Florist Shop

2019 Angier, 1980 2019 Angier appears to have been built in the 1940s as a "Jr Order of United American Mechanics Hall - Green Fred Council." This union had previously been located at 459 1/2 South Driver Street. It remained as such through the 1960s. By 1980, it was a florist shop, and by the 1990s, it was a shoe store. Then, it burned. It had...

458-460-462 South Driver Street was likely built in the 1930s, replacing earlier frame structures on the site, but could have been built earlier. By 1940, 460-462 housed Dub's Sandwich Shop. By 1944, the Warner Hosiery Mill was at 460, and Garland Woodcraft had offices at 462. By 1950, the Jay Hosiery Mill was at 460, and the Cramo Hosiery Mill at 462.

Original "Durham Colored Library", looking east ~1910s. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The "Durham Colored Library" began as a Sunday School library established at White Rock Baptist Church by Dr. Aaron Moore in 1913. In 1916, Dr. Moore and John Merrick provided the necessary funds to construct the above building at...

Roll family home and greenhouses from Chapel Hill Road, 1913 (Courtesy G. Kueber) Fred Roll established his residence and florist shop on the corner of Lakewood and Chapel Hill Road after serving as the resident florist at the home of Brodie Duke, on the present site of the Durham School of the Arts. Soon after emigrating from Germany, he was drawn...