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Clark and Sorrell
Per the 1953 Durham Herald, Clark and Sorrell was "founded in 1922 and started out in this building in the 200 block of East Parrish" [214 E. Parrish] The business was opened by LeRoy Clark in the late...
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JAMES PARRISH HOUSE
Built for the James Parrish family between 1913 and 1918, this large frame Foursquare farmhouse was added to an earlier one-story frame dwelling (now the rear ell) moved to the site from another...
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511 YATES STREET / ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH / 500 BLOCK YATES AVENUE
511Yates StreetArchitect/Designers: Northup and O'BrienDurhamNC1929Yates Avenue ran between West Chapel Hill St. and West Pettigrew St. - one of the core north-south streets of the West End - a...
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Mystery Photo - 08.03.09
Higbee StreetDurhamNC"Northgate and Bypass areas flooded by Heavy Rains - 02.14.52" (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)Type: ResidentialNeighborhood: Northgate ParkFind location: Manually (place...
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312 OAKWOOD AVENUE
312Oakwood AvenueCross street: Carlton AvenueDurhamNCprior to 1913310 and 312 Oakwood were built prior to 1913, contemporaneous with the development of houses along Holloway St. 1/2 block away. While...
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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 Durham200-206West Main StreetCross street: North...
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Northern high school
117Tom Wilkinson RoadCross street: North Roxboro RoadArchitect/Designers: Carr, George Watts Sr.DurhamBuilders: Hunt, Reuben H.NC1955same architect that made the Hill Building VA hospital bro watts...
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SNOW BUILDING
335West Main StreetDurhamNC1930The Snow Building was one of a 'second wave' of more impressive commercial structures to be built at Five Points. Situated between the core of downtown (Main between...
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Kueber, Gary
Dr. Gary Kueber was born in New Orleans, LA. He grew up in the city and came to Durham in 1988 to attend Duke University, where he majored in Zoology and English. He returned to New Orleans for 4 years...
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RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Regional co-operation, except on the name, leads tiny airport to grow rapidly during the second half of the 20th centuryAirport BoulevardNCRDU - undated, presumably 1950s (Courtesy <a...
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LOCHMOOR
4804Lochmoor was most well known as the 'country estate' of Edward James Parrish, Durham's first tobacco auctioneer, and builder of the first brick warehouse in Durham.North Roxboro...
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4636 ANGIER AVE.
Old farmstead along Angier Ave.4636Angier AvenueDurhamNC1920-1940On 3.5 acresNeighborhood: Eastern DurhamUse: ResidenceArchitectural style: BungalowType: ResidentialConstruction type: FrameMLS #:...
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BARTLETT MANGUM HOUSE / FOUR SQUARE
2701Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s.Chapel Hill RoadArchitect/Designers: Wilkerson, William AlbertDurhamNCBuilders: Wilkerson,...
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HOLLOWAY STREET SCHOOL
The Holloway Street school was built in 1928, designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose. Rear wings were added to the school in 1950 and 1954. A gymnasium was added in 1975.1107Holloway StreetCross...
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SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL
1818Ellis RoadArchitect/Designers: Davis, Archie RoyalDurhamNC19561993"Working on Southern High School, 08.13.56"Southern High moved to 800 Clayton Road in 1993; these buildings were purchased by...
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LIGGETT AND MYERS NEW CIGARETTE FACTORY
701West Main StreetCross street: South Duke StreetDurhamNCBusinesses: Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company19482016---The site just to the west of the first Duke Factory was Washington Duke's first in-town...
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STARLITE DRIVE-IN
2523East Club BoulevardCross street: East Geer StreetDurhamNCThe Starlite drive-in theater opened in the mid-1940's and operated until ~1961, when it was abandoned. Abandoned Starlite Theater,...
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Sterling Proctor
Sterling Proctor owned 280 acres of land which is now part of the City of Durham, southwest of the NC Railroad. Sterling Proctor was born in 1804, son of Richard Anthony Proctor, who was the recipient...
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In the post Civil war era, Richard Anthony Proctor and his children owned over 1500 acres of land which is now part of the City of Durham. Their land was south of the NC Railroad, as far west as...
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