Woodrow Street

2205 Woodrow St.

2021 Woodrow St.

From a 1953 advertisement for Durham Builders Supply Company, located at South Buchanan and West Main Street. In the ad, 2021 Woodrow is the "New" contrasted with 412 McMannen Street as the "Old". The subtitle reads "Helping build a BETTER Durham since 1929. 1953 1999

2201 Woodrow

1950s (Courtesy Barry Norman)

Hester House - Children's Museum

(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Simeon J. Hester purchased 576.5 acres of land in West Durham from William Willard in the 1870s; whether Hester built the house he would inhabit after his purchase is unknown, but architecturally, the house appears to be an early to mid 19th century structure with late 19th century embellishments/additions. Most...