Bottling Company

309 South St.

309 South. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) South Street, which still exists south of Lakewood Avenue, once continued north to (or started at, depending on your perspective) Vivian St., running between Blackwell St. and South Mangum (McMannen) St. Near Vivian St., South St. once separated the city light and power/ice...

307 South St.

South Street, which still exists south of Lakewood Avenue, once continued north to (or started at, depending on your perspective) Vivian St., running between Blackwell St. and South Mangum (McMannen) St.

Coca Cola Bottling Company Of Durham - Hillsborough Rd.

311 South St.

311 South. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) South Street, which still exists south of Lakewood Avenue, once continued north to (or started at, depending on your perspective) Vivian St., running between Blackwell St. and South Mangum (McMannen) St. Near Vivian St., South St. once separated the city light and power/ice...

1207 1/2 Angier Ave.

The intersection of S. Alston Ave. and Angier Ave., looking northwest from ~the railroad tracks. The intersection of E. Main and S. Alston is in the background. Taken sometime in the 1950s. (Courtesy Herald-Sun)

459-463 South Driver Street

Coca-Cola Bottling Plant - West Main

The Durham Coca-Cola bottling plant, originally located on the southeast corner of N. Church and Liberty Sts., relocated to the southeast corner of Milton Ave. (now Buchanan Blvd.) and West Main St. in 1930. A flat-roofed industrial wing extended off the western and southern facades of the building to accommodate machinery. In 1966, the bottling...

Se Corner Church And Liberty - Coca Cola Botting Company

Looking southeast, 1960s. (Courtesy Durham County Library) The southeast corner of N. Church St. and Liberty St. was, per a 1951 writeup, the location of the downtown Coca Cola bottling plant from its inception in 1905 until it moved to West Main St. and Milton Ave. in 1930. The building above, however, was built between 1920 and 1923. The sign on...