Looking southeast from East Main St., ~1910. (Courtesy Durham County Library) The southwest corner of Roxoboro and East Main St. initially was the location of a home, although I don't know the original inhabitant. This house was still in place when the first courthouse was built immediately to its west. Looking southeast from East Main St., 1880s...

(Courtesy Durham County Library) The John L. Markham Cash Store, located at the southwest corner of Main and Mangum Sts., was the first commercial brick structure in Durham, built sometime prior to 1881. (From "Durham: A Pictorial History" by Joel Kostyu)

The John L. Markham Cash Store, located at the southwest corner of Main and Mangum Sts., was the first commercial brick structure in Durham, built sometime prior to 1881. (From "Durham: A Pictorial History" by Joel Kostyu) Looking southwest from Mangum and Main, 1890s.

Looking northwest. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The block of East Chapel Hill St. between Holland St. and Rigsbee Ave. was the site of the William Mangum homestead and farm, which stretched west to present-day Morris St, and the AM Rigsbee house - Rigsbee's farm extended east across present-day Rigsbsee Avenue. These homesteads were two of the earliest...

From the corner of Rigsbee Ave and East Chapel Hill St., looking northwest at the AM Rigsbee house, ~1920s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection - Wyatt Dixon Collection) The block of East Chapel Hill St. between Holland St. and Rigsbee Ave. was the site of the William Mangum homestead and farm, which stretched west to present-day...

William Mangum house, looking north from present day Chapel Hill St - late 1800s. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

looking east-northeast, 1952.

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