Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina
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Hope Valley Historic District
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| Location | Avon Rd., Chelsea Circle, Cornwall Rd., Devon Rd. Exeter Way, Littlewoods Ln., Norwich Way, Stratford Rd., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′56″N 78°56′52″W / 35.94889°N 78.94778°WCoordinates: 35°56′56″N 78°56′52″W / 35.94889°N 78.94778°W |
| Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Architect | Boyer, M.E., Jr.; Carr, George Watts; Keen, Charles Barton; Hackney and Knott; Sprinkle; Davis, Archie; et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference # | 09001105 |
| Added to NRHP | December 11, 2009 |
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 , 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.
The 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.
Hope Valley's original developers were Jesse Mebane of Greensboro, North Carolina and Walter Sharpe of Burlington, North Carolina (Mebane and Sharpe, Inc.). Early investors included many local residents and Greensboro's Richardson Family (Richardson - Vicks Pharmaceuticals) who later took control of the development and renaming the corporation Hope Valley, Inc.
In a rare collaboration, Donald Ross, Aymar Embury II, and Robert Cridland came together to create Hope Valley. Ross designed the 18 hole golf course, Embury designed the French Eclectic style Country Club Clubhouse, and Cridland designed the roadways and landscape.
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