Fayetteville Street Corridor Project

Fayetteville Street Corridor Project

The Hayti Promise Fayetteville Street Corridor Project was developed to create fair and inclusive growth for the Fayetteville Street Corridor and its nearby neighborhoods.

Purpose

In 2024, the Durham City Council unanimously approved a $10 million American Rescue Plan Act investment to launch the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project. The Project is dedicated to creating sustained, positive change through numerous initiatives grounded in the preservation of cultural identity and historic places in the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project area.

Through historic preservation, environmental conservation, legal services, and more, the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project advances initiatives supporting three strategic goal areas: Placekeeping, Real Estate, and Business.

Initiatives

To bring strategic goals to life, Hayti Promise invests in a network of initiatives designed to help ensure that the Corridor’s wealth, identity, history, culture, and sense of place are preserved and elevated.

Since 2025, Preservation Durham has partnered with Hayti Promise to implement several Placekeeping initiatives supporting historic and cultural preservation. Open Durham now highlights three of these initiatives:

The Hayti Promise Historic Plaque Initiative celebrates the people, places, and stories that define Fayetteville Street and Historic Hayti. Each plaque is supported by deep historical research incorporated into this Open Durham tour.
The Hayti Promise Oral History Initiative preserves the lived experiences of the residents, business owners, and families who shaped Fayetteville Street and Historic Hayti creating a publicly accessible resource that honors the corridor’s history and voices. Each oral history will be available on Open Durham soon.

The Hayti Promise History Walking Tour brings Fayetteville Street’s past to life through an immersive, performance‑based experience created by Whistle Stop Tours. A tour outline is available on Open Durham.

Visit www.HaytiPromiseCDC.org to learn more about these and other initiatives contributing to the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project.

1208 Fayetteville- Henry And Laura Burnett House

Henry & Laura Burnett House

Henry Burnett built 1208 Fayetteville in 1910 for his family, including his wife, Laura Burnett, and children Henry Burnett Jr., Frank Burnett, Catherine Burnett, and Nannie Burnett Smith. Henry was a delivery driver/chauffeur, and Laura worked as a maid and cook. Henry passed away in 1928 at the estimated age of 45. Laura was a part of many local...

1211 Fayetteville - Dr. J. Napoleon Mills House

(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / scanned by Digital Durham) 1211 Fayetteville was the Durham home of Dr. Joseph Napoleon Mills, a notable doctor from Kinston, North Carolina. Dr. Mills came to Durham circa 1908 after attending the Leonard Medical School at Shaw University. Dr. Mills was a general practitioner who specialized in...

1213 Fayetteville Street – Harris-Ingram House

This one-story, side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and four-pile with a full-width rear gable and a gabled front dormer. County tax records date the building to 1920; the earliest known occupant is Connie A. Harris (driver) in 1925. Harris was the proprietor of a billiard parlor in the 700 block of Fayetteville Street. According to the Ingram...

1217 Fayetteville- Charles W. and Eva J. Thompson House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a two-story, projecting gable on the right end of the façade. County tax records date the building to 1921; the earliest known occupant is C. W. Thompson (barber) in 1925.

1218 Fayetteville Street- F.K. "Movie King" and Parepa Watkins House

FK Watkins house, late 1970s. From the Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application: 1218 Fayetteville Street was the home of Frederick K. Watkins. Watkins, known as ‘The Movie King,’ became the most prolific theater owner in North Carolina. Before arriving in Durham, F.K. Watkins grew up in the small town of Russum, Mississippi, and later...

1222 Fayetteville Street- Mebane-Bailey House

This one-story, gable-front-and-wing house is four bays wide and triple-pile with a large shed-roofed addition at the rear and a flush gable on the right end of the façade. The building appears on the 1913 Sanborn map. It is listed as vacant in the 1920 city directory; the earliest known occupant is Walker Mebane (laborer) in 1925. (Stokesdale...

1223 Fayetteville Street – Earl and Ollie Baucum House

This one-story, side-gabled bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with wide, gabled dormers on the façade and rear elevation. County tax records date the building to 1920; the earliest known occupant is Earl Baucum (carpenter) in 1925.

1224 Fayetteville- William E. Waller Meat Shop

This one-story commercial structure is two-bays wide, with a gabled roof on the southern bay and a flat roof on the northern bay. The building appears on the 1913 Sanborn map. It was listed as vacant in the 1920 city directory; the Busy Bee Pressing Club and William E. Waller meats were listed at this address in 1925. It is currently the Eagle...

1409 Fayetteville Street- Tuten-Lyon-Mitchell House

04.08.12 From the Preservation Durham Plaque Application (below in italics): John and Mamie Tuten were the original owners of 1409 Fayetteville St. John passed away in 1925, likely before or around the time the home was completed. Mamie was a domestic worker. She went on to marry Lonnie Williams, a World War I veteran. The next owners were Eugene...

1410 Fayetteville Street – Turner-Alston House

This one-story, triple-A-roofed house is three bays wide and single-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed rear ell. The earliest known occupant is Walter Matthews (brickman) in 1930.

1501 Fayetteville Street – James B. and Annie C. Alston House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is two bays wide and double-pile with a projecting two-story gable on the right end of the façade and a projecting canted bay on the south elevation. The earliest known occupants are James B. and Annie C. Alston.

1503 Fayetteville Street – Dr. J. W. V. and Pearl Cordice House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a projecting two-story hip-roofed bay on the north elevation and a two-story, gabled rear ell on the southeast corner. The house has a painted brick foundation, vinyl siding, and nine-over-one, double-hung wood sash windows. The hip-roofed front porch is supported by tapered...

1504 Fayetteville Street – Cox-McNeill House

This one-story, side-gabled house is three bays wide and four-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed rear ell. County tax records date the building to 1920.5.

1505 Fayetteville Street – Rogers-Ferrell House

This one-story, hip-roofed bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a full-width, shed-roofed rear ell and a shed-roofed screened porch behind the ell.

1507 Fayetteville Street – Fennell-Hamilton Property

This one-story, hip-roofed bungalow is three bays wide and triple-pile with a gabled rear ell on the southeast corner and a shed-roofed block north of the ell. It is nearly identical in form to the house at 1505 Fayetteville. County tax records date the building to 1925. The earliest known occupant is William A. Allen (waiter, Benjamin F. Pitts) in...

1509 Fayetteville Street – Annie and Isaac Alston House

This two-story, front-gabled house is three bays wide and double-pile with a gabled rear ell on the southeast corner and an interior brick chimney. County tax records date the house to 1920; the earliest known occupant is Isaac Alston (laborer) in 1925.

1601 Fayetteville Street – Marcellus & Nola M. Allen House

This two-story, hip-roofed, Craftsman house is four bays wide and five bays deep with a projecting, two-story, gabled bay on the north elevation and a two-story, shed-roofed, full-width rear ell. The earliest known occupant is Marcellus Allen (fireman) in 1925; it is currently four or five units.

1603 Fayetteville Street – Matthew D. and Addie Williams House

This one-story, clipped-side-gabled house is three bays wide and double-pile with a projecting gabled bay on the right end of the façade. County tax records date the building to 1935; the earliest known occupant is Matthew D. Williams (clerk, Durham Fish & Produce Company) in 1940.

1605 Fayetteville Street – White-Goodloe House

This one-story, side-gabled duplex is four bays wide and five-pile with a full-width rear gable. The building is very similar in form to 1607 Fayetteville. The earliest known occupant is Wendell G. White in 1935 and the building appears as a duplex on the 1937 Sanborn map.

1608 Fayetteville Street- Dr. Charles H. and Mary A. Shepard House

1608 Fayetteville, late 1970s Dr. Charles Shepard, brother of Dr. James Shepard (who founded present-day North Carolina Central University) and son of Augustus Shepard (minister of White Rock Baptist Church) was a prominent local physician who practiced at Lincoln Hospital. He built this house at 1608 Fayetteville St. in the late 1920s. It is...

1609 Fayetteville Street – Gatling-Hill House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a projecting, two-story, hip-roofed bay on the north elevation with a one-story, shed-roofed block behind it. The earliest known occupant is Hattie L. Livas (clerk, N C Mutual Life Insurance Company) in 1930.

1610 Fayetteville Street – Felicia D. Miller House

This two-story, hip-roofed Foursquare house is two bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, gabled rear ell on the northwest corner. County tax records date the building to 1926; the earliest known occupant is Felicia D. Miller (clerk, Bankers Fire Insurance Company) in 1930.

1612 Fayetteville Street – John F. and Isadora J. Williams House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and four-pile with a two-story, projecting gabled bay on the north elevation. The earliest known occupant is John F. Williams (cleaner and presser) in 1925. It is currently a tri-plex.

1614 Fayetteville Street – Whitted-Pratt House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and triple-pile with two two-story, hip-roofed rear ells. The earliest known occupant is James M. Whitted (building contractor) in 1925. It was also associated with the Pratt family, one of the first black land-owning families in Durham.

1619 Fayetteville Street- McLaughlin Neighborhood Store

1619 Fayetteville- 2017

Two-story pyramidal house, originally two bays wide and two bays deep with a typical four-square configuration, that has been added onto and expanded multiple times. A wrapping one-story wing, potentially an original porch, has been a store since before the 1937 Sanborn map recorded the footprint.

1622 Fayetteville- Mary J. L. and Rev. William T. H. Woodward Rental Property

Image of 1622 Fayetteville Street from 2017

This house is three bays wide and single-pile, with a side gabled roof and a full-width, gabled wing extending the rear. A single interior brick chimney is visible behind the ridge. The shed-roof front porch, supported by concrete piers and wood posts on each end, has a slab floor and modern railing. Four-over-four double hung windows appear to be...

1702 Fayetteville Street

A hipped-roof bungalow with a large front gabled dormer, this house is three bays wide and double-pile, with projecting gabled wings on each side elevation and a large rear hipped roof addition. A full-width, hipped-roof front porch shelters a six-light craftsman-style front door; it and the one-over-one windows throughout are likely replacements...

1704 Fayetteville- James G. and Rosanna T. Mason House

1704 Fayetteville Street

Substantially remodeled in 2021, this three-bay, triple-pile bungalow has a side gabled roof form with deep eaves, a gabled front dormer with a pair of six light casement windows, and a gable roof wing to the rear. It retains its wood siding and deep eaves, although brackets visible before the renovation have been removed. Modern six-over-one...

1706 Fayetteville Street- Wendell G. and Edna F. White House

This two-story house is two bays wide and double-pile, with a hipped roof, small hipped dormer on the front facade, and a large two-story rear wing. The two-story front porch is full width of the first floor and then steps in on the second floor, with replacement posts and balusters. The front facade shows a replacement front door beside an...

1708 Fayetteville Street- Bessie E. and Charles McLaurin House

1708 Fayetteville Street- 2017

Three bays wide and double-pile, this brick-veneered house has a typical gambrel roof, with chimneys at each gable end, and a centered entrance under a small gable roof supported by square posts and brackets. A full width shed roof dormer sits at the rear, as well as a one-story shed-roofed wing, likely an enclosed porch. An open porch with brick...

2002 Fayetteville Street

From Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application One-and-a-half story, side gabled Minimal Traditional, two bays wide and two deep, with two projecting front gabe wings. A screened porch with a flat roof, half-wall, and distinctive metal balustrade sits on the north side, a full-width shed roof dormer extends across the rear, and a small shed...

2004 Fayetteville Street- Hattie E. Shepard House

From Preservation Durham Historic Preservation Application Numerous members of the Shepard family, one of the most notable families in Durham’s history, owned and lived in 2004 Fayetteville. Annie Day Shepard was the first owner of the home and would eventually co-own the home with her husband, James E. Shepard. Annie and James never lived in 2004...

2006 Fayetteville Street- Bush-Lucas House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane, National Historic District Submission, December 2017 Dr. Gow and Lucylle Bush were the first two residents at 2006 Fayetteville Street. They purchased the property in 1939 but likely had it built in 1942. Dr. Bush was a professor of Biology at North Carolina College, which would become North Carolina Central...

2008 Fayetteville Street- Merrick-Sansom House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane, National Historic Register Submission, December 2017 From Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application Edward Merrick and Lyda Vivian Moore Merrick were the original owners of 2008 Fayetteville Street. Edward lived in the home from 1964 until he died in 1967. Lyda lived in the home from 1964 to 1978. Lyda was...

209 East Umstead Street- Willie B. and Wilson L. Bradsher House

This three-bay, double-pile Minimal Traditional has a cross-gabled roof with a smaller projecting gable over the entrance and west bay at the front facade. A full-width rear gable is one bay deep, and the house is further extended with an enclosed shed roof back porch. The house has brick veneer throughout, except the front porch, which is sheathed...

2100 Fayetteville Street - Fenton H. and Roxie A. Rowland House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane (National Historic Register Submission) - December 2017. Fenton and Roxie Rowland were the original owners of 2100 Fayetteville Street. Fenton was born in Virginia on February 12, 1895, to Virginia D. and L.H. Rowland. He was the owner of Rowland & Mitchell Tailor shop at 200 1/2 Main Street, and worked in...

2104 Fayetteville Street - Dr. Norman H. and Eugenia A. Cordice House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane (National Historic Register Submission) - December 2017. Dr. Norman H. Cordice, Sr. and Eugenia Allbritton Cordice lived at 2104 Fayetteville Street for nearly 50 years, purchasing the home on September 11, 1945, from Ida Mae Bass. Originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Cordice moved to Durham, NC...

2106 Fayetteville Street - Mr. and Mrs. James T. Taylor House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane (National Historic District Submission) - December 2017. The Taylor family, the first owners and occupants of 2106 Fayetteville Street, was a family of educators who dedicated their time, energy, and resources to civil rights activism in Durham. James T. Taylor was born in Danville, Virginia, and raised in Wilson...

2108 Fayetteville St. – Viola G. and Elbert C. Turner House

Photograph of 2108 Fayetteville Street by Heather Slane (hmwPreservation) - December 2017. Viola G. Turner had the home at 2108 Fayetteville Street built in 1940 for approximately $4,600. The Union & Insurance Realty Company built the house and promoted it as a model home with open inspections. She married Elbert C. Turner in 1943, when he also...

2110 Fayetteville St. – Carter-Cox House

A photograph of 2110 Fayetteville Street by Heather Slane (hmwPreservation) - December 2017. Earl and Irma Carter were the first owners of 2110 Fayetteville Street. Earl Carter, originally from Charleston, West Virginia, attended West Virginia University before starting his career in the insurance industry. He moved to Durham to work at the North...

2114 Fayetteville Street - Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Prince House

A photograph of 2114 Fayetteville Street under repair, taken by Heather Slane (National Historic Register Submission) - December 2017. Walter Jackson “Jack” and Hattie Prince were the first owners and longest occupants of 2114 Fayetteville Street. Walter was born and raised in Durham County and attended Durham County schools for his primary...

2116 Fayetteville Street- Page-Liverpool House

Photograph taken by Heather Slane, National Historic Register Submission, December 2017 From Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application Albert and India Page were the owners of 2116 Fayetteville Street when the property was built. The couple never lived in the home and owned it for only four years after it was built. The duplex was largely...

2549 Fayetteville Street-Edna A. and Dr. James M. Mason House

Picture of the Edna A. and Dr. James M. Mason house

Dr. James Madison Mason and Edna Adams Mason were the original owners and occupants of 2549 Fayetteville Street. Dr. Mason was born in Chatham County and lived in Durham before moving to South Boston, Virginia. Dr. Mason attended Shaw University for his medical degree. He then established a medical practice in South Boston, per the advice of...

409 Dunstan Ave. – Kyles Temple Ame Zion Church

This large, front-gabled church has a square tower at the front east corner, and a one-story, shed-roofed ell across the rear. The church is of brick construction with a brick water table and an exterior chimney at the west rear. One cornerstone states the Church was organized in 1929; it was offshoot of nearby St. Mark’s A.M.E. Church and was...

531 S. Roxboro- St. Mark's Ame Zion (1954-)

From the Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application: Originally located at the home of William and Flora Colley, the current structure of the St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has been located at 531 S. Roxboro Street (originally the corner of Pine and Pickett Streets) since 1900. The first official structure, a white frame...

1111 Fayetteville Street- Dr. Leroy Swift Office and Residence

1111 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Looking north on Fayetteville St. from Umstead St., 1922 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Scanned by Digital Durham) The east side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was exclusively residential until the 1950, when a medical office building...

1215 Fayetteville Street-Nurse-Pearson House

Photos of Nurse-Pearson house, dated April 1981

Aubrey St. Clair and Sarah Nurse were the original owners of 1215 Fayetteville, living in the home when it was built in 1925. The home was a Sears & Roebuck house, specifically the Westly model. Aubrey was a dentist, and Sarah was a domestic worker. They are only noted to have lived in the home for a year according to the Hill City Directories. Drs...

1302 Fayetteville Street – James L. and Pearl Page House

This one-story, gable-front-and-wing house is three bays wide and double-pile with a gabled rear ell on the northwest corner and a hip-roofed block south of the ell. The building appears on the 1913 Sanborn map; the earliest known occupant is James L. Page in 1920. Page operated a Page’s Grocery next door at 1304 Fayetteville.

1304 Fayetteville Street- J.L. Page and Sons Grocery

J.L. Page Grocery, late 1970s

1306 Fayetteville Street – College Inn

This one-story, front-gabled commercial building has a three-bay aluminum storefront with a door flanked by large picture windows. A grocer and blacksmith are listed at this address as early as 1925; however, the current building was likely constructed around 1935. The College Inn (confectioners and restaurant) was listed here from 1935 through...

1406 Fayetteville- Scarborough House

(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Scanned by Digital Durham)

1407 Fayetteville St.

04.08.12 Daisy E. Scarborough purchased the lot that would eventually become 1407 Fayetteville Street in 1920. This lot was intended to be built on if and when Daisy’s daughter, Ernestine S. Bynum, wanted to settle down in Durham and build her own home. The home was built circa 1937, after Ernestine’s father built the property as a means for...

1408 Fayetteville Street – John C. Scarborough Rental House

This one-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and single-pile with a two-room, gabled rear ell on the northwest corner and a shed-roof addition beyond the ell. The earliest known occupant is John Morton in 1920; Morton appears to have run an “eating house” out of this location. County tax records confirm a 1920 construction date.

1607 Fayetteville Street – Otelia J. Spaulding Duplex

This one-story, side-gabled duplex is four bays wide and four-pile with a full-width gabled rear ell. The earliest known occupant is John A. Cain, Jr. in 1935; County tax records confirm a 1935 construction date and the building appears as a duplex on the 1937 Sanborn map.

1611 Fayetteville Street – Charles G. Davis House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, hip-roofed rear ell. County tax records date the building to 1921; the earliest known occupant is Charles G. Davis (teacher, Hillside Park High School) in 1925.

1613 Fayetteville Street – Gracie K. and Sandy Love House

This two-story, hip-roofed house is three bays wide and double-pile with a one-story, hip-roofed ell on the north elevation. County tax records date the building to 1921; the earliest known occupant is Sandy Love (tobacco worker) in 1925.

1615 Fayetteville Street- James Walker and Ethel P. Farrington House

Newspaper article about Adella Wells Morrison honored for teaching

This one-story hip valley roof duplex was built circa 1924. It is wood frame and eventually covered with vinyl siding. There are two entrances in the facade, with a one-over-one window on either side of the entrance. There are two chimneys to accommodate both parts of the duplex; an interior chimney for one side, and an exterior chimney for the...

1617 Fayetteville St- Dyer-Smith House

"Residence of Mr. John A. Dyer" from Milestones Along the Color Line, 1922 From the Preservation Durham Historic Plaque Application: This two-story gable-front-and-wing house is one bay wide, and is attached to a two-story gable-roofed ell. This is a wood frame home that has since been covered in vinyl. There is a gable-roofed canted bay on the...

420 East Piedmont Avenue - Fisher Memorial United Holy Church

A photograph of Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America (Durham Urban Renewal Records Collection, Durham County Library, North Carolina Collection) - June 1965. Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America was first established in 1884 at the home of Reverend C.C. Craig and Emma C. Craig, originally named the Gospel Tabernacle United Holy...

312 East Umstead Street - Harriet Tubman YWCA (Second)

(County Tax Record photo) From Preservation Durham's Plaque Application The Harriet Tubman YWCA was established in November 1922, first located at the Royal Knights of King David Hall (702-704 Fayetteville Street). The organization then relocated to 508 Fayetteville Street in 1924. 508 Fayetteville Street was originally the home of Dr. James E. and...

Burthey Funeral Home - 1510 Fayetteville Street

corner street view of Burthy Funeral Service

Two-story rectangular commercial property, originally three bays wide. Originally brick-facade, now covered with rusticated stone. Central overhang in the middle bay extended along a pathway. Flat roof with an overhang.

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