Morgan Street

500 Morgan St.

Morris Street was one of the early, prominent residential sections of Durham, developed with larger, two-story houses during the 1880s and 1890s. This residential development was interrupted by the development of Fallon and Martin Company, followed by the Imperial Tobacco Company in the 200 block of Morris St. Looking northwest and Morgan and Morris, 1924 (Courtesy Durham County LIbrary)

417-419 North Mangum

The residential portion of Mangum still extended south into the 400 block of Mangum when this picture was taken in the early 1920s. The houses are variably visible past the gas station, looking northwest from the intersection of North Mangum and East Chapel Hill St. With ~10 years, the commercial expansion of downtown had claimed these residences with a produce market and a (used) car dealership.

226 Morgan

The building at 226 West Morgan St. was built sometime in the mid-1920s, replacing earlier tobacco prizery buildings. 226 West Morgan was a plumbing supply wholesaler in 1937. 226 West Morgan St. looking northeast from Morgan and Foster. 226 West Morgan St. looking northwest from Morgan and Holland.

Paschall's Bakery / Jm Mathes

Looking west, 1920s (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection) The Paschall’s Bakery building was erected in 1924 on the southwest corner of Duke and Morgan Streets (119-121 Duke Street). Owned and operated by Mallie J. and Louise W. Paschall, Paschall’s Bakery was a descendant of Mallie’s first bakery, the Star Bakery, which was located...

402 Morgan Street

1940s (William Franklin Warren Collection, Durham County Library) The north side of the 400 block of Morgan (between Morris and Roney) and the north side of the 300 block of Morgan (between Roney and Foster) contained primarily small, commercial structures. Morgan St., even more so than Chapel Hill St., contained fewer retail establishments and...

421 North Mangum Street - Williams Pure Oil Service

(From "Images of America: Durham" by Stephen Massengill) Prior to the 1920s, 421 North Mangum Street was the site of the in-town TJ Rigsbee house (as opposed to his farm where Duke's West Campus now sits.) After TJ Rigsbee's death in 1917 and TJ Rigsbee, Jr.'s death in 1924, the house was sold, demolished, and the site redeveloped as a service...

201-205 Morgan St.

Several attractive storefronts lined the south side of Morgan St. between Holland St. on the west side and Rigsbee Ave. on the east. The Piedmont Furniture Co. was located on the southeast corner of Holland and Morgan (at 219-223 Morgan St.) The businesses in the 200 block of Morgan St. directly faced the Big 4 warehouse and the Star Brick...

207-209 Morgan St

Several attractive storefronts lined the south side of Morgan St. between Holland St. on the west side and Rigsbee Ave. on the east. The Piedmont Furniture Co. was located on the southeast corner of Holland and Morgan (at 219-223 Morgan St.)

Big 4 Warehouse - Morgan And Rigsbee

Looking northwest from Rigsbee Ave. and Morgan. (Courtesy Library of Congress) The north side of Morgan St. east of Foster St. was the southern extent of the early 20th century tobacco warehouse district, which extended northward along Rigsbee Ave. Above, looking north-northwest, 1924. Rigsbee and East Chapel Hill St. are in the foreground, and...

201 Albemarle St.

01.12.12 (DC tax office) From the TP NR nomination: Reported by a fonner resident of 205 Albemarle (formerly Jones St.) to be the Tinzen family home, this plain but handsome Neo-Colonial house, built c. 1910, exhibits characteristics of two stories with a cross-gabled roof and side hall plan. Decoration of the frame house is restricted to box...