(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The 300 and 400 blocks of Morehead contained a mix of smaller structures, corner groceries, and, as one moved westward, up the hill towards South Duke St., more stately housing. As you can see in the above photo, Morehead originally ran immediately south of the multi-story Fowler Building at the American Tobacco...

Christian's (West Point) Mill, 1890s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection - Wyatt Dixon Collection) West Point may the most persistently relevant site in Durham - a place of importance to Native Americans, early European settlers, and present-day residents of Durham. The West Point area was well-known to the Eno Indians, who appear...

201 Jackson (Courtesy Durham County Library) Additional copyrighted photographs with 201 Jackson in the background can be found here, here, and here. The 200 block and 300 block of Jackson St. were essentially a single block, the numbering change occurring where Ashton Place met, but did not cross Jackson at mid-block. It ran from Willard St. on...

301 Jackson (Courtesy Durham County Library) The 200 block and 300 block of Jackson St. were essentially a single block, the numbering change occurring where Ashton Place met, but did not cross Jackson at mid-block. It ran from Willard St. on the west side to Warren St. on the east, immediately adjacent to the Morehead School in the next block...

305 Jackson (Courtesy Durham County Library) The 200 block and 300 block of Jackson St. were essentially a single block, the numbering change occurring where Ashton Place met, but did not cross Jackson at mid-block. It ran from Willard St. on the west side to Warren St. on the east, immediately adjacent to the Morehead School in the next block...

309 Jackson (Courtesy Durham County Library) The 200 block and 300 block of Jackson St. were essentially a single block, the numbering change occurring where Ashton Place met, but did not cross Jackson at mid-block. It ran from Willard St. on the west side to Warren St. on the east, immediately adjacent to the Morehead School in the next block...

311 Jackson. (Courtesy Durham County Library) The 200 block and 300 block of Jackson St. were essentially a single block, the numbering change occurring where Ashton Place met, but did not cross Jackson at mid-block. It ran from Willard St. on the west side to Warren St. on the east, immediately adjacent to the Morehead School in the next block...

605 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

603 Willard Street, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using...

519 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...