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FK Watkins house, late 1970s. Frederick K. Watkins constructed the house at 1208 Fayetteville St. around 1913. Watkins either dubbed himself, or found himself dubbed (P.I.) 'The Movie King' for his ownership of, first, the Electric Theater, which became the Rex Theater and moved to 522 East Pettigrew St., and then the Wonderland Theater - it...

1106 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Above, 1100 block of Fayetteville St., looking north from Umstead St., 1922. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.) The west side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was another primarily residential block of Fayetteville...

1006 Fayetteville, the CC Spaulding House, 1922. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection and scanned by Digital Durham.)

Between Banks Place and Fowler Ave. was another residential block of Fayetteville St., occupied by 909, 911, and 1003 Fayetteville. 909 Fayetteville, 1962 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

906, 908, and 910 Fayetteville, the block between Fowler Avenue (to the north) and East Piedmont Avenue (to the south) was a residential block. In 1923, 906 was occupied by ER Merrick. 906 Fayetteville, the ER Merrick house, 1922 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, scanned by digital durham) This block was still intact 40 years...

The 900 block of Fayetteville St., by the 1940s, began the southern transition to the more residential portion of the Hayti neighborhood. 907 Fayetteville was the longtime home of Ms. Bessie Whitted. 907 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) These structures were demolished by the late 1960s. I believe...

803 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 803 Fayetteville, 10.05.08 Find this spot on a Google Map.

810 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 812 Fayetteville, 1962. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 812 and 812 Fayetteville were likely developed between 1890-1910 and housed a number of different families over the course of the 20th century. The houses were demolished by 1968.

808 Fayetteville St., 1922. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.)

A row of 2-story commercial structures were built at the northern peak of the 'triangle' formed by the acute angle of the intersection of Fayetteville and Whitted Sts. These seem to have housed barber shops at 701 and 703 Fayetteville; 705 Fayetteville was the Electric Theater, a vaudeville and movie theater opened in 1913 by FK Watkins, the 'Movie King'. 1913 Sanborn map of the 700 block of Fayetteville (the 600 block in this map, renumbered by the 1920s.)