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512-516 East Pettigrew

Looking southwest, ~1970. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking east down the south side of East Pettigrew St., ~1970. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

762-764 Ninth

Looking southeast, 1940s. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 762-764 Ninth St., the bookend to the two-story structures at the Perry St. end of the Ninth St. commercial strip, appears to have been built in the late 1920s. It initially housed Whitmore’s Bakery at 762 and Mack’s Food Shop at 764. Upstairs tenants appear to...

105-107 South Mangum Street

105-107 is to the far left. I have to take somewhat of a piecemeal approach to the east side of the 100 block of S. Mangum St., as there isn't a very complete early shot of the streetscape. Below, looking north from the tracks on Mangum St., you can see the mix of brick structures replacing the earlier wood, frame structures. The Italianiate window...

402 South Driver

Prominent, architecturally significant 2-story brick commercial building located at the comer of Angier Ave., with a diagonal entrance facing the intersection. The building has housed many businesses, including the Boone Drug Store, CM Headache Powders, Dr. Shuler's office, and the Seagroves grocery.

608 Fayetteville

608 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) "> 610 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

506-510 East Pettigrew

508-510 East Pettigrew, looking southeast, July 1965. The railroad siding in the foreground ran down Branch Place alongside the Durham Hosiery Mill No. 2. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The building at 506-510 E. Pettigrew was built in the early 1930s, initially housing Israel Gordon's Fish Market on the corner (506)...