1981

1981

1981

This great modern gas staion and repair shop was altered when the new Wal-Mart came in. The old version reminded me of Craige Motors on S. Duke Street. The new monstrosity is visible from space though, and back on the market for close to a million if I remember right.

This simple cinder block building housed a bar called Edna and Lucky's. The building used to extend further, but was lost in a fire. Edna and Lucky's was demolished in 2009 or 2010 to make way for the expansion around the new Wal-Mart.

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) (Below in italics is from the 1985 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Around 1910, tobacco warehousemen Maynard Mangum and U.T. Umstead hired contractor Lonnie Glosson to construct this house which they sold to Carl Stallings, an executive in the...

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) 2000's

(Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library)

1981 (Old North Durham Architecture Slides, Durham County Library) (Below in italics is from the 1985 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two story square Italianate house of brick with roof supported by large brackets. Two story porch across half of front facade and roofless one story section extending farther...