Lumber Company

Graybar Electric - 303 South Duke St.

The brick storefront at 303 South Duke St. was built in 1930 by Southern Land and Lumber for the Graybar Electric Company, a national electric supply company. The structure was designed by local architects Rose and Rose.

Cary Lumber Company

The Cary Lumber Company was established in 1894 and moved to Durham ~1900, originally locating at 101-107 West Chapel Hill St. at Five Points. In 1913, the company moved to the 'edge of town' near Milton Avenue and the railroad tracks to "get out of the congested area." The company built a sizable complex of buildings, including a mill and large...

D.B. Cameron Lumber Company- West Main Street

Per the 1953 Centennial edition: " The Lumber Business of D.B. Cameron in 1900 was located on Main Street, near Five Points, about the site where the present Rose's store is located [actually a bit further west - GK]. Cameron is standing at the left and next to him is a Mr. Laubacher, one of his employees. The two other men are not identified; one...

Floyd Coal Company / Cowan Mitchell Lumber Co

Cowan-Mitchell Lumber company, visible just beyond the Durham Hosiery Mill No 1 buildings. Floyd Coal Company, company, visible just beyond the Durham Hosiery Mill No 6 buildings.

West Durham Lumber Company

West Durham Lumber, 1930s. West Durham Lumber was established in 1923, and purchased by Russell Barringer, Sr. and a friend in 1925. Barringer managed the business. The company became successful early on - Barringer lived in Hope Valley and supplied much of the lumber for new construction and new developments. B.B. Olive wrote of the West Durham...