Machine Shop

Whitted Tobacco Company, 1895. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) James Young Whitted began tobacco manufacturing in 1859 in Hillsborough in partnership with James Webb; their company was appropriately named Webb & Whitted. The company ceased operations at the beginning of the Civil War and Whitted was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. He mustered out of the army in April 1863 due to wounds sustained at Antietam.

The warehouse district area north of Morgan St., what is left of it, is a mid-20th century creation. The area near Rigsbee Ave. and Broadway St., in particular, was a higher-end late 19th and very early-20th century residential area. Looking north-northwest up Rigsbee Ave., 1924. The houses are clustered around Broadway and Rigsbee. (Courtesy Duke...

The Nash Motor Company Showroom was built in 1924 at 112 South Duke St. It was built with similar form and detailing as contemporaneous car showrooms, such as the Alexander Ford and Johnson Motor Co. dealers on East Main St. It was originally called "Nicholson Motor Sales." (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection)