The 400 block of Willard St. faced the east side of BN Duke's 'Four Acres' and, one block from the streetcar and downtown proper, constituted a prime address in the late 19th and early 20th century. The pre-eminent house in the block was the Southgate Jones house, previously profiled on this site back in November of 2006. 400 Willard from West...

The 400 block of Willard St. faced the east side of BN Duke's 'Four Acres' and, one block from the streetcar and downtown proper, constituted a prime address in the late 19th and early 20th century. The pre-eminent house in the block was the Southgate Jones house, previously profiled on this site back in November of 2006. 400 Willard from West...

Original Lakewood School, 1910s The original Lakewood School was likely built around 1910. There is some evidence that a school on the site may have been run as more of a country schoolhouse by JW Proctor and his wife Julia prior to the school becoming part of the county system ~1910. The similarity of the above school to other county schools at the time gives credence to the idea that the school was built around the time of induction as a county school.

Carr Junior High --- Brodie Duke's house, 1883. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Brodie Duke, the eldest of Washington Duke's children, was the first of the Duke clan to recognize the potential of Durham in expanding tobacco production and transport. Brodie was born in 1846, the second child of Washington Duke and Mary...

Brodie Duke's house, 1883. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Brodie Duke, the eldest of Washington Duke's children, was the first of the Duke clan to recognize the potential of Durham in expanding tobacco production and transport.

Carmichael Warehouse under construction in 1926, shot from the top of the Hicks warehouse looking northwest. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Carmichael Warehouse under construction in 1926, shot from the top of the Hicks warehouse looking northwest. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)