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Blacknall House, looking southwest from Erwin Road and Anderson St., 11.07.78 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Looking west at the intersection of Trent Dr. and Erwin Rd., 1950. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The erstwhile dormitories clustered around the intersection of Trent Drive and Erwin Road were built between 1942 and 1951; for a period of time, this cluster was known as 'North Campus' - an appellation it appears to have shed at this point.

--- Construction of the VA hospital, looking southwest, 1951 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The VA may seem like a bit of an odd building to profile, but its location and construction presaged the transformation of a mostly rural area on the fringes of Durham into a busy, highly developed medical corridor today. In November 1945, the Veterans...

Liggett and Myers Operations Center, 1967. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Although I don't know the motivation behind the construction of the Liggett and Myers Operations Center out North Roxboro Road in 1967, I'd like to think that the large neo-colonial structure was meant to evoke the image of the other tobacco magnate manses - Bonnie Brae and Lochmoor - along this stretch of roadway.

Prison Farm / County Home, 1880s. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Bragtown School, ~1960. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) I'm uncertain when Bragtown School was initially established, but the original school was replaced with a Rosenwald-funded school around 1923, and a newer Atwood and Weeks-designed structure replaced this in 1928. Aerial of Bragtown School, looking west-southwest, 1950s.

Looking southeast from the north side of East Pettigrew St. at South Alston Ave, (prior to the construction of the East Pettigrew overpass,) 1924. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The North State Knitting Mill was established between 1911 and 1915. In 1915, WF Carr is noted to be president, WJ Berry vice-president, and CM Carr secretary of the company.

Stanford L. Warren Library, 1950 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Out of the Durham Colored Library at East Pettigrew St. and Fayetteville St. grew the seeds for the Stanford L. Warren Library.

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...

713, 715, 717 Fayetteville St., 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The multi-bay commercial structure at 713-717 Fayetteville St. appears to have been built circa 1930. By the mid 1930s, 713 housed Max Zuckerman's meat market, 715 William Boykin's tailor shop, and 717 the Carolina Barber Shop.