Victorian

Much like the western side of the 400-500 block of McMannen St., the eastern side developed with a first generation of ~1870s-1880s houses (most likely) of which many were supplanted by larger dwellings during the 1890s-1910s. Some of the earlier dwellings persisted on the east side into the 1960s 503 S. Mangum All of these houses were torn down by the city using federal urban renewal funds in the late 1960s.

Much like the western side of the 400-500 block of McMannen St., the eastern side developed with a first generation of ~1870s-1880s houses (most likely) of which many were supplanted by larger dwellings during the 1890s-1910s. Some of the earlier dwellings persisted on the east side into the 1960s 411 S. Mangum All of these houses were torn down by the city using federal urban renewal funds in the late 1960s.

Imagery is a bit limited for the remaining residential structures on the north side of the 600 block of Holloway - all early 20th century, two-story structures. 611 Holloway, 1964. 611 Holloway, 2007.

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515 S. Duke 515 S. Duke - Some commercial infill had already occurred along this corridor - this was an insurance office. The urban renewal 'study area' in Durham was quite large, encompassing essentially the entirety of downtown. While structures taken by urban renewal within the area of the current 'Loop' were selective, few structures were...

The Jones House, looking south from West Chapel Hill St. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The southeast corner of Willard St. and West Chapel Hill Street was first the site of a modest house. I'm unsure as to whether this house belonged to the Thaxton family or was the original cottage of Thomas Decatur Jones, but this picture likely dates from the 1860s...

115-117 West Chapel Hill Street was the original location of the Budd-Piper Roofing Company - a company still located downtown, on Ramseur St. as of 2006. View of Budd-Piper building, circa 1910. Looking south from the north side of West Chapel Hill St. (Durham County Library) The Budd-Piper building (second on the right) during the underpass...

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...