211 North Mangum Street, December 1963 (Courtesy Duke Archives) The First Baptist Church was the first church in Durham. The congregation formed in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist church, according to Boyd's history of Durham, "in the Piney Grove schoolhouse, 1 mile south of West Durham." In 1850, with population growing near "Durhamville" and...

207-209 N.Mangum, home of Gladstein's, which fit the Big Man. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The First Baptist Church was the first church in Durham. The congregation formed in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist church, according to Boyd's history of Durham, "in the Piney Grove schoolhouse, 1 mile south of West Durham." In 1850, with population growing...

(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking northwest, 1963. Orange St. is on the left, N. Mangum on the right. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The First Baptist Church was the first church in Durham. The congregation formed in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist church, according to Boyd's history of Durham, "in the Piney Grove...

1964 From the National Register Nomination (1985): 517 Holloway Street -This foursquare house resembles the Scanlon House in its side-hall plan and elongated form and the Kirkland House in its upper fenestration on the main facade. An imposing wraparound porch with heavy box posts on random-coursed ashlar plinths shelters an entrance with:a...

From the 2007 Preservation Durham plaque application compiled by Heather Slane (then of Trinity Design/Build, now of hmwPreservation): Based on architectural evidence, the house at 519 Holloway Street was likely constructed between 1890 and 1900 by then owner, J. H. Gilbert. Gilbert purchased two parcels of land from M. F. May and Martha J. May in...

Durham Morning Herald clipping from September 10, 1916 (online via NCLive). J. T. Christian had this building constructed in 1916 as a new home for his printing company, which had previously operated out of the Herald building on Market Street. The above image was part of a two-page spread Christian took out in the Morning Heral to promote the...

Drawing of the "Grand Central Garage" on East Chapel Hill St., 1919 The Washington Duke Hotel was built in 1924. The automobile-oriented building on Chapel Hill Street (to the east of the corner building) likely provided some off-street parking for the hotel as well as gasoline.

The building at 126-130 West Parrish was likely built around 1902 - perhaps incorporating earlier structures. In 1923, it housed Byrd & Bryan, a predecessor to Stone Brothers and Byrd, and Tager Brothers, John Tager's clothing store. Later, it became the longtime home of Kimbrell's Furniture. In September, 1955, it was destroyed by fire. Looking...

The Hackney Block was built in 1902 adjacent to the pre-existing 202-204 North Corcoran Street, which may have been remodeled to match Hackney Block cornice line - or vice-versa. This view from the 1910s is looking east, across Corcoran Street, and shows the detailed cornice and finials. (Courtesy Durham County Library) The Hackney Block housed a restaurant, an undertaker, and a "carbonated water bottling works" in 1907.

202-204 North Corcoran Street was likely built as early as the 1880s as a tobacco prizery - it may have been remodeled to match Hackney Block cornice line - or vice-versa. In 1888, the building housed the JS Lockhart tobacco warehouse. By 1898, the building housed the Mallory Cheroot Company, which had previously been located in a smaller building...