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Durham| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | Area | |
| Bagley-Bliss House |
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1290 | Royalsborough Rd | South Durham | |
| Nathaniel Osgood House |
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ME 136 | |||
| Shiloh Temple |
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38 | Beulah Ln | Shiloh Rd, S of Lisbon Falls on S bank of Androscoggin River | |
| Union Church |
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744 | Royalsborough Rd | ||
| West Durham Methodist Church |
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17 | Runaround Pond Rd |
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1886/09/20 | William R Miller | Born | William R Miller is born in Durham the son of Simon and Josephine Robinson Miller. | |||
| 1959/00/00 | Stephen King | Life | Nellie King, with her two boys David and Stephen, moves to the Methodist Corner area of Durham, Maine, in a small house not far from the West Durham Methodist Church. | |||
| 1960/00/00 | Stephen King | Life | King finds H P Lovecraft paperbacks in his aunt and uncle's attic. He is impressed with 'The Lurker at the Threshold', "I knew that I'd found home when I read that book." To find the farmhouse, face away from the church and look across the field. | The Lurker at the Threshold (book) |
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Creative Works »
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Carrie (book) | Novel |
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Stephen King | Stephen King took inspiration for "Carrie" on a real person who lived on Runaround Pond Road, southwest of Durham. |
| Jerusalem's Lot (Short Story) | Short Story |
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Stephen King | Jerusalem's Lot was largely derived from the town of Durham, Maine. - Stephen King, Danse Macabre |
| Salem's Lot (book) | Novel |
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Stephen King | Harmony Hill Cemetery in "Salems Lot" is based on Harmony Grove Cemetery on Davis Road, north of Runaround Pond Road in Durham. Stephen King and his friend Chris Chesley use to camp here for a good scare. |
| The Body (King story) | Novella | Stephen King | Stephen King based the leech scene in "The Body" on a true incident in the Runaround Pond, off Runaround Pond Road, southwest of Durham. |
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