Garage

Miller Garage

1970s (Courtesy Richard Wilson Miller) 1970s (Courtesy Richard Wilson Miller) 1970s (Courtesy Richard Wilson Miller) August 2011 (Photo by Gary Kueber)

709-715 Washington Street

06.07.08 UPDATE 10.10.13: Napa/Walker Auto parts vacated 709 Washington St. in November 2012 (moved to 802 E. Geer in a new building) and the owner thereafter listed the property for sale. The property sold to a private developer in May 2013 for at least $450,000. There are many rumors swirling around the future use of this property given its sales...

U.S. Post Office Garage / Masengill's

In italics from the National Register listing: The large one-story brick flat-roofed building, set at right angles to the street, was constructed in 1963 as a post office garage with service bays for repairing postal trucks. The building is not listed in the 1962 city directory and is under construction in 1963. In the 1964 directory it is the “U.S...

Farmers Mutual Exchange - Maintenance Garage

311 South St.

311 South. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) South Street, which still exists south of Lakewood Avenue, once continued north to (or started at, depending on your perspective) Vivian St., running between Blackwell St. and South Mangum (McMannen) St. Near Vivian St., South St. once separated the city light and power/ice...

Durham County Garage And Warehouse

Looking north from N. Elizabeth St., May 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Site of Durham County Garage, 11.08.10

Durham City Garage

City Garage, looking northwest, 1940s. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The Durham City Garage was built in 1930 to house a burgeoning fleet of non horse-powered city vehicles. In 1931, the city Sanitation department was the primary user of the space. The long brick facade held at least 13 bays that could be used for vehicle storage and maintenance.