822 North Mangum Street, 1980 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection - CDS collection) The 800 block of North Mangum Street, between Little Five Points and the renovated houses north of Geer Street, continues to experience significant transition. The busy intersection of Geer St. and Mangum St., with a large auto repair shop, forms a...

The Cheek family at their 'homeplace' on Alexander Avenue, formerly called Chase Street, c. 1938. (Courtesy Clint) Clint provided the following information about the photo and Alexander Avenue. "The street was actually named after my great great grandfather Alexander Smith. Alexander owned a home & store on the street, then called Blacknall st...

The two buildings at 120 and 122 West Main St., immediately to the east of the Geer Building, were constructed in the late 1910s, replacing earlier buildings that had been destroyed by the fire of 1914. Above, a picture of the north side of the 100 block of West Main St. looking northeast. It was taken a few years after the rebuilding of the block...

The south side of the 100 block of West Main St. contains a collection of some of the oldest structures remaining in downtown. The buildings at 117 and 119 West Main St. both date from the 1890s. 117 and 119 West Main, 1905. (Courtesy Duke Archives) An unusual shot shows these buildings from Parrish St. immediately after the fire of 1914 - a view...

118 N. Dillard was part of this second generation of elaborate structures, built for/by Thomas Peay and his family. Peay is listed as a "tobacconist" in the 1903 city directory. It shared many stylistic similarities with the still-extant 204 N. Dillard, which was adjacent to the house before Liberty St. was extended east of Dillard in the 1930s...

(Courtesy Durham County Library) 112 West Main St. was the initial homes of the Durham Book and Stationery Company. Like all of the buildings profiled thus far on the north side of West Main St., it was built in the mid-late 1910s, after the fire of 1914. The picture above was taken sometime during the late 1920s or early 1930s. Another shot, from...

The building at 104 West Parrish St. was constructed in 1908. West Parrish from Orange St., looking northwest, 1922. A bird's-eye view of Parrish Street, looking northwest, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives) 106 West Parrish, the brick building on the northwest corner of Orange St. and West Parrish, was built by William P. Clements for his office...