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2109 Hart St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) 1-story gable-and-wing type house with a cutaway bay window on the front gable and a porch sheltering the main block with replacement metal posts. Vinyl siding and 1-over-1 sash windows that may be replacements. 1930 CD, 1937 SM. C...
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2107 Hart St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Aubrey Crutchfield House. 1-story brick Minimal Traditional-style house with a front gabled wing, metal casement windows, and a partial front porch with metal posts and railing. 1955 CD: Aubrey Crutchfield owner/occupant (Model Food...
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2105 Hart St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Flora O'Neal & Minnie King House. 1-story side-gable Craftsman-style house with gable end chimney, German siding, 3-over-1 sash windows, exposed rafter tails, and a 2-bay gabled Craftsman porch. 1937 SM. 1935-1940 CDs: Flora O'Neal...
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Farmers Mutual Exchange - Maintenance Garage

1956 07.03.13
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Farmers Exchange Cold Storage / Freezer Lockers

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") The Cold Storage and Freezer Locker Plant in Durham offers all services needed for the complete processing and storage of meat for farmers and others. Processing starts with the dressed carcasses, which farmers bring to the plant or which the plant has bought for those wanting meat. For a...
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900 Mallard Ave. - Farmers Exchange Hatchery

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") Farmers Exchange Chick Hatchery has a two-fold purpose–to provide a cash market for hatching eggs produced by farmer patrons with specialized flocks and to hatch the thriftiest type chicks for either broilers or layers. Growing from 3600 chicks hatched each week in 1940 to the production of...
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1108 Morning Glory Ave.

Above, 1108 MG as "Jean's Take-Out" - date unknown. 1108 Morning Glory was Vickers Grocery in the 1930s-1940s. During that period, it was a frame structure located on the same footprint. By 1950, the building had either been replaced or encased by cinderblock and brock. By 1962, it was "Harvey's Sandwich Company." As of 2012, it's most recent...
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Farmers Exchange - Poultry Plant

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") " A Poultry Plant to process and market large amounts of poultry was one of the first operations started by the Exchange to give local farmers a source of income other than tobacco. When the Department began operating in 1931, there was very little poultry being grown in this section - not...
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Durham Farmers Mutual Exchange / Central Carolina Farmers Exchange

Agricultural cooperatives had existed in various informal and small-scale forms for generations prior to the 1920s. However, changes in farming operations during the early part of the 20th century led to a broadening of theory and legislation. Agricultural economist Edwin Nourse wrote in 1918 that a “new agriculture [was] developing, one that was...
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708 East Main St.

1960s (Durham County Library) Demolished for the Fayetteville Road connection to North Elizabeth ~1970
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