Your Story Is Part of Durham History.

This resource - an online community archive of Durham people and places - is built by and for the community. A project of the local non-profit Preservation Durham, it helps trace the evolution of our city block-by-block, building-by-building, story-by-story. Your experiences and recollections, your words and images not only matter, they are crucial to documenting and sharing this rich legacy. Browse what others have already contributed, and create an account to add your voice!

Recent Finds

Parkwood Branch Library

Parkwood Branch Library opened in July of 1975. It was closed down in 2009-2010 and was replaced by the South Regional Library on S. Alston (the former site of the Lowe's Grove School).

1721 N Roxboro

1721 N Roxboro -- THE ROWE-PASCHALL HOUSE, 1924

The Rowe-Paschall House is a one-story, brick-clad Craftsman Style house constructed in 1924 for A. P. and Mary Gilbert. It is believed that the architects for this house were James and Garland Rose. Throughout the 1910s and 20s, the Rose and Rose firm counted among Durham’s most important architects. They designed many of the early homes in the...

Holland House

1705 N. Roxboro St.-- THE HOLLAND HOUSE, 1924

This elegantly appointed house was built for Nathan Dexter “Deck” Holland and his wife Lula in 1924. The architects are believed to be James and Garland Rose of Durham. At the time of its construction it was beyond the city’s northern limits in the stylish new automobile suburb, “Duke Park.” The neighborhood was laid out by Brodie L. Duke’s Duke...

Recent Tours

Then & Now

2022 Preservation Durham Home Tour "Then & Now"

Then & Now Part 2

2023 Preservation Durham Home Tour: "Then & Now, Part 2"

Join us on May 20-21, 2023 for our annual home tour. Tickets on sale at preservationdurham.org

Recent Comments

staylor97 commented on 106 W. Seeman St.

Researching Ancestry and found that my Grandfather lived in this house 1924-1926.

OurHuckleHome commented on Durham Water Company - Huckleberry Hill Reservoir

Could you please tell me where to find the picture of the Huckleberry Hill reservoir?

roberson919 commented on Northgate Mall

I recently spent a weekend at a hotel in North Hills in Raleigh and it's absolutely amazing what

redd682-wh-'40 commented on King's Red And White

Before Red & White, King operated an Amoco service station on the south east corner of Roxboro Rd