Downtown South

321 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

321 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

319 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

319 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

317 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

317 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

315 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

315 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

311 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

311 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

307 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

307 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

305 Matthews St. / Red Cross St.

305 Matthews (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest across the area around Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., 1891. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) I'd like to know how the short diagonal street extending southeast from Blackwell St. got the name "Red Cross Street", but I...

210 Tatum Place / Pipe St.

There was nothing particularly remarkable about Tatum Place, once called Pipe St. - a small one-block street with small unassuming housing that connected Matthews St. with South St. - except, for me, the contrast between the landscape then-and-now. 210 Tatum Pl. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Below, aerial looking...

211 Tatum Place / Pipe St.

There was nothing particularly remarkable about Tatum Place, once called Pipe St. - a small one-block street with small unassuming housing that connected Matthews St. with South St. - except, for me, the contrast between the landscape then-and-now. Below, aerial looking north. Tatum St. runs left to right, only between Matthews and South - the...

209 Tatum Place / Pipe St.

There was nothing particularly remarkable about Tatum Place, once called Pipe St. - a small one-block street with small unassuming housing that connected Matthews St. with South St. - except, for me, the contrast between the landscape then-and-now. 209 Tatum Pl. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Below, aerial looking...