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This resource - an online community archive of Durham people and places - is built by and for the community. A project of the local non-profit Preservation Durham, it helps trace the evolution of our city block-by-block, building-by-building, story-by-story. Your experiences and recollections, your words and images not only matter, they are crucial to documenting and sharing this rich legacy. Browse what others have already contributed, and create an account to add your voice!

Recent Finds

Picture of the Edna A. and Dr. James M. Mason house

2549 Fayetteville Street-Edna A. and Dr. James M. Mason House

Dr. James Madison Mason and Edna Adams Mason were the original owners and occupants of 2549 Fayetteville Street. Dr. Mason was born in Chatham County and lived in Durham before moving to South Boston, Virginia. Dr. Mason attended Shaw University for his medical degree. He then established a medical practice in South Boston, per the advice of...

Newspaper article about Adella Wells Morrison honored for teaching

James Walker and Ethel P. Farrington House

This one-story hip valley roof duplex was built circa 1924. It is wood frame and eventually covered with vinyl siding. There are two entrances in the facade, with a one-over-one window on either side of the entrance. There are two chimneys to accommodate both parts of the duplex; an interior chimney for one side, and an exterior chimney for the...

Image of 1622 Fayetteville Street from 2017

1622 Fayetteville- Mary J. L. and Rev. William T. H. Woodward Rental Property

This house is three bays wide and single-pile, with a side gabled roof and a full-width, gabled wing extending the rear. A single interior brick chimney is visible behind the ridge. The shed-roof front porch, supported by concrete piers and wood posts on each end, has a slab floor and modern railing. Four-over-four double hung windows appear to be...

Recent Tours

Hymns for Salted Bones: A Re-Membering of Hayti

brochure cover

A House in the City

Sunday, Oct. 26, 1975 1-6 p.m. [first home tour of the Trinity Park Association]

Recent Comments

firefox104 commented on 1301 E. Main St.

Home of Benjamin Ross Dodson jr family in 1940s https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56108802

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bullcityjimmy commented on 912-914 West Main

Before James Joyce, 912 W. Main was a bar called Trinity College Cafe, at least from 1991-92. I

JKIMBRELL commented on 611 Primitive St.

Jay Kimbrell Clarence Kimbrell’s father, William E Kimbrell owned Kimbrell’s Furniture Co. Clarence

Rick.Oberhofer commented on The Medical Arts Building

Hopefully this comment reaches Mr. William Fields II, now 12 years after the last post. I co-lead a