December 2017, photograph by Heather Slane - hmwPreservation County property records indicate that this house was built in 1944. The 1960 City Directory listed Lewis Justice and his wife Medessa Justice. Lewis Justice worked as a janitor at Pearson School and Medessa Justice worked as an office secretary at Pearson School. From the National...

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers. According to the Durham County Tax Administration, this house was built 1944. According to the 1939 City Directory, the resident of 812 N. Elizabeth Street was Lemuel Barbee, professional ball player. According to the 1960 City Directory, the resident of 812 N. Elizabeth Street was...

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers According to county tax records, this house was built in 1948. In the 1960 City Directory, residents of 1115 N. Guthrie were listed as J. Van and wife Pauline S. Weaver. He worked as a superintendent at Meade Containers Inc.

April 2000, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers County property records indicate that this ranch style house was built in 1954. The 1960 City Directory listed Mrs. Jessica H. Kirkland, widow of Arthur L. Kirkland, as the property owner. In 1960, Jessica Kirkland resided at the property with her daughter Dorothy F. Kirkland, a...

November 2002, photograph by Preservation Durham survey volunteers. According to county property records, this pyramid cottage was built by 1930, but it seems likely to predate that assessment by a decade or more. Originally from a farming family north of town, James Urban Lowe had been drafted and served in Europe during the First World War. A...

04.23.2020, L. Constantine Like much of the surrounding area, this property was part of the farm of Jesse B. Geer until his death in 1881. Fragment of the Lewis Blount map of late 1860s Durham, "drawn from memory entirely" in 1923. Likewise shown on the map fragment above, Jesse Geer's son Frederick already had an established farm and lands of his...

1710 Fayetteville Street in 2017. Source: Durham County Tax Administration. Thought to have been built around 1916, the first known residents and owners of this house were Hattie McMillan and her son, Walter, in the early 1920s. After switching hands and residents in the 1930s, the home was purchased by Charles Rudolph Stanback and his wife Geneva...

Scan of an 1890s tintype image. Courtesy of Durham County Library, Durham Historic Photographic Archives (Mattie Bagley, contributor). Not to be confused with the white congregation of the same name (and formed in the same decade), the West Durham Baptist Church organized in 1892 in a single-room structure on Ferrell Street in the Brookstown...

(06.28.2002, from volunteer survey by Preservation Durham) This house was built around 1950 for Palmer L. and Clara Perkins. At the time, Palmer Perkins is listed in the city directory as a janitor at Durham Bank & Trust (located in the Trust Building at 212 W. Main) while Clara Perkins worked at the Modern Beauty Shop in the heart of Hayti. Mrs...