I can't say that I find the Howerton-Bryan building on West Main, a colonial revival funeral home/chapel built around 1930, all that architecturally fascinating, but the Howerton-Bryan business holds, I believe, a singular distinction as the oldest continually operating business in Durham. Established in 1874 by RT Howerton at 316 North Mangum St., the firm eventually included the rest of the family and became Howerton and Sons.