Southern Durham

06.13.13 Built by/for the Bryant family, who ran the Southern Conservatory of Music across the street. As of 2013, functioning as an Elk's Lodge.

The Berea Baptist Church was founded in 1855, yet this church building is from 1900. Next to the church is a graveyard that is the resting place of some early South Durham families.

12.09.12 This former "Amazing Castles" mini-golf / arcade / go-kart place was rocking back in the early 90s, but is likely Durham's only abandoned castle as of 2012. Tax records show that the land is owned by Builders of Hope. Perhaps they plan to re-locate the castle? Given the recent struggles of that group, I doubt this land is going to be...

(Courtesy Preservation Durham) Per the Preservation Durham 2012 Pyne Award Nomination (in italics): Before 15-501 was a four-lane thoroughfare between Durham and Chapel; before the construction of I-40 through the Triangle; and before Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Barnes & Noble, and parking lots dominated the intersection of I-40 and 15-501, two artists...

1999

Owned by Mary Lee Pickett as of 2012

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