Grocery Store

The intersection of S. Alston Ave. and Angier Ave., looking northwest from ~the railroad tracks. The intersection of E. Main and S. Alston is in the background. Taken sometime in the 1950s. (Courtesy Herald-Sun)

When Julian Carr established the Durham Hosiery Mill No. 1 (above), and the Golden Belt Hosiery Mill, he developed two communities - Edgemont and Morning Glory. At the center of those two communities, he developed a park (seen in the foreground above) with a baseball diamond, gazebo, trees, etc. This park was the center of the community - a place...

As we move east of Roxboro, we move out of a transitional area and into the neighborhood of the East End / Cleveland-Holloway as it existed until the late 1960s. The 300 block of Holloway demonstrated the mix of houses sizes and styles typical of parts of the Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood, along with a mix of residential and commercial uses typical of earlier neighborhoods.

As the West End developed along West Chapel Hill St., two commercial areas developed - one of the two was located at Vickers Avenue and West Chapel Hill St., the intersection between the main street of the West End and the main street of Morehead Hill. A set of early masonry structures was built here around 1910, probably replacing earlier frame...

700 block of Fayetteville St., 1950s. 714-8 Fayetteville is the last building in the block, at the corner of Fayetteville St. and then-St.Joseph St. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun) 716-718 Fayetteville appears to have been built in the early 1920s; in 1923, 714 housed the Norfolk Sport Shop. By 1941, 716 housed Community Shoe Repair, and 718 Medliin's Seafood. By 1947, 716 housed the Pearline Beauty Salon, 718 Smith's Grocery

04.26.08 Constructed by Fred Roll around 1920, the building served as a grocery store and pool hall - primarily catering to customers of Lakewood Park. Per the Historic Inventory, the last grocery operator was Marvin Mangum. The upstairs was an apartment - one of Fred Roll's daughters lived in the apartment for several years.

A&P grocery on the corner of West Chapel Hill St. and Duke St., looking northeast, 1950s. (Courtesy Herald-Sun) A view of the north side of the 400 block of West Chapel Hill St., 1910s, gives an indication of the wealth residing in the proximate portion of the West End during the late 19th and early 20th century.