School

Hillandale School, 1950s (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Redwood School, 1910

---- East Durham Graded School, 1898 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection) The earliest schools in East Durham were two one-room schoolhouses - one, called the Cherry Grove School, was located near the present-day intersection of Liberty St. and North Driver St. The second was the Oak Grove School, located south of the railroad tracks...

1217 Holloway, 02.26.11 I alluded to the Agape School's recent renovation of 1217 Holloway Street in writing about their previous/original location in the Rowland-Gregory House down the block.

Glenn School, 1910s Glenn School, 1950s. (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Glenn School, in the above incarnation, appears to have been built ~1930. In 1993, the buildings were demolished and replaced with a new elementary school Glenn School, June 1993. (Courtesy Robby Delius) Glenn School, July 1993. (Courtesy Robby Delius) Glenn School, July...

205 West Main St., 1905 (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham) One of my favorite small buildings in Durham-past is 205 West Main Street, due to its very unusual design - I'm not sure I've seen another building with quite such modern lines built during the 1890s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript...

Wright Factory repurposed as Durham's first Graded School, 1880s. (Courtesy Duke RBMC - Wyatt Dixon Collection)

Watts Elementary at or near completion, 1918 George Watts Elementary is the oldest school building in Durham still serving in its original capacity. (The oldest extant school building is the former YE Smith school on South Driver St.) Watts Elementary was built in 1918 according to the design of architect C. Miller Euler. Originally symmetrical...

George Watts-funded hospital became the primary hospital for white patients in Durham during the early to mid-20th century; it closed in the 1970s after the creation of Durham Regional Hospital and became the home for the new North Carolina School of Science and Math

It's a bit murky as to whether a school existed at Ninth and West Knox (C) Streets prior to 1912. Per Jean Anderson, the West Durham Graded School on Swift Avenue was formed from the consolidation of Northside School and Piney Grove School. Piney Grove was located on Swift Avenue, however, she notes only that Northside was located "north of the railroad tracks."