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812 Fayetteville

812 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 812 and 812 Fayetteville were likely developed between 1890-1910 and housed a number of different families over the course of the 20th century. The houses were demolished by 1968. 810-812 Fayetteville, 10.05.08
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McMannen, John

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610 Fayetteville

"> 610 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 608-610 Fayetteville was built in the early 1930s. The Bull City Drug Store was a long-time tenant of 610 Fayetteville. 608 Fayetteville was the first home of the Service Printing Company before it moved to East Pettigrew St. and a series of pool halls, most notably the Dixie Sport Shop and Central Community Club Billiards.
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708 Fayetteville

Looking southwest at the 700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald Sun)
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706 Fayetteville

Looking southwest at the 700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald Sun)
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Scarborough and Hargett

Longstanding Funeral Parlor / Burial Service, primarily serving the African-American community during the segregated era. Despite having moved/been moved many times, Scarborough and Hargett remains viable. (Pun intended.)
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Victor Bryant Jr House

Victor Bryant Jr. House, 1981. Between 1925 and 1930, attorney Victor Bryant, Jr., constructed this Colonial Revival house on Vickers Avenue, designed by Northrup and O'Brien. Northrup and O'Brien plans, drawn in 1924. More detail at NCSU library. His father, Victor Bryant, a prominent lawyer in Durham and one-time city attorney, had a large house...
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522 Mcmannen (south Mangum)

The early houses along McMannen St. were occupied by names that would become familiar in Durham: Cheek, Wilkerson, Mangum, Angier among them. As mentioned yesterday, many of these houses were supplanted by larger, more ornate structures in the 1890s-1900s.
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520 Mcmannen (south Mangum)

The early houses along McMannen St. were occupied by names that would become familiar in Durham: Cheek, Wilkerson, Mangum, Angier among them. As mentioned yesterday, many of these houses were supplanted by larger, more ornate structures in the 1890s-1900s.
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516 Mcmannen (south Mangum)

The early houses along McMannen St. were occupied by names that would become familiar in Durham: Cheek, Wilkerson, Mangum, Angier among them. As mentioned yesterday, many of these houses were supplanted by larger, more ornate structures in the 1890s-1900s.
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