Bank

105 S. Mangum St.

301 West Main Street - First Union / Self-Help Building

301 West Main was the home of the C.D. Kenny Company, a local tea, coffee, and sugar store, soon after the turn of the century. The C.D. Kenny company subsequently moved to 327 W. Main St. 301 West Main, 1910s. (Courtesy Durham County Library) A facade change occurred sometime during the 1920s, and the building became the first location of Sears...

621 Vickers Avenue - Wachovia Bank

201 North Roxboro Street - Northwestern Bank

=== Looking northwest, at the intersection of Roxboro and Parrish Sts. 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives) Roxboro St./Rd. developed as a residential street during the 1880s - one that did not extend further north than Holloway St. well into the 1890s. (Roxboro was originally called Second St., and Cleveland St. was the Person-Roxboro Rd.) Some...

617 Fayetteville Street - Mechanics And Farmers Bank

Mechanics and Farmers bank branch, to the right. Looking south on Fayetteville St. from the middle of the 600 block, 1922. (S.) Elm St. is the intersection ahead and the transition to the 700 block. The east side of the 600 block would include the building on the left. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.)...

First National Bank / Main And Corcoran - Se (original)

(Courtesy Duke Archives) First National Bank and its decendents were the longtime occupants of the southeast corner of Main and Corcoran Streets. This was the second First National Bank building, constructed in 1887 by Julian Carr, who was one of the most prominent figures in early Durham history (and three of my previous posts have featured his...

201 West Main Street

4 storefronts once existed where 201 West Main Street does now Left to Right, 201-203, 205, 207, and 209 West Main St., 1905 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham) Evidently built by Richard H. Wright in 1895, 207 West Main was the first home to the Citizens Bank, which evolved from the Morehead Bank. The...

201 Roney Street - Security Savings Bank

1960s, looking northwest. (Courtesy Durham County Library)

459-463 South Driver Street

2116 Angier Avenue / Wachovia

2116 Angier Ave, 1980 When Wachovia bought the Fidelity Bank in 1956, they closed the East Durham branch at the northwest corner of S. Driver and Angier and opened a new branch at 2116 Angier Avenue. I'm not sure when the bank closed down here, but it was still operating into the 1980s; it appears that there is a 1970s era drive-thru at the rear of the parking lot.