201 Roney - Pure Oil Station

35.997124, -78.90284

201
Durham
NC
Year built
1925-1935
Year(s) modified
1945-1955
Year demolished
1958
Neighborhood
Building Type
Can you help?
You don't need to know everything, but do you know the architect?
Log in or register and you can edit this.

The northwest corner of East Chapel Hill St. and Roney Sts. was vacant land during the late 1910s and early 1920s - commercial masonry storefronts that filled in along the block face to the west didn't make it down this far, for whatever reason. A filling station was built on the corner in the late 1920s - which was a Pure Oil station by the 1940s.


Looking west, 1945
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

This station was remodeled by the 1950s.


1950s, looking northwest. The Carolina Theatre is in the background.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)


1950s, looking west-northwest. The back of City Hall is in the background
(Courtesy Duke Archives, Wyatt Dixon Collection)

In 1958, the gas station was torn down, and the Security Savings and Loan building was constructed in its place


Construction, 07.01.58
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

nwcorner_Roney_ECH_1960s.jpg

1960s, looking northwest.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

This was torn down as part of the construction of the convention center in 1987-88. The intersection of Roney St. and Chapel Hill St. was eliminated.


Looking northwest, 2007.

Add new comment

Log in or register to post comments.