Reams Warehouse The first tobacco auction warehouse in Durham- run by Henry Reams, with auctions by EJ Parrish Banner Warehouse (west Main Street) The 200 block of West Main St. was first the site of one of Durham's earliest major warehouses: 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 Warehouse later was enlarged under the management of... Ej Parrish Warehouse (first) In 1879 EJ Parrish (the first man to auction tobacco in Durham) built a tobacco warehouse on the southeast corner of Mangum St. and the eponymous Parrish St. (Courtesy Durham County Library) No records exist of the exact location of the warehouse, but I do know that it was on the "western portion of the site", which would imply that the above view... Second Parrish Warehouse Looking northeast from the corner of Parrish St. and N. Mangum St., 1890s (Courtesy Duke Archives) (Courtesy Duke Archives) After his first warehouse on the south side of the 100 block of E. Parrish St. burned in the 1880s, EJ Parrish built a second warehouse that eventually extended most of the length of the block, although it was set back from... Planters Warehouse The interior of the Planters Warehouse, 1905. The Planters Warehouse was one of the earliest brick tobacco warehouses in Durham, built in 1876. As the tobacco trade grew in and around Durham, the need for an active tobacco market in Durham - where farmers would come with their crop and auction to the highest bidder - became increasingly necessary... Star Brick Warehouse Although our new ubiquitous 'wayfinding' (to use the earnest planning lingo) signs proclaim the area of the Liggett redevelopment as the "Warehouse District", the real warehouse district in Durham stretched along both sides of Rigsbee Ave., north of Morgan St. The view in 1924, looking northwest. The two very large brick warehouses straddle Rigsbee... Big 4 Warehouse - Morgan And Rigsbee Looking northwest from Rigsbee Ave. and Morgan. (Courtesy Library of Congress) The north side of Morgan St. east of Foster St. was the southern extent of the early 20th century tobacco warehouse district, which extended northward along Rigsbee Ave. Above, looking north-northwest, 1924. Rigsbee and East Chapel Hill St. are in the foreground, and... Liberty Warehouse No 1 / Star Warehouse No. 2 Looking east from Rigsbee Ave. and Seminary St., 1940 (Courtesy Library of Congress) The original Liberty Warehouse was located at the northeast corner of Rigsbee Avenue and Seminary St. The warehouse was constructed in the early 1930s, and operated by Satterfield and Stone. Looking north up Rigsbee Ave. from Seminary St., 1940. The Roycroft... Roycroft Warehouse Sale day, 1940. Looking northwest from Rigsbee Ave. and Seminary St. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Banner Warehouse (morgan Street) Banner Warehouse, 1910 The Banner warehouse was established on West Main Street in the 1880s, moving to Watkins (Morgan) Street in 1903. From the 1910 Durham Illustrated: Since the establishment of the first tobacco sales warehouse in 1871, this industry has grown every year more important. In 1903, JA Warren and Maynard Mangum established their... Liberty Warehouse (no. 3) The last-built and last-standing (as of 2011) of Durham's once large set of tobacco auction warehouses, the Liberty stopped auctioning tobacco in 1984, but was used as storage and cheap office space for several decades afterwards. In May 2011, a large section of roof collapsed in a rainstorm, rendering the southern portion of the warehoues unusable... Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
Reams Warehouse The first tobacco auction warehouse in Durham- run by Henry Reams, with auctions by EJ Parrish
Banner Warehouse (west Main Street) The 200 block of West Main St. was first the site of one of Durham's earliest major warehouses: 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 Warehouse later was enlarged under the management of...
Ej Parrish Warehouse (first) In 1879 EJ Parrish (the first man to auction tobacco in Durham) built a tobacco warehouse on the southeast corner of Mangum St. and the eponymous Parrish St. (Courtesy Durham County Library) No records exist of the exact location of the warehouse, but I do know that it was on the "western portion of the site", which would imply that the above view...
Second Parrish Warehouse Looking northeast from the corner of Parrish St. and N. Mangum St., 1890s (Courtesy Duke Archives) (Courtesy Duke Archives) After his first warehouse on the south side of the 100 block of E. Parrish St. burned in the 1880s, EJ Parrish built a second warehouse that eventually extended most of the length of the block, although it was set back from...
Planters Warehouse The interior of the Planters Warehouse, 1905. The Planters Warehouse was one of the earliest brick tobacco warehouses in Durham, built in 1876. As the tobacco trade grew in and around Durham, the need for an active tobacco market in Durham - where farmers would come with their crop and auction to the highest bidder - became increasingly necessary...
Star Brick Warehouse Although our new ubiquitous 'wayfinding' (to use the earnest planning lingo) signs proclaim the area of the Liggett redevelopment as the "Warehouse District", the real warehouse district in Durham stretched along both sides of Rigsbee Ave., north of Morgan St. The view in 1924, looking northwest. The two very large brick warehouses straddle Rigsbee...
Big 4 Warehouse - Morgan And Rigsbee Looking northwest from Rigsbee Ave. and Morgan. (Courtesy Library of Congress) The north side of Morgan St. east of Foster St. was the southern extent of the early 20th century tobacco warehouse district, which extended northward along Rigsbee Ave. Above, looking north-northwest, 1924. Rigsbee and East Chapel Hill St. are in the foreground, and...
Liberty Warehouse No 1 / Star Warehouse No. 2 Looking east from Rigsbee Ave. and Seminary St., 1940 (Courtesy Library of Congress) The original Liberty Warehouse was located at the northeast corner of Rigsbee Avenue and Seminary St. The warehouse was constructed in the early 1930s, and operated by Satterfield and Stone. Looking north up Rigsbee Ave. from Seminary St., 1940. The Roycroft...
Roycroft Warehouse Sale day, 1940. Looking northwest from Rigsbee Ave. and Seminary St. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)
Banner Warehouse (morgan Street) Banner Warehouse, 1910 The Banner warehouse was established on West Main Street in the 1880s, moving to Watkins (Morgan) Street in 1903. From the 1910 Durham Illustrated: Since the establishment of the first tobacco sales warehouse in 1871, this industry has grown every year more important. In 1903, JA Warren and Maynard Mangum established their...
Liberty Warehouse (no. 3) The last-built and last-standing (as of 2011) of Durham's once large set of tobacco auction warehouses, the Liberty stopped auctioning tobacco in 1984, but was used as storage and cheap office space for several decades afterwards. In May 2011, a large section of roof collapsed in a rainstorm, rendering the southern portion of the warehoues unusable...
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