Shoe Repair

716 Fayetteville

700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s. 714-8 Fayetteville is the last building in the block, at the corner of Fayetteville St. and then-St.Joseph St. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun) 716-718 Fayetteville appears to have been built in the early 1920s; in 1923, 714 housed the Norfolk Sport Shop. By 1941, 716 housed Community Shoe Repair, and 718 Medliin's Seafood. By 1947, 716 housed the Pearline Beauty Salon, 718 Smith's Grocery

304 South Driver St.

304 South Driver St., 1980 304 South Driver (A, B, and C) was built in the mid-to-late 1940s, initially housing the Durham Shoe Rebuilders, the Driver Ave Barber Shop, and Lynette's Restaurant. By the mid-1950s, the barber shop had closed, and Lynette's was listed as "Lynette's Cafe and Fountain". Lynette's persisted into the 1980s. I'm unsure as to when it closed.

748-752 Ninth

744-752 Ninth St., 08.29.63 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Built in the early 1920s, 748-752 Ninth St. housed Bowen’s Barber Shop at 748, Universal Stores Inc at 750, and Pender Stores Co at 752 in 1926. 1930: 748 West Durham Market meats 750 Moser’s Barber Shop 752 Universal Stores Co Inc (br) bros 1930s-1940s

713-717 Fayetteville

713, 715, 717 Fayetteville St., 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The multi-bay commercial structure at 713-717 Fayetteville St. appears to have been built circa 1930. By the mid 1930s, 713 housed Max Zuckerman's meat market, 715 William Boykin's tailor shop, and 717 the Carolina Barber Shop.

710-712 Fayetteville

Looking southwest, 700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s (Courtesy The Herald Sun)

526-532 East Pettigrew

(Courtesy State of North Carolina Archives) Above, looking south at the block of East Pettigrew between Henry Alley (intersecting street on the right) and Cozart St. (intersecting street next to Speight's service station, on the left) - circa ~1940s. 526-532 is the two-story structure next to Henry Alley.