West Knox Street

2507 W. Knox St.

1001 North Buchanan Boulevard

Side-gable 1-story brick duplex with a central chimney.

923 North Buchanan Blvd.

Ira McBroom House. Side-gabled 1 and 1/2-story brick Tudor Cottage with a front chimney, a comer recessed porch with arched brick bays, 6/1 sash windows, and an arched entrance gable. Ira J. McBroom, a bus operator for Durham Public Service Co., was the owner-occupant in 1940. Garage. Ca. 1935. Flat-roofed btick garage contemporary with the house.

923 Iredell St.

Birthplace of John D. Loudermilk

2612 West Knox Street

Miracles Barber Shop - 1407 West Knox Street

I can't really easily discern too much history about this great little building, built sometime before 1937; it once was 1407 W. Knox / C St., but it is currently on the same parcel as the house immediately to its west, 926 Berkley. It is owned by St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. It appears to have been a restaurant/food stand by the 1940s...

1307 West Knox / Walltown Neighborhood Ministries

Built as a grocery store ~1930, 1307 Knox St. was run by Benjamin W O'Neal during the 1930s, and by Walter Gresham during the 1940s. By the 1990s, the store was a haven for drug activity, with a drug-trade-infamous pay phone outside; in 1999, it was purchased by Self-Help, and renovated via a grant from the Duke Office of Community Affairs. The...

Duke And W. Knox - Northwest

Looking northwest from N. Duke and W. Knox, May 1938 (Courtesy Duke Forest Collection) Looking northwest from N. Duke and W. Knox, 06.21.10 (Copyright Endangered Durham) Find this spot on a Google Map. 36.013064,-78.905537

N. Gregson And W. Knox - Southwest

Looking southwest from W. Knox and N. Gregson, May 1938 (Courtesy Duke Forest Collection) Looking southwest from W. Knox and N. Gregson, 06.21.10 (Copyright Endangered Durham) Find this spot on a Google Map. 36.013129,-78.908383

Scarboro's Food Store / Wellspring Grocery / Magnolia Grill

Ninth St., looking northeast, ~1980. Floyd Wright opened a grocery on this corner between 1926 and 1930. By the late 1930s, this grocery had been taken over by long-time County Commissioner Dewey Scarboro, who lived next door at 1006 Ninth St. Per the Old West Durham website, Scarboro's Food Store was a favorite stop for children from EK Powe...