1108 Fayetteville Street

1108 Fayetteville, 1962.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Above, 1100 block of Fayetteville St., looking north from Umstead St., 1922.
(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.)

The west side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was another primarily residential block of Fayetteville St. In 1923,
L.W. Willhoite lived at 1108.

By 1930, 1108 had become the McLaurin Funeral Home, later the Ray and Sons Funeral Home.

Ad from 1930 Hill City Directory (Via DigitalNC)

This portion of Fayetteville St. was demolished ~1965. It now lies in the middle of the right-of-way of 'new' Fayetteville St., as it curves to rejoin the old alignment at Umstead.

Looking north from Umstead St., 11.15.08

Looking north from Umstead St. - the old path of Fayetteville St. would pass directly through the blue sign and the red brick two-story apartment building.