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THOMAS WRAY (T. W.) WILKINSON (1913-2002)
Wilkinson was a well-known Durham building contractor and developer and built more than a hundred houses in Durham, including much of the southeastern portion of the Duke Park neighborhood from the 1930s through the 1960s. He named Anita Street for his daughter, now Anita Wilkinson Brame. Born to John Walker Wilkinson and Mary Pearl Wray Wilkinson in Durham in 1913, Wilkinson grew up in East Durham on Angier Avenue and studied architectural books on his own, with a primary interest in the architecture of Colonial Williamsburg. He learned much about building materials from his father, owner of Wilkinson Lumber Company. Wilkinson and all three of his brothers became involved in the building trade in Durham. Wilkinson. earned his contractor’s license at 17 and designed and helped build a one-and-a-half story bungalow on North Driver Street in East Durham for himself and his father and brothers soon thereafter. |
1957 - The Alfred Henderson King House, 1617 Shawnee, Durham. Essentially a multi-level ranch house in structure and style, the house is four separate levels with a central stair. Sold to Nixon advisor Nicholas H. Morley, who used it while in town for the Durham Rice Diet.Sold to Walker L. and Martha Pruitt. Sold to 1978 to Jack and Judith M. Keene. Sold in 1987 to Michael and Rosalind Harris. Sold in 1990 to Victoria Mask. Sold in 2019 to Diana and James Nishimuta. ![]() ![]() ![]() 1957 - The Langston/Hughes House, 404 Anita Street, Durham. Sold in 1983 to Dayna F. Deck and Thomas B. Kibby. Sold in 1998 to Deborah L. Hayes. Sold to William M. and Lindsay R. Smart.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1961 - The Donald J. and Margaret (Pepper) Fluke House. 2703 Sevier Street, Durham. Sold in 2018 to Tammy J. Lamoureux and Michael David Brandon. Sources include: Son Tim Wilkinson, daughter Anita Wilkinson Brame. |