Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina
Hope Valley Historic District | |
Hope Valley Country Club in 2026 | |
| 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°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 No. | 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 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 University and University of North Carolina at 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.
At the center of the district and the apex of the golf course stands the Aymar Embury II Hope Valley Country Club Clubhouse. Although heavily remodeled over the years the front facade remains intact. Hope Valley, the residential development and Country Club will celebrate its centennial in 2026 and 2027.