Looking northwest at the corner of Liberty St. and North Roxboro. (Photo Courtesy Durham County Library - Ralph Rogers Collection) This beautiful Queen-Anne House was located at the northwest corner of Roxboro and Liberty Streets (across from the current location of the main library.) It was representative of the quality of architecture located in...

The Union Missionary Baptist church has destroyed an important piece of African-American history by destroying the former Royal Ice Cream Parlor, the site of very early sit-ins, even before Greensboro. Back in the 1950s, this building was the Royal Ice Cream parlor, a segregated business. From a timeline sent to me:

(Picture by G. Kueber, 2006) Another house featured in the 1980 architectural inventory, (and ironically noted then for its upkeep and recent renovation), 716 Holloway has been abandoned for a few years as of 2006. Per the inventory (note all present tenses refer to 1980) This recently restored house with the prominent and unusual clipped gable...

This is the fourth post in a "mini-series" about the intersection of E. Main and Dillard streets. The last corner to examine is the northwest corner, which transitioned from residential to a bus station to a vacant lot. Here is the corner as of this morning 8/7/06, looking west from Dillard. I'll repeat the satellite view here: And a view of this...

The previous two posts have examined the history and land use of the northeast and southeast corners of East Main St. and Dillard St. Today's post examines the southwest corner of this intersection, the site of the current health department. (Looking south) Here is the satellite view from Google of this corner, with most of the relevant past and present locations marked.

On the northeast corner of Main and Dillard streets is the below imposing structure. Looking northeast, July 2006.

The grand house of Julian S. Carr - the most elaborate Queen Anne Victorian struture to have stood in Durham.

Owner: James Marvin Bradford Built: circa 1910 Timing is everything. Unfortunately, my timing failed this test - I had intended to shoot pictures of 502-504 North Roxobro last weekend. August 2006 I apologize for the poor quality of this picture - but you never know how quickly or slowly the Durham Demolition... uh, Department of Housing and...

Above, 520 Holloway in 1964 520 Holloway, the Moore-Umstead House, was constructed in 1903, and is one of the major contributing structures in the Cleveland-Holloway historic district. 520 Holloway in 1979, above. Unfortunately, quite awhile ago, it fell into the hands of James "Fireball" White, where historic properties go to die. It has been...