506 Morehead aerial, 1959 The Alphonsus Cobb House was located at 506 Morehead Avenue. He came to Durham from Hickory, NC and resided at the Carrolina Hotel where his brother Howell was proprietor. Alphonsus Cobb became manager at the hotel in 1902 and by 1905 he was proprietor. In 1911-12 he worked at the Corcoran Hotel. By 1915 he resided at 714...

502 Morehead was occupied by Judge Howard Foushee, his family, and a nurse in 1910. Unlike the other houses nearby, this was a single story house, referred to as a “cottage,” which sat on a slight elevation about four feet above the sidewalk. In 1923 Wallace E. Seeman, son of Henry T. Seeman, bought the property. Seeman lived here until 1926 when E...

414 Ashton Place (Courtesy Durham County Library) ----- (Courtesy Duke Archives) Jackson Street initially ran parallel to West Chapel Hill St. before making a turn in its final block to meet West Pettigrew on a perpendicular. The continuation of the street along the parallel to West Pettigrew Street was called Dandy Street. By the early 20th...

408-410 Ashton Place (Courtesy Durham County Library) (Courtesy Duke Archives) Jackson Street initially ran parallel to West Chapel Hill St. before making a turn in its final block to meet West Pettigrew on a perpendicular. The continuation of the street along the parallel to West Pettigrew Street was called Dandy Street. By the early 20th century...

413 Ashton. (Courtesy Durham County Library) (Courtesy Duke Archives) Jackson Street initially ran parallel to West Chapel Hill St. before making a turn in its final block to meet West Pettigrew on a perpendicular. The continuation of the street along the parallel to West Pettigrew Street was called Dandy Street. By the early 20th century, this...

612 Carr - a later bungalow, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking southwest, 1880s (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Carr, situated directly across Carr St. from the American Tobacco warehouses, were the early location of company housing - what we'd call 'mill housing' were this a mill; small detached houses with yards that...

Sandwich shop on the southwest corner of Jackson Street and Carr St., looking southwest. The picture is a bit distorted because I spliced two old pictures together. (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking southwest, 1880s (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Carr, situated directly across Carr St. from the American Tobacco warehouses...

716 Willard, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking north at the intersection of Morehead and Willard, ~1950 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The 600 and 700 blocks of Willard were a continuous block, the numbering divided by the intersection with Warren St. on the east side of the street. The southern end of...

714 Willard, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking north at the intersection of Morehead and Willard, ~1950 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The 600 and 700 blocks of Willard were a continuous block, the numbering divided by the intersection with Warren St. on the east side of the street. The southern end of...