Cogswell today (above) and with Werner Hausler. 

ARTHUR RALPH COGSWELL, JR., FAIA (1930-)

Arthur Cogswell graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1952 and served in the Air Force during the Korean War.  After attending the NCSU School of Design and graduating in 1959, he worked for Don Stewart at CPAA before opening up his own firm in 1962. In 1964, he hired Werner Hausler.  By 1967 they would be partners in Cogswell/Hausler, a firm that lasted several decades.  One of their many notable commercial projects was the Duke Faculty Club (below).  When the partnership broke up, their records were also divided.  Records from Hausler, who died in 1999, were destroyed in a storage unit from Hurricane Floyd.  Cogswell continues architecture in private practice in Chapel Hill. 

 
Duke Faculty Club.  Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1960 - Cogswell designed his own house at 5 Marilyn Lane, Chapel Hill, which won an award from AIANC. Sold to Graham Gibbard in 1969.  Sold to Samuel and Virginia Baron in 1972.  Sold in 2003 to current owners by Jesse Prinz and Rachel Bernstein.  Bottom photo by Leilani Carter.

1962 - The Bob Anderson House, 700 Kenmore Road, Chapel Hill.  Bob Anderson was an associate in Cogswell's firm.  Anderson sold to Joseph and Nancy Pagano in 1965 and later would move to a Don Stewart home on Brookview Drive.  Sold to Bernard Machen and his wife in 1975.  The Machens added a family room around 1979 and used Dail Dixon as the architect. In 1991, the Machens sold to John and Helen Knapp who added a one car garage.  Current owners Xan Gregg and Bonnie Springer bought it in 2002.  Photos by Xan Gregg.

1962 - The Mark and Jean Burnham Residence, 47 North Circle Drive, Chapel Hill.  1100 square feet.  Sold in 1963 to Kenneth and Lorelei Mather.  Sold in 1967 to Dennis and Katherine Marquardt.  Sold in 1970 to Gene and Shirley Talley.  Sold in 1971 to Joseph and Betsey Lowman. Sold in 1976 to Rita and Richard Mailman. Sold in 1991 to Joel and Teresa Erickson.  Sold in 1994 to Deborah D. Wolf.  Sold in 1996 to Beverly and Amos Tyndall. Sold in 2004 to current owners Derrick & Chrissie Nehrenberg.

1962 - The Hope S. (Rita) Rice Residence, 311 Clayton Road, Chapel Hill. 
Built for current owner.  Photos by Julie Hollenbeck.

1962 - The James Prothro Residence, 306 North Elliott Road, Chapel Hill.  Sold to Martin and Barbara Rodbell in 1998.  Sold in 2000 to current owner Shelia Brown.  Photo by Dail Dixon.

1962 - The Kurt and Mary Louise Back House, 2735 McDowell Road, Durham. Built for current owners.

1962 - The Gene Harris Residence, 2 Marilyn Lane, Chapel Hill.  Not a modernist design.  Sold in 1967 to Orin C. and Kathleen Patton.  Sold in 1973 to Reese Lloyd Trimmer.  Sold in 1981 to Jane C. Trimmer. Sold in 1983 to John and Margarette Taylor.  Sold in 1997 to John and Amy Martin. Sold in 2005 to Francis and Maxine Redic.  Sold in 2005 to Cider 1 LLC.  Sold in 2007 to current owners Inger and Benjamin Brodey. 

1963 - The David Hill House, 205 Wood Circle, Chapel Hill.  Features a unique concrete roof. 
Sold in 1971 to current owner Joel Fleishman.  Color photo by Lucy Pittman.

1963 - The Oscar A. Pickett Residence, 404 Clayton Road, Chapel Hill.  5 Bedrooms. Sold in 1968 to Helen M. O'Brien.  Sold in 1969 to Mitchell Lyman.  Sold in 2008 to the Brookwood Corporation.  Sold in 2009 to current owner Alison Valentine Smith. 

1963 - The Martin and Musia Lakin House, 2709 McDowell Street, Durham.  The Lakins lived there for 47 years.  2167 square feet.  Sold in 2010 to current owners Randi Lyders and Scott Kendrick.

1963 - The Halliman H. and Shirley H. Winsborough Residence, 2719 McDowell Street, Durham.  Sold in 1967 to John and Nada Staddon.  Sold in 1987 to Robert and Holly Dykes.  Sold in 1995 to Radian.  Sold in 1999 to Radian International LLC. Sold in 1999 to current owners Stacy and Thomas Nechyba.   Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1964 - The William J. and Dorothy Koch Residence, 401 Clayton Road, Chapel Hill.  Won an AIANC award in 1965.  Sold to Thomas Kenan in 1974.  Sold to Joseph Rowand in 1986.  Sold to Mark and Joyce Fink in 1999.  Sold in 2002 to current owners David and Lori Paquette. 

1964 - The Carroll Hollis House, 104 Glendale Drive, Chapel Hill.   Sold to Eleanor Rollins in 1995.  Sold to Daniel London in 2000.  Sold in 2002 to current owners Ralph McCaughan and Andrea Reusing. Architect  Louis Cherry did an substantial addition. 

1964 - The Dean Smith House, 613 Morgan Creek Road, Chapel Hill.  Yes, it is the same Dean Smith of UNC basketball. Sold in 1975 to Margaret Ann Smith.  Sold in 1978 to Donald Whitenack.  Sold in 1983 to Stanley Black.  Sold in 1987 to Burr Eichelman.  Sold in 1990 to Bert and Rheta Swain.  Sold in 2001 to Raschel and Riley Muse.  Sold in 2006 to Cheryl Wicker. Sold in 2006 to Pearson Wicker LLC.  Sold in 2007 and extensively renovated by Phil Szostak.  Current owners Emily Kass and Charles Weinraub.  Bottom photo by Leilani Carter.

1964 - The William and Gloria Blythe House, 114 Hillcrest Circle, Chapel Hill, who still live there.  Carport addition by Dail Dixon.  Bedroom tower addition by Dail Dixon and Cogswell.  Color photos by Julie Hollenbeck and Lucy Pittman.

1964 - The Enno E. Kraehe Residence, 205 Glenhill Lane, Chapel Hill. Sold in 1968 to Sydney and Pia Afriat.  Sold in 1972 to current owners Parker and Janet Reist.  Square Feet: 2489.

1964 - The Michael A. Stegman Residence, 1514 Cumberland, Chapel Hill.  Stegman purchased it in 1973.  This is a remodel.  Sold in 1991 to Jonathan Bregman.  Sold in 1993 to Keith Quattrocchi.  Sold in 1996 to current owners Lenore and Paul Martin. 

1965 - The John and Vivien Dixon Residence, 216 Glenhill Lane, Chapel Hill. 
Built for current owners.  Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1966 - The Marion Townend House, 411 Clayton Road, Chapel Hill.  Marion married Rupert Hanny and transferred title into their names. Sold in 1979 to Burke amnd Barbara Judd.  Sold in 2005 to current owners Gail and Beryl Rosen.  Color photo by Lucy Pittman.

1966 - The John I. Boswell, Jr. Residence, 505 Morgan Creek Road, Chapel Hill.  Bought by Patrick Martell in 2002.  Sold to current owners Kuo Chan Fang and Wang Li-Rung in 2005.   Top 3 photos by Patrick Martell.  Bottom photo by Dail Dixon.

1966 - The Mott P. Blair Residence, possibly at 1677 Oakley Church Road, Bear Creek NC (outside of Siler City). Won an AIANC Award of Merit. Built by Van Thomas Contractor of Siler City.  Unsure of current ownership or address, yet to be verified.  

1966 - The Will L. and Carolyn London Residence, 2211 Wilshire, Durham.  3900 square feet. 
Built for current owners.  Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1966 - The Earl Edward (Mitch) and Marlys Mitchell Residence, 220 Glenhill Lane, Chapel Hill.  Built for current owner.  Photos by Julie Hollenbeck.

1966 - The Ann and Arthur Johnson Residence, 451 Lakeshore Lane, Chapel Hill.  1.2 acres, with a striking view of the adjacent Eastwood Lake, perhaps the nicest vista in Chapel Hill.  Sold in 1998 to current owners Jim and Jane Protzman.  They made three additions and numerous renovations, all nearly indistinguishable from the original structure.  Every part of the house seems as if it has always been there.  There's a Finnish-style sauna down by the water.  Renovations by Ken Friedlein.  

1967 - The Ellis Rollett House, 640 Morgan Creek Road, Chapel Hill.  Sold to John Carroll in 1974. 
Sold in 1976 to current owners Thomas and Vici Cook.  Bottom photo by Leilani Carter.

1967 - The Thomas Gustin Kiffney and Patricia Kiffney House, 212 Glenhill Lane, Chapel Hill.  Sold to their son Thomas G. Kiffney, Jr. who had Cogswell do a renovation.  Sold in 1981 to Jon and Carol Viegel.  Sold in 1988 to Craig J. Calhoun and Pamela Delargy.  Sold in 1996 to current owners David and Linda Passman. Bottom photo by Leilani Carter.

1967 - The Victor and Elizabeth (Libby) Greulach House, 1815 South Lakeshore Drive, Chapel Hill.  Sold in 1986 to Michael William Hubbard.  Sold in 1993 to Stanley Fish and Jane Tompkins.  Sold in 1998 to current owner David Hawkins.  Bottom photo by Leilani Carter.

1967 - Addition to the Carl Gottschalk Residence, 1300 Mason Farm Drive, Chapel Hill.  This house was a small Cape Cod built in 1948.  The addition was featured in Better Homes and Gardens in 1968.  Sold to Louise M. Ward in 1996.  Sold to Susan Fellner in 1996.  Sold in 2005 to current owners Brian and Heather Payne.  Photos by Taylor Lewis.

1967 - The Leonard White Residence, 211 Glenhill, Chapel Hill.
Sold to current owner Scott McLean in 1990.

1968 - The Peter G. and Ida Philas House, 1704 Curtis Drive, Chapel Hill.  B/W photo by Taylor Lewis.  Sold to current owners Harvey and Ruth Wagner in 1992.  Color photos by Lucy Pittman.

1968 - The Billy W. and Nancy Royal Residence, 1703 Allard, Chapel Hill. 
Photos by Julie Hollenbeck.  Built for current owners.

1969 - Cogswell designed himself a second house at 308 North Elliott Road, Chapel Hill, which won an AIANC award in 1971.  His former wife Betty Cogswell is the current owner.

1969 - The Donald G. and Jane D. Mathews House, 1403 Gray Bluff Trail, Chapel Hill.   The Mathews had an addition done in about 1980, nearly doubling the size of the house.  They also added a garage cut into the hillside.  Werner Hausler was the architect for the renovation.  Sold in 1984 to Bret C. Williams.  Sold in 1986 to current owners Robert and Sylvia Lauterborn.  They replaced the single-ply glass with thermopane and put on a new white rubber roof which insulates the house in the winter and reflects heat in the summertime.   B/W photos by Taylor Lewis.  Color photos by Bob Lauterborn.

1970 - The William H. May III Residence, 611 Rock Creek Road, Chapel Hill.  This was a remodel.  Sold to Davor Vugrin in 1982.  Sold in 1985 to John L. Currie.  Sold in 1986 to Cheryl Comstock Hardman.  Sold in 2004 to current owners Kambiz and Anne Zangi.  Photos by Julie Hollenbeck.

1971 - The Myron Silverman Residence, 320 Ridgecrest Drive, Chapel Hill. 
Sold in 2004 to current owners Sam and Sashi Rao.

1977 - The George and Jean Thrasher Residence, 325 Glendale Drive, Chapel Hill.  Mr. Thrasher died shortly after moving in.  Sold in 1977 to current owner Eugene Gressman. 

1994 - The Scott J. Parker Residence, 150 Dixie Drive, Chapel Hill.  Cogswell did the remodel after Parker purchased it from Jean McLendon in 1994.  Photo by Julie Hollenbeck.

1963 - The Donald D. and Donna J. Weir Residence, 21 Shady Lane, Chapel Hill.  Sold in 1971 to David Alfred C. Daw.  Sold in 1975 to current owners Dietrich and Edna Schroeer.  Top photo by Leilani Carter, rest by Dietrich Schroeer.

1975 - The Joseph and Marjorie Davis Vacation House, 1116 Falling Stream, on Lake Trace in Sanford NC.  Gated community, not accessible to the public. However, the owners are open to being contacted for a tour of the house.  Sold in 1992 to James and Barbara Davison.  Sold in 1994 to current owners Tom and Luhan DeRemer who added the detached garage and completely renovated the house.  2300 square feet. 

Year unknown - The Bill Scarborough Residence, address unknown. 
No photo.   Do you have one? 

The Richardson Residence, Chapel Hill.  No address. Do you know where it is?  Designed by Toby Savage when he worked for Cogswell.  No photo.   Do you have one?

The Dr. Isaac Taylor Residence, Martha's Vineyard MA. 
No address. Do you know where it is?  No photo.   Do you have one?

Around 1982- The Murray Bonder Residence, Smithfield NC.  No address.
Do you know where it is?   No photo.   Do you have one?

Year unknown - The Doug Brown Residence, Chapel Hill.  According to Cogswell, it was not built.

The Robert T. and Edwina Daland Residence, 130 Justice Street, Chapel Hill.  Sold in 1988 to Kathleen and Todd Shapley-Quinn.
 

Sources include:  Arthur Cogswell, AIANC, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1795-1975 by M. Ruth Little, Xan Gregg, Bonnie Springer, Patrick Martell, Scott McLean.