---- Trinity Park High School, 1904, looking east-northeast, with Lanier Hall, Branson Hall, and the Asbury Building in view. (Courtesy State Archives) In other posts on this website, I've detailed the slow creation of an adequate school system in Durham, which consisted of a patchwork of private tutors and schools and rural schoolhouses until the...

Asbury Building, 1910s Trinity Park High School, 1904, looking east-northeast, with Lanier Hall, Branson Hall, and the Asbury Building in view. (Courtesy State Archives) In other posts on this website, I've detailed the slow creation of an adequate school system in Durham, which consisted of a patchwork of private tutors and schools and rural...

507 North Mangum, on the left. North Mangum St. remains one of Durham's most pleasant residential streets north of Geer Street. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the residential portion of the neighborhood was still in close proximity to downtown, with large houses along the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of the street. During the early 20th...

North Mangum St. remains one of Durham's most pleasant residential streets north of Geer Street. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the residential portion of the neighborhood was still in close proximity to downtown, with large houses along the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of the street. During the early 20th century, with extension of the...

In the background, with the tower, 511 North Mangum St. North Mangum St. remains one of Durham's most pleasant residential streets north of Geer Street. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the residential portion of the neighborhood was still in close proximity to downtown, with large houses along the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of the...

Looking north on Roney St. from East Chapel Hill St., late 1920s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) The 300 block of Roney St. first developed as a residential street - the disparity in housing is striking as you compare Morris St., to the left in the above picture, and Roney, to the right. As the warehouse...

The 'wide end' of the western Five Points was residential property until the early-mid 1920s 1913 Sanborn map showing the western triangle of Five Points and the large residential structure at its western end. By 1925, the large house had been torn down, and the land was set for auction. Looking southeast from Great Jones St. and West Main St., 09...

From Durham and Her People, 1951 THE LAMP POST at 509 W. Chapel Hill St. is owned by Mrs. Robert W. Hays, daughter of the late J.A. and Mrs. Laura T. Duncan. The Lamp Post is unique in the field of catering in Durham. They are well and favorably known for the good food served.

From "Durham and Her People" FOY'S GRILL, 1103 1/2 W. Chapel HIll St. serves regular meals, sandwiches, special plates, etc. and draws patronage from a wide area, including Duke University. Owner of this concern is Foy R. Veasey, who was born on a farm in Granville County on February 7, 1914, the son of D.U. and Lessie Tippett Veasey. He attended...

Administrative building for the Sisters of St. Dominic at 725 South Buchanan, looking southwest towards Milton/Buchanan, 1957. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Looking southeast, 1948. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) There aren't many pictures of the 600 and 700 blocks of Burch Avenue to go by, but the above aerial shot, with Burch the...