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Jack Tar Motel

Jack Tar Motel, 212 N.Corcoran, 1962 (Courtesy Durham County Library) --- 202-204 N. Corcoran and 206-210 Corcoran (the Hackney Block) took up about half the street frontage of Corcoran Street between Parrish and Chapel Hill Street. This view from the 1910s shows only the northern building. It is taken looking east, across Corcoran Street, and...

Carpenter Motor Co. / 600 East Main Street

The Carpenter family firm started in 1893, when James E., John W. and Duane Carpenter formed a partnership to sell 'heavy groceries', feed, and buggies on Parrish St. In 1910, the firm began to sell Metz automobiles and Kohler trucks out of a catalog. In 1912, the Carpenter brothers established the first Ford and Dodge dealership in Durham. In 1915, they switched their allegiance to Chevrolet, and remained a Chevrolet dealership from that point forward.

Hill Building / CCB Building / Suntrust Building

Designed by Empire State Building architects Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon for banker John Sprunt Hill, the Hill Building or CCB (Central Carolina Bank) Building is one of the most iconic in Durham.

Brogden Middle School

Brogen Middle School was built in the late 1950s, opening in 1959. An unidentified homesite stood on the land prior to the construction of the school. "Ruins on Site of Brogden High School", 12.10.47 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) "Ruins on Site of Brogden High School", 12.10.47 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) "Ruins on Site of Brogden...

City Hall (1977-) - 101 City Hall Place / Holloway St.

When it was completed, later-mayor Charlie Markham called the 1970s-era Durham City Hall building "utterly depressing - a pollutant to the visual environment of Durham." 10.30.11 Before this "pollutant" stood on the site, several commercial structures, an old apartment building, and the Planters' Warehouse stood on the site. Bittman Apts, with the...

Holiday Inn / Tq / Urban Merchant Center

---------------------- The south side of the 600 block of West Chapel Hill St. consisted of residential structures into the 1950s - bookended by a commercial area to the west at Vickers Ave. and the YWCA to the east, across South Gregson. Looking southeast at the intersection of South Gregson and West Chapel Hill St. (Courtesy Herald-Sun) In 1959...

618 Foster St.

The one-story, flat-roofed building, apparently built as an office, has light red brick laid in a running bond on all four elevations. The two-bay-wide west façade features a recessed, plate- glass door surrounded by fixed glass panes. The remainder of the façade contains a full-length plate-glass display window with aluminum muntins angled...

116 Broadway St.

The Noland building was built in 1954; the plumbing supply company was located here until ~2010. The building was then purchased by Reynolds Maxwell, who renovated the structure. As of 2013, tenants included Shoeboxed and Neu Concepts.

112 Hunt St.

1500 Peace St.