Tax Record photo of the Bragtown Trading Post. Demolition, August 2008 (Courtesy Barry Ragin) Site of 2804-2810 North Roxboro, 10.26.08.

2842 N. Roxboro Road, looking southeast, 10.26.08 2842 N. Roxboro was, in the mid-20th century, the Center Drug Store. "Wren" writes: I don't remember when it ceased being a drug store, but definitely before 1975. It had a second-hand store in it for a while. Upstairs were two large apartments with high ceilings, hardwood floors, large rooms. I don...

The former AT&T switching station at 3003 N. Roxboro Road, built in 1928, which now belongs to Verizon (along with the looks-like-a-tree-to-me cell tower,) 10.26.08

1999 (DC Tax Office) 2013 (Courtesy Michael Wright)

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04.19.09 From the NR listing, in italics below: Riley's Paint Warehouse, a small one-story concrete-block building at 732 Washington Street, was built about 1950 to the rear of Scott and Roberts Dry Cleaning Plant, Office and Store. It first appears in the 1950-1951 City Directory. The concrete-block building has a west façade veneer of red...

W.C. Lea House. Craftsman style house with a side gable roof, interior and end chimneys and plain siding. It features 4-over-1 paired sash windows and an original Craftsman door with a transom and sidelights and a bracketed hood. A side porch is enclosed and there is a large 1 1/2-story, front gabled rear addition ca 1995. 1930 CD: W. Clark Lea...

Andrew Anderson House. Foursquare house with a hip roof, front gable, and wide boxed eaves with paired curvilinear brackets. Windows are paired 9-over-1 sashes. It has plain siding and a replacement front door with transom and sidelights. The full 1-story porch features massive Craftsman posts with brackets and the original railing. Other exterior features include a shallow entrance gable and an end chimney.

08.28.11 Burell-Height House. Bungalow with a side clipped gable roof, deep eaves with large brackets and a front clipped cross-gable with louvered vent. The exterior has plain siding and paired 9-over-1 sash windows. An eyebrow vent rests over the entrance, which has an original glazed and paneled door. The engaged porch has battered posts and...

08.28.11 D. T. Sasser House. Large ornate Foursquare with hip roof, interior chimneys, deep eaves with curvilinear brackets, and a hipped front dormer. The front cross- gable has a lunette. Other finish includes plain siding, replacement front door with original transom, 2-over-1 sash windows, and a 1-story wraparound porch with massive paneled...