T.S. Christian is the name of one or more builders of significant structures that are listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania and in North Carolina.[1]
T.S. Christian was builder of at least two covered bridges in Pennsylvania in 1881:
- Creasyville Covered Bridge, built 1881, SR 683, Millville, PA, NRHP-listed[1]
- Shoemaker Covered Bridge, built 1881, SR 19053, Iola, PA, NRHP-listed[1][2]
T.S. Christian, possibly the same or possibly a different person, was a building contractor in Durham, North Carolina,[4] who built several houses in Queen Anne or similar styles, c.1890. They were the original group of faculty houses associated with a Trinity College, which became Duke University. The houses are:
- Bassett House, built 1891, 1017 W. Trinity Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed[1]
- Cranford-Wannamaker House, built 1891, 1019 W. Trinity Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed[1]
- Crowell House, built 1891, 504 Watts St., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed[1]
- Pegram House, built 1891, 1019 Minerva Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed[1]
All four houses have been moved.[4] T.S. Christian served two-year terms starting in 1905, 1907, and 1915 in some Durham committee or legislative body.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shoemaker Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ^ a b "Faculty Avenue Houses TR".
- ^ Jean Bradley Anderson (2011). A History of Durham County (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0822349839.