4 storefronts once existed where 201 West Main Street does now Left to Right, 201-203, 205, 207, and 209 West Main St., 1905 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham) Evidently built by Richard H. Wright in 1895, 207 West Main was the first home to the Citizens Bank, which evolved from the Morehead Bank. The...

511 Morgan These buildings were all demolished by Urban Renewal in the late 1960s. The entire block is now occupied by the SouthBank building and copious parking. From the north side of Morgan, facing south, 2007.

509 Morgan 501-509 Morgan, 09.18.52 (Courtesy the Herald-Sun) These buildings were all demolished by Urban Renewal in the late 1960s. The entire block is now occupied by the SouthBank building and copious parking.

The south side of the 500 block of Morgan St. evolved from a primarily residential area during the late 1800s to a commercial strip by the late 1920s. The block face, aside from the Jones Warehouse, contained a residence and the Gospel Tabernacle in the early 1920s Looking west from Trust building - Gospel Tabernacle is the white frame building on...

Looking northwest. Looking southwest from E. Pettigrew and Pine (S. Roxboro) (Courtesy Duke Archives) While we think of a relatively small number of early tobacco companies in Durham these days, there were many early companies, most of which fell by the wayside, one by one, as Blackwell and Duke became the predominant players. The Lyon Tobacco...

The First Presbyterian Church began when Dr. Richard Blacknall moved from 'Red Mountain' (Rougemont) to Durham in 1860 and persuaded Revs. James and Charles Phillips to come from Chapel Hill to hold sermons in the Trinity Methodist or First Baptist churches. His wife organized Sunday school classes in the First Baptist Church as well. The...

1960s, looking northwest. (Courtesy Durham County Library)

701-703 East Main. These structures were all demolished by the city in the late 1960s, using urban renewal funds. Elizabeth St., as noted, was re-routed to the east to connect with the re-routed Fayetteville St. I believe that this was playground space for the public housing complexes to the north and west (Liberty St. apartments and Oldham Towers). By the late 90s, it was empty green space.

629 East Main. These structures were all demolished by the city in the late 1960s, using urban renewal funds. Elizabeth St., as noted, was re-routed to the east to connect with the re-routed Fayetteville St. I believe that this was playground space for the public housing complexes to the north and west (Liberty St. apartments and Oldham Towers). By the late 90s, it was empty green space.

621-625 East Main. These structures were all demolished by the city in the late 1960s, using urban renewal funds. Elizabeth St., as noted, was re-routed to the east to connect with the re-routed Fayetteville St. I believe that this was playground space for the public housing complexes to the north and west (Liberty St. apartments and Oldham Towers). By the late 90s, it was empty green space.