Construction Company

320-324 W Geer

View looking north on Madison Street towards 316-320 West Geer, 11.25.49. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) The buildings at 320-324 West Geer Street were constructed in 1949, likely intended as multi-tenant rental space from the outset. By 1955, the tenants were: 320: NC State Auto Association, CT Wilson Construction Co., Garrard Realty, and...

Farmers Exchange - Poultry Plant

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") " A Poultry Plant to process and market large amounts of poultry was one of the first operations started by the Exchange to give local farmers a source of income other than tobacco. When the Department began operating in 1931, there was very little poultry being grown in this section - not...

2005 East Peabody Street - Warner Hosiery Mill

2005 East Peabody, 05.08.11

416-426 Morgan St.

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 more industrial/service-oriented businesses. The 400 block, moving from west to east: 426-428 Morgan 422 Morgan

Berry Company - 401 Ramsey St.

The Berry Company was a construction company founded in 1946 by LM Berry, YJ Grigsby, TE Ruffin, and JR Peddy. LM Berry was born in Lexington, KY and graduated from the Hampton Institute in Virgina, but came to Durham to teach 'trades' in the Durham City Schools from 1929-1933, when he became construction lead for North Carolina Mutual, overseeing the physical expansion of the company into multiple states. He left that position in 1946 to found his own company.