Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina

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Description

Hope Valley was the first full-fledged country club community in the suburbs of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It is developed around an 18-hole Donald Ross golf course. Created in 1925-26 just before the stock market crash of 1929, Hope Valley remained a unique rural colony until after World War II. Well outside the city limits Hope Valley was situated between Durham and Chapel Hill, and their university campuses, Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. It was one of North Carolina's first suburbs designed to be completely serviced by the automobile, well beyond urban transportation routes. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 as the Hope Valley Historic District, a national historic district.Hope Valley Historic DistrictThe district encompasses 80 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in a predominantly upper class residential section of Durham. They were built between 1927 and 1959 and include notable examples of Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival style architecture. The centerpiece of the district is the country club and golf course. Located in the district is the separately listed Wiley and Elizabeth Forbus House.

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Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina is Durham based place and this enity listed in Landmark category. Contact phone number of Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina: (919) 489-4636