Created in 1925-26 just before the stock market crash of 1929, Hope Valley remained a unique rural colony until after World War II.

[1] At the center of the district and the apex of the golf course stands the Aymar Embury II Hope Valley Country Club Clubhouse.

The Hope Valley Country Club created by a collaboration of the development's original backers and Durham business leaders has been the careful steward of this Donald Ross "Gem" for over 80 years.

The neighborhood is experiencing infill as retiring and moving residents sell their side lots, mid-century ranches and investment properties.

The homes of some of Durham's first and second generation business, education and social leaders including Russell Barringer, Frank Kenan, Herschel Caldwell, Wilburt Davison, and John Moorhead have been razed for new residential construction.

Hope Valley is convenient to Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Cary and Raleigh via I-40 (3 miles South).