Business / Organization Type Laundry Dry Cleaners Can you help?You don't need to know everything, but can you improve the description? Maybe add some more details?Log in or register and you can edit this. Long-operating laundry and dry cleaning business with multiple locations. Known as Model Steam Laundry in the early 20th century, and sometimes referred to as Model Cleaners. Related People Co-owner Lindsey, Robert L. Robert L. Lindsey is noted as a proprietor of the Model Steam Laundry and "general manager, co-founder, and attorney" for the Durham Public Service Company from 1899-1949. He was noted as "a Durham man by birth" and a member of the Board of Aldermen, representing the second ward. Also general manager and president of the Durham Traction Company... Read More Related buildings 217 Foster Street 217 Foster Street Read More 205-207 North Church St. (Courtesy Norman Williams Collection) (Courtesy Duke Archives) The buildings along the west side of the 200 block of North Church St. are a very-well preserved block of early 20th century structures. The Hicks building, on the northwest corner of North Church and East Parrish, and its immediate 3 neighbors to the north were constructed around 1910... Read More 808-812 Washington Street 808-812 Washington St., 1949 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) By 1949, 808-812 Washington was the home of branch of the Model Cleaners, which had its beginnings on West Main Street prior to a move to 209 Foster St. by the 1920s. Read More 209 Foster Street 209 Foster Street Read More 309 West Main St. / Armory Building / Old Hill Building One of the earliest masonry structures built in what is now the core of downtown, west of Corcoran St. was the Armory Building, built ~1895. Through 1902, the structure is labeled as "Corporation Stable and Armory Hall (2nd)". In 1907, the Durham Steam Laundry and Model Laundry appear to have taken over the first floor, although the Armory Hall is... Read More Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
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