South Church Street

Sw Corner Church & E Main: 130 East Main

Looking west on East Main St. from Church St., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The building on the southwest corner of Church St. and East Main was Johnson's drugstore; the building immediately to its east was another commercial building, although I don't know what type of business was located there. Upstairs from Johnson's drugstore was the site of...

106 South Church Street

106 South Church St. was the Savoy Hotel, later the Royall Hotel, later the Durham Hotel. Photographic documentation of South Church Street is incredibly meagre, given how many people must have come in and out of Union Station in the early-to-mid 20th century.

108-110 South Church Street

108-110 South Church St. was the Savoy Hotel, later the Royall Hotel, later the Durham Hotel There were two buildings on the west side of South Church St. 108-110 S. Church St. is to the left, with the single story portion at the rear. In 1923, Rex Dry Cleaning was located at 108, and Butler's Auto Service Station was located at 110 In 1934: Vacant...

Durham County Courthouse (second)

Looking southwest, ~1920. (Courtesy Duke Archives). After Durham County was established by vote of the state legislature in 1881, the first courthouse (and everything else related to the business of the new county) was located in rented space in Stokes Hall, on the northeast corner of Corcoran and West Main St.

Old Jail

Old Jail, looking south-southeast from behind the buildings in the 100 block of East Main Street. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun) Not the original jail, this jail was built in 1916 out of materials reused from the original jail - which stood just to the south of the first Durham County courthouse. Per George Lougee, this structure was only used briefly...

Durham County Courthouse (first)

After Durham County was established by vote of the state legislature in 1881, the first courthouse (and everything else related to the business of the new county) was located in rented space in Stokes Hall, on the northeast corner of Corcoran and West Main St.

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 demolished to extend a street and build a parking deck in September 1968.