Barber Shop

706 Fayetteville

Looking southwest at the 700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald Sun)

410 East Pettigrew

1920s view showing part of 408-412 on the right. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 408-412 East Pettigrew was a multi-tenant commercial building built in 1928 by G.P. Holloway. He established the Bull City Barber Shop in the 410 E. Pettigrew bay that same year. Bull City Cafe occupied the 412 E. Pettigrew bay. Early...

304-308 North Mangum Street

Looking northeast from North Mangum and Holloway St., 1963? (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking north from Fire Station #1, 09.20.54. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The east side of the 300 block of North Mangum St. and the north side of the 100 block of Holloway St. developed as a residential area during the late 1800s, which was...

2110-2114 Angier Avenue

2110-2114 Angier Ave., 1980 2110-2114 Angier Avenue was built between 1945 and 1950. 2110 initially housed Patsy's Beauty Shop and 2112 the Tip Top Supermarket. Patsy's would close within a few years, replaced by the Linthicum Radio and TV Service. The grocery would also go by the name "Tip Top Royal Blue Grocery" By the 1980s, the building housed William's Jeweler at 2114 and Waters Barber Shop at 2110.

304 South Driver St.

304 South Driver St., 1980 304 South Driver (A, B, and C) was built in the mid-to-late 1940s, initially housing the Durham Shoe Rebuilders, the Driver Ave Barber Shop, and Lynette's Restaurant. By the mid-1950s, the barber shop had closed, and Lynette's was listed as "Lynette's Cafe and Fountain". Lynette's persisted into the 1980s. I'm unsure as to when it closed.

911-913 East Main

East Main / Edgemont commercial strip: 911-913 is the rightmost structure. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Built in the 1920s, 911-913 East Main housed a barber shop and restaurant throughout its lifespan In 1928, 911 housed the Edgemont Barber Shop, 911 1/2 the Edgemont Cafe, and 913 "Hessee & Honeycutt"; 1934: 911 Edgemont Barber Shop 911 1/2: Fuller's Cafe 913: Vacant

Miracles Barber Shop - 1407 West Knox Street

I can't really easily discern too much history about this great little building, built sometime before 1937; it once was 1407 W. Knox / C St., but it is currently on the same parcel as the house immediately to its west, 926 Berkley. It is owned by St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. It appears to have been a restaurant/food stand by the 1940s...

748-752 Ninth

744-752 Ninth St., 08.29.63 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Built in the early 1920s, 748-752 Ninth St. housed Bowen’s Barber Shop at 748, Universal Stores Inc at 750, and Pender Stores Co at 752 in 1926. 1930: 748 West Durham Market meats 750 Moser’s Barber Shop 752 Universal Stores Co Inc (br) bros 1930s-1940s

700-704 Ninth St.

700-702 Ninth Street was among the earliest commercial masonry structures built in West Durham, located at the corner of Hillsboro (later Perry) and Ninth, where the streetcar turned from Ninth Street towards Broad. It was built between 1907 and 1913. In 1926, it housed Brewers Drug Store in 700 and the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (the A...

2603-2609 Hillsborough

2603 Hillsborough, 1950s. (Courtesy Old West Durham) The three-bay commercial structure once located at the corner of 16th St. and Hillsborough Road appears to have been built in the early to mid 1920s, and was first home to the Hillsborough Road Drug Co. Midgett's Barber Shop was added by the late 1920s.