Southern Durham

Berea Baptist Church And Cemetery- 5011 Fayetteville Road

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.

4350 Garrett Rd. - Mini Golf Castle

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...

2502 Pickett Rd.

Straw Valley

(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...

3611 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

3511 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

3316 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

Owned by Mary Lee Pickett as of 2012

3313 Old Chapel Hill Road

3309 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

3305 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

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