nora M. Wilson and Paul Anthony Raoul Morales Dennis. Sold in 2017 to David L. Neal.

The Lynne Pierpont and Thomas Charles Winter III House The Lynne Pierpont and Thomas Charles Winter III House
1983

The Marilyn M. Peterson and Linda L. Marco House

1515 Moreland Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1989 to Helen E. Clarke and Marie C. McIntyre.

The Marilyn M. Peterson and Linda L. Marco House
1983

The W. Paul Pulley Jr. House

207 Dacian Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1989 to Athena M. Counides. Deeded in 2018 to Gregory K. Jenkins.

The W. Paul Pulley Jr. House
1984

The Samir I. and Susan E. Abed House

213 Dacian Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1991 to Elisabeth Barrett Nadler. Sold in 1998 to Jacqueline Hermans.

The Samir I. and Susan E. Abed House
1985

The Meredith A. Thornton House

217 Dacian Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1990 to Randall C. Dodd. Sold in 1995 to James L. Yamin. Sold in 2002 to Negar Mottahedeh. Sold in 2008 to Jeffrey M. Shaw. Sold in 2018 to Diogo Freire and William Mardre Bobbitt. For sale in 2025.

The Meredith A. Thornton House The Meredith A. Thornton House The Meredith A. Thornton House
1985

The Mary E. Berman House

1307 Bivins Street, Durham NC

Sold in 1989 to Barbara Jean Burns. Sold in 1993 to Joan Kofodimos and Kyle Dover. Sold in 1995 to Joanna C. and Franklin B. Swanson.

The Mary E. Berman House
1985

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1306 Hill Street, Durham NC

Managed by New Morning Realty until sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1985

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1310-1312 Hill Street, Durham NC

Apartments managed by New Morning Realty until sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust. Sold in 2007 to Main Ridge Properties LLC.

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1985

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1314 Hill Street, Durham NC

Apartments managed by New Morning Realty until sold in 2007 to Abundant Earth Realty, LLC. Sold in 2019 to Contributing Structure LLC.

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1986

The Jeanette M. and Freddie Putney Jr. House

2309 Morehead Avenue, Durham NC

Cumiskey and Linda Varosi, still owners as of 2022.

The Jeanette M. and Freddie Putney Jr. House
1986

The Steven T. Pulling and Ronette L. Kolotkin House

1004 Norwood Avenue, Durham NC

Deeded in 2008 to Ronette. Transferred in 2019 to her trust.

The Steven T. Pulling and Ronette L. Kolotkin House
1986

The Daniel B. Szyld House

1000 Norwood Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1989 to Robert A. and Marya J. McNeish Robinson, still owners as of 2022.

The Daniel B. Szyld House
1987

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1301 Rosedale Avenue, Durham NC

Multi-family home managed by New Morning Realty until sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1987

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1305 Rosedale Avenue, Durham NC

Multi-family home managed by New Morning Realty until sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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1987

The Ursula Goebels House

1501 West Lakewood Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 1998 to Charles W. Ebel, still owner as of 2022.

The Ursula Goebels House
1987

The Joanna C. Smith House

1505 West Lakewood Avenue, Durham NC

Sold in 2018 to Benjamin J. Stines and Sandra K. Davidson.

The Joanna C. Smith House
1987

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811 Arnette Avenue, Durham NC

Triplex managed by New Morning Realty until the units sold in 2007 to the Durham Land Trust.

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Sources include: OpenDurham; Richard Harkrader.