Colonial Street

Originally part of East Trinity Avenue.

702 Colonial St.

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710 Colonial St.

803 Colonial St.

805 Colonial St.

809 Colonial St.

700 Colonial St.

10.18.13 Originally the southeast corner of East Trinity and East Markham, the location and orientation of 700 Colonial marks the original path of East Trinity Avenue.

604 Colonial St.

Quirkily-located almost under the Avondale bridge over the Beltline, 604/606 Colonial gives a sense of the original path of East Trinity Avenue as it curved northeast past the Beltline. 10.18.13 - note the original sidewalk marking the path of East Trinity

807 Colonial St.

Geer Cemetery

The story goes that the Geer Cemetery - at times also called City Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, East Durham and Mason Cemetery - originated with the 1876 burial of an 11 year old boy working on the farm of Jesse Geer; he had been accidentally killed by a horse, and his family requested that he be buried under a tree near where he was killed. Per Allen Dew's excellent Cemetery Census site: