James W. Blackwell, brother of WT Blackwell (of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco fame) built his house at the southwest corner of Lee (later Duke) Street and Yancey Street sometime between 1881 and 1887. The house first appears in the City Diretory of 1887, which included a map of prominent Durham locations. An early photograph, taken sometime in the...
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