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SCARBORO'S FOOD STORE / WELLSPRING GROCERY / MAGNOLIA GRILL
Address1002Ninth StreetCross street: West Knox StreetDurhamNCBuilding information1947 Ninth St., looking northeast, ~1980. Floyd Wright opened a grocery on this corner between 1926 and 1930. By the...
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HILL BUILDING / CCB BUILDING / SUNTRUST BUILDING
Designed by Empire State Building architects Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon for banker John Sprunt Hill, the Hill Building is one of the most iconic in DurhamAddress200-206West Main StreetCross street: North...
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WG PEARSON ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL
Address600East Umstead StreetCross street: Merrick StreetDurhamNCBuilding informationArchitect/Designers: Carr, George Watts Sr.1929InhabitantsPeople: Pearson, WIlliam Gaston WG Pearson School, 1950s....
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BETHESDA SCHOOL
AddressSouth Miami BoulevardDurhamNCBuilding informationArchitect/Designers: Northup and O'Brien Bethesda School, 1910s Blueprints, Bethesda School, 04.30.24 (Courtesy NCSU Libraries' Digital...
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UNION STATION
The gateway to Durham via its raison d'etre - the railroad line - for 60 years; this proud piece of architecture, symbolizing Durham's aspirations as a city of the new south when built in 1905, was...
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511 YATES STREET / ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH / 500 BLOCK YATES AVENUE
Address511Yates StreetDurhamNCBuilding informationArchitect/Designers: Northup and O'Brien19291967Yates Avenue ran between West Chapel Hill St. and West Pettigrew St. - one of the core north-south...
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GEORGE POLAND HOUSE
Address502John Jones RoadDurhamNCBuilding information19542002(Above photos courtesy NCSU Libraries' Digital Collections:Rare and Unique Materials) Per Triangle Modernist Houses:The Dr. George W....
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THOMAS DECATUR JONES / SOUTHGATE JONES HOUSE
Address307West Chapel Hill StreetCross street: Willard StreetDurhamNCBuilding information18881967InhabitantsPeople: Jones, Thomas Decatur, Southgate, James The Jones House, looking south from West...
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THE DOWNTOWNER / HEART OF DURHAM HOTEL
Part of the wave of new motels that swept into the city in the 1960s - including downtown's Jack Tar Motel and the Holiday Inn. The Downtowner had high aspirations with its Four Flames restaurant,...
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BUDD-PIPER BUILDING - WEST CHAPEL HILL STREET
Address115-117West Chapel Hill StreetDurhamNCBuilding information1890-19101960InhabitantsBusinesses: Budd-Piper Roofing Company115-117 West Chapel Hill Street was the original location of the...
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111-113 W. CHAPEL HILL ST.
Address111-113West Chapel Hill StreetDurhamNCBuilding information1890-19201958(Via George Pyne photo of an older picture; origin unknown) - 1940s. 111-113 is to the left. Looking southwest.This may be...
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ROBERT F. MORRIS TOBACCO COMPANY / SEABOARD AIRLINE FREIGHT DEPOT
Address314-318West Peabody StreetCross street: Market StreetDurhamNCBuilding information186518901903InhabitantsPeople: Morris, Robert RF Morris Tobacco Factory at the NC railroad tracks ~300 feet west...
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SOUTHERN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC - ALSTON AVE.
Address2312South Alston AvenueDurhamNCBuilding information1924InhabitantsPeople: Bryant, Gilmore WardOne of my favorite recently-solved mysteries involves the location of the Southern Conservatory of...
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THE GEER BUILDING
The northeast corner of Main and Corcoran Street has seen its share of building drama. For much of the 20th century, it was the location of one of the buildings on my Top Five list of...
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BILTMORE HOTEL/GRILL/DRUGSTORE
Address330-332East Pettigrew StreetDurhamNCBuilding information19291977 Looking southeast at the Regal Theater and the Biltmore, 1946 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Although Dorothy Phelps' book...
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DURHAM HOSIERY MILL NO. 2 / SERVICE PRINTING COMPANY / ELVIRA'S / CAROLINA TIMES
Address426-504East Pettigrew StreetCross street: Branch PlaceDurhamNCBuilding information19031947, 19741995InhabitantsBusinesses: Durham Hosiery Mills CompanyPeople: Carr, Julian Shakespeare, Watkins,...
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400-404 WEST MAIN STREET
Address400-404West Main StreetCross street: Morris StreetDurhamNCBuilding information1974(Durham County Library) 01.28.5801.28.58(Photo by George Pyne via Milo Pyne)(Photo by George Pyne via Milo...
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WASHINGTON DUKE HOTEL / JACK TAR HOTEL
The grand hotel of Durham for 50 years - and one of the worst architectural losses in Durham historyAddressCorcoran StreetCross street: East Chapel Hill StreetDurhamNCBuilding...
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421-423 WEST MAIN STREET
Address421-423West Main StreetDurhamNCBuilding information1910-19201920s, 1960s1979 Five Points looking west, 1905 Between 1898 and 1902, the Durham Marble Works was built on land at Five Points that...
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PIEDMONT BUILDING
One of Durham's two great flatiron buildings at Five Points, both now gone.Address332-340West Main StreetCross street: East Chapel Hill StreetDurhamNCBuilding information19211966 Piedmont Building,...
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