1001 North Mangum Street

36.005566, -78.894331

1001
North Mangum Street
Durham
NC
Cross Street
West Trinity Avenue
Year built
1950
Year(s) modified
1981
Neighborhood
Old North Durham
Use
Service Station
Building Type
Commercial
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Rear of the Esso Station at 1001 N. Mangum (oh, and a wrecked fire truck,) 12.22.57
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Constructed ~1950, this service station is listed as Dodson's Glenn Esso Service Station in the 1951 city directory. (Run by Glenn Dodson, who was the only resident of Mary Street, which ran from "1700 block of Avondale, east to East Trinity." Not sure I understand that.

By the late 1970s, at the latest, the service station was defunct.

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1981. Renoved by the Neighborhood Housing Services initiative, 1981-1984

(Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)

Former service station converted to offices in 1980. Cinderblock covered with aluminum panels. Garage doors replaced with
large windows covered with awnings.


1001 North Mangum St., 11.07.09

 

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Submitted by kwix (not verified) on Mon, 4/4/2011 - 3:33am

There's got to be a great story behind the crashed fire truck. Gary or anybody else know it?

Submitted by Randy Tyler (not verified) on Tue, 5/27/2014 - 2:05pm

I read an article in the Carolina Times that told of a bizarre accident that involved one of the first Durham fire trucks. The accident happened on Avondale . The picture in the Carolina Times shows the fire truck hanging over the guardrail. Search the Carolina Times website circa 1958 between August & early Sept .This may be the same truck, same area.

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