North Roxboro Street

207-209 Holloway Street

The 200 block of Holloway was a transitional block between downtown and the East End during the middle portion of the 20th century. As Highway 98/US 70 leading into downtown, (in the pre-interstate era), gas stations and small services proliferated along Holloway. (Holloway was a dominantly residential street in the early 20th century, with the...

300 Block North Roxboro (west)

Looking northwest at the corner of Liberty St. and North Roxboro, late 1960s (Photo Courtesy Durham County Library) There is a bit of cannabilization today, as I profiled the MV Lawrence, above, about a year ago. But I didn't see the point of ignoring it as I profiled the block. Besides, I think it deserves a double profile.

426 North Roxboro

426 Roxboro, looking ~east., 1963 February 1966 So, as of 2007, the deal between the city and Housing for New Hope to essentially donate the eastern side of the 400 block of North Roxboro to the non-profit to construct a "10 unit apartment building for the homeless" is now public, in yesterday's Herald-Sun, which refers to the land as "nearly...

First Presbyterian Church (1890-1916)

Looking northeast, 1905. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

Mv Lawrence House- 213 Liberty St.

Looking northwest at the corner of Liberty St. and North Roxboro. (Photo Courtesy Durham County Library - Ralph Rogers Collection) This beautiful Queen-Anne House was located at the northwest corner of Roxboro and Liberty Streets (across from the current location of the main library.) It was representative of the quality of architecture located in...

Royal Ice Cream / Charlie Dunham's / Union Independent School

The Union Missionary Baptist church has destroyed an important piece of African-American history by destroying the former Royal Ice Cream Parlor, the site of very early sit-ins, even before Greensboro. Back in the 1950s, this building was the Royal Ice Cream parlor, a segregated business. From a timeline sent to me:

502 North Roxboro

Owner: James Marvin Bradford Built: circa 1910 Timing is everything. Unfortunately, my timing failed this test - I had intended to shoot pictures of 502-504 North Roxobro last weekend. August 2006 I apologize for the poor quality of this picture - but you never know how quickly or slowly the Durham Demolition... uh, Department of Housing and...