(Courtesy Duke University Archives) 10.28.26 Under Construction, 06.02.1926 (Courtesy Duke University Archives) (Courtesy Duke University Archives) 10.28.1926 (Courtesy Duke University Archives) 1930s (Courtesy Duke University Archives) 1930s (Courtesy Duke University Archives) 04.26.08 11.06.11

04.26.08 Constructed by Fred Roll around 1920, the building served as a grocery store and pool hall - primarily catering to customers of Lakewood Park. Per the Historic Inventory, the last grocery operator was Marvin Mangum. The upstairs was an apartment - one of Fred Roll's daughters lived in the apartment for several years.

One of the earliest masonry structures built in what is now the core of downtown, west of Corcoran St. was the Armory Building, built ~1895. Looking east on West Main St., 1900. Two two-story buildings are on the right side of the street - the more elaborate of the two, with the flanking square turrets projecting from the second floor, is the...

The building at 226 West Morgan St. was built sometime in the mid-1920s, replacing earlier tobacco prizery buildings. 226 West Morgan was a plumbing supply wholesaler in 1937. 226 West Morgan St. looking northeast from Morgan and Foster. 226 West Morgan St. looking northwest from Morgan and Holland.

The building at 224 West Morgan St. was built sometime between 1923 and 1937, replacing earlier tobacco prizery buildings. 224 West Morgan St. looking northwest from Morgan and Holland. The building was torn down before 1970 by the urban renewal program. The land sat vacant, it appears, until the late 1990s, when the YMCA returned to downtown. It continues to operate its downtown branch at this location.

Looking north on Church, 1984. (Courtesy Durham County Library) (Courtesy Duke Archives)

(from "Images of America: Durham" by Steve Massengill) On the northeast corner of Main and Dillard streets is this imposing structure. Looking northeast, July 2006.

On the northeast corner of Main and Dillard streets is this imposing structure. Looking north, November 2018.