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1. Early twentieth century · 1900–1944

2. 1937
   Construction or physical change · Bond House, 101 Pine Lane, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill William Van Sprinkle designs a brick Colonial Revival house on Pine Lane for Richmond and Marjorie Bond

   Contractors Ellington & Sparrow built the five-part brick house, a story-and-a-half main block with lower wings joined by hyphens. It is the oldest house in the Laurel Hill boundary increase, and the nomination ranks it the best of the neighborhood's later Colonial Revival houses.

3. 1939
   Construction or physical change · 739 Gimghoul Road, Chapel Hill Architect William Van Sprinkle designs a brick house on Gimghoul Road for Benjamin Edkins

   The two-story brick Colonial Revival house with a one-story side wing at 739 Gimghoul Road was built for salesman Benjamin Edkins and his wife to a design by Durham architect William Van Sprinkle.

4. about 1940
   Construction or physical change · 305 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill William Van Sprinkle designs a Colonial Revival house for Horace Crockford on Country Club Road

   For professor Horace D. Crockford and his wife, William Van Sprinkle designed a modest two-story Colonial Revival house of brick and weatherboard at 305 Country Club Road, with a garage wing and a cupola, as building in Laurel Hill picked up again at the end of the 1930s.

5. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

6. 1950
   Construction or physical change · Cameron House, 404 Laurel Hill Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill William Van Sprinkle designs a shingled Colonial Ranch on Laurel Hill Road for math professor Ed Cameron

   T. D. Green built the four-bay house, which has a board-and-batten front wing and an original screen porch. The nomination cites it as Sprinkle dressing the new Ranch form in colonial details.

7. 1960
   Construction or physical change · Bream House, 3 Buttons Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill William Van Sprinkle designs a long Contemporary Ranch on Buttons Road for Charles and Kay Bream

   The six-bay house for the radiology professor mixes vertical wood and brick, with sliding windows and a carport set on the diagonal. Sprinkle, known for Colonial Revival work, here turned to a modern design.

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