East Umstead Street

Fayette Place was a large public housing project developed by the Durham Housing Authority in 1967; it supplanted a large portion of residential Hayti and served as 'replacement housing' for many who were forced out of historic housing by urban renewal. With Durham Freeway Construction in the background - 1967 (Durham County LIbrary) 1959 Aerial...

1108 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Above, 1100 block of Fayetteville St., looking north from Umstead St., 1922. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.) The west side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was another primarily residential block of Fayetteville...

(County Tax Record photo) Segregated from facilities serving Durham's white community, the Harriet Tubman YWCA was a major site of organizing for civil and women's rights activism. Built alongside the John M. Avery House, which it had used since relocating from its first address on Fayetteville Street in 1937, the Tubman Y's new building opened...

John M. Avery House, 1922. From Milestones Along the Color Line This was the home of John M. Avery and his wife; Avery is listed in the 1923 city directory as "pres Acme Regalia Co. Vice-pres-sec North Carolina Mutual Co. and treas Bankers Fire Insurance." In 1938, the Harriet Tubman YWCA occupied the house. By 1955, the home was torn down, and the...

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a hip-roofed rear ell on the southwest corner and series of shed-roofed rear additions east of the ell. The earliest known occupant is Matilda Townsend (maid) in 1925. According to her obituary, she was employed by Professor C. W. Toms and later Mrs. J. A. Buchanan. Townsend remained in the house until her death in 1965.

This one-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width front gable and a hip-roofed bay window toward the rear of the east elevation. The earliest known occupant is Eula W. Perry (domestic) in 1935; county tax records confirm the 1935 construction date.

This one-story, clipped-side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, gabled rear ell. According to deeds, the Community Damp Wash Laundry & Corporation controlled the site through the 1920s and the Crystal Laundry is listed at this address in 1930. However, the property changed ownership in 1929 and county tax records date the current structure to 1930. The earliest known occupant is Carter C. Smith Jr. in 1935.

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a hip-roofed front dormer. The earliest known occupant is Mary C. Evans (domestic) in 1925. When Evans died in 1958, the property was sold to the Durham Colored Library.

From Milestones Along the Color Line, 1922 Demolished in 2011