Trinity Heights contains an interesting architectural blend of houses, apartment buildings and condominiums. The community has always been home to a diverse population including employees and students of Trinity College, which became Duke University. Many families who built homes around the turn of the 20th century are still represented.

The six-block area lies just north of Duke’s East Campus and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a city historic district.

By the early 1980s, new families attracted by its shady streets and proximity to Duke and Ninth Street were renovating some of the neighborhood's spacious old homes.

Duke, then a significant Trinity Heights property owner, sold its holdings with owner-occupant deed restrictions in response to requests from the community for help in stabilizing the neighborhood. On its vacant lots, the university built 40 single-family houses and town homes, which it sold to Duke employees, adding at least $100,000 a year in city property tax revenue. The award-winning project matches the neighborhood’s historic style.

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