Office Building

Home Security Life Building / Police Department

Modernist office building built by the Hill family in 1957 for their Home Security Life insurance company. In the 1990s, it became the headquarters for the Durham Police Department.

First Federal / Southbank Building

1974 The First Federal Savings building was constructed in 1974 on a city block that had been razed via urban renewal. This block was built up over the course of the early 20th century, evolving from an 'accessory industrial' and residential area to a retail area during the 1920s. Remnants of the residential form are still evident in the picture...

1014 Lamond Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1970s brick structure, one-story; each office has its own outside entrance.

1006 Lamond Avenue

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) A one-story brick structure built late 1970s in L-plan with cross gables.

Diamond View Iii

04.11.13 In 2012, Capitol Broadcasting (the owners of American Tobacco,) began construction on the third of their new construction office buildings, appropriately, if somewhat prosaically, named "Diamond View III." The area on which this building was constructed was the intersection between Matthews Street and Blackwell Street prior to the late...

Bc Remedy Company / Measurement Inc.

Looking southwest, likely late 1940s or early 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)