517 S. Duke The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were spared in the remainder of the 'study area.' On the western side of downtown, Duke St. represented the urban...

515 S. Duke 515 S. Duke - Some commercial infill had already occurred along this corridor - this was an insurance office. The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were...

513 S. Duke The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were spared in the remainder of the 'study area.' On the western side of downtown, Duke St. represented the urban...

509 S. Duke - Some commercial infill had already occurred along this corridor - this was an insurance office. The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were spared in the...

507 S. Duke St. was a residential property, likely built in the 1920s. The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were spared in the remainder of the 'study area.' On the...

501 S. Duke (Durham County Library) The building at the back of the Duke Mansion property (perhaps a caretaker's house/servant's quarters?) is visible to the left in this picture, taken of the southeast corner of Duke and Jackson. The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While...

339-341 W. Main was built in the 1920s as part of a row of structures replacing earlier frame establishments and industrial uses, such as Seeman's Carriage Works. The area between Corcoran and L & M rapidly took on a retail focus during this era, as the 'core' of downtown to the east focused more on the office and government sectors. (Courtesy Duke...

343-345 West Main, 1950s (Courtesy Herald-Sun) 343-345 West Main is a well-decorated portion of a row of buildings along W. Main Street at Five Points, built during the 1920s. The earliest and best view I could find of the whole row is from the 1920s. (Courtesy Duke Archives) By 1937, 343 housed the White Way Lunch, with the American Beauty Shoppe...

The 200 block of West Main St. was first the site of one of Durham's earliest major warehouses before it was home to Durham's first skyscraper; the Banner 'Drive In' warehouse was built on the site during the 1880s. Banner Warehouse, ~1884, looking north from south of West Main Street. (Courtesy Duke RBMC - Wyatt Dixon Collection) The Banner...

Built on a full 4 acre block, and replacing his earlier mansion, "The Terrace," Four Acres was Benjamin Duke's chateau-esque estate in the core of Durham. After Duke's death in 1929, the house became an event venue / alumni house for Duke University, until they cast it aside in the 1960s. It was demolished in 1961 and replaced with the NC Mutual tower.