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316 Gray Ave.

Likely built between 1909 and 1915, 316 Gray is one of four identical houses remaining in this block. In 1919, Charles Hamlet, a "driver" for the Durham Traction Company (streetcar) lived here. I

1014 Demerius Street

Rothschild H. Holden House. Brick 1 1/2 story Dutch Colonial Revival/Tudor Revival-style house.

1010 Demerius Street

House. Two-bay wide painted brick Ranch house.

1004 Demerius St.

Jefferson D. Gibson House. Side-gabled Tudor Cottage.

925 Demerius Street

Cabell B. Jones Jr. House. Minimal Traditional-style 1 1/2-story gable-and-wing form house.

923 Demerius St.

Floyd R. Clark House. Minimal Traditional-style 1 1/2-story side-gabled house.

919 Demerius Street

Small brick Ranch house of side-gabled, 1-story form, with 2/2 sash windows, a west side wing with a gable end chimney, and a garage in the east end basement.

Kennedy's Commercial School

A. Virgil Kennedy, of Union County, KY, said he "rode the rails" to come to Durham from Colorado to accept a teaching job at the old Durham Business School, operated for a number of years by Mrs. Walter Lee Lednum. Kennedy had graduated from Western State Teachers College, Gunnison, CO. His connection with Mrs. Lednum's school (defunct by 1953)...

Durham Business School

The Durham Business School was a professional school serving African-American students during the segregated era. In 1953, it was operated by Mrs. LM Harris at 901 Pine Street (South Roxboro Street.) The school was first located at 1005 Fayetteville Street before moving to 901 Pine Street 6 months later. In 1953, Mrs. Harris was president of the...

Croft Secretarial and Accounting School

CA Croft, a native of Princeton, (Webster County) Kentucky, graduated from Kentucky State Teachers College and received professional training at Bowling Green University in Bowling Green, KY. He had time to teach one year in an Iowa high school before going into the Army during WWI. After the war, Croft taught for 10 years at Wheeler's Business...