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--- (Courtesy Duke Archives) The buildings along the west side of the 200 block of North Church St. are a very-well preserved block of early 20th century structures. The Hicks building, on the northwest corner of North Church and East Parrish, and its immediate 3 neighbors to the north were constructed around 1910. 209-211 North Church, at the...

Looking southeast on East Chapel Hill St. from around the location of the Penny Furniture building, 1910s-1920. (Courtesy Durham County Library) 322-324 was the home to Belk-Leggett from 19 to 19 United Dollar Stores Company was started by Eli and Jenny Nachamson after they moved from Kinston to Durham in 1921 - the Nachamson family had evidently...

Durham's often-noted rough-around-the-edges reputation is nothing new - in the mid-to-late 19th century, the town was well known for its multiple saloons - the place where students from the University of North Carolina would come for some less-than-genteel entertainment (many of them would disembark from the train in Durham and head onward to...

Looking northeast from the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., 1890s. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The first brick structures on the north side of the 100 block of East Main St. were built during late 1880s-early 1890s, including the midblock structures of 113-119 E. Main. 119 East Main notably included the Rawls Store, which later became the Rawls-Knight department store.

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

Longtime home to the City Sandwich Shop, 124 East Main had a major facade change in 1947

Like buildings to its east and west near Five Points, 326-328 W Main / 116-118 E Chapel Hill extended through the not-very-deep triangular block to have facades on both streets. The Raylass 5 and dime store was a tenant by the early 1920s. By the late 1920s, United Dollar Stores had taken occupancy of both 326-328 and 322-324. United Dollar Stores...

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