36.01593, -78.919038
1106 Broad, 06.27.09
1106 Broad is a more modern facade built upon at earlier structure, the Johnson-Prevost Dry Cleaning Plant, which was located here by the late 1920s. The facade appears to have been modified by the 1940s, briefly housing a Colonial Store grocery and C &F Dry Cleaners before Colonial Stores made successive moves northward in this block. By 1952, it housed C&F Dry Cleaners alone, which had been replaced by a branch of Durham's New Method Laundry by the 1960s.
By 1965, it housed Troy's Hi-Fi Stereo, later called Troy's Stereo Center. Between 1970 and 1975, this became Soundhaus. 1106 1/2 was established, which housed House of 1000 Picture Frames.
It currently houses the House of Frames / Craven Allen Gallery.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 8:35am
1106 Broad also was Turner's TV repair in the 60's. It became Troy's Stereo, after that it was Sound Haus Audio.
Submitted by Jim-The Gaudy Garden (not verified) on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 1:54pm
1106 Broad is now one of the top upscale hair salons in Durham, called Hot Headz, and has brought business to all the other stores in the area.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 1/17/2012 - 8:56pm
A slight correction: 1106 has never been Craven Allen Gallery, except for the very back of the upstairs. Craven Allen is at 1106 1/2, what used to be the alley between 1106 and 1008. As mentioned in a comment in the 1108 Broad St post, the gallery/frame shop still retains the original outside brick on most of their inside space, both upstairs and downstairs.
Into the mid-80s, early 90s, the business sequence from the north was: the laudromat, House of Frames, SoundHaus. Now it's: The Green Room, House of Frames/Craven Allen, Hot Headz Hair Salon.
The way I remember is that I worked for the frame shop briefly in ~1990, and they'd send me next door to wash the glass cleaning rags, and then to 7th St Restaurnat to pick up lunch.
Submitted by Joseph Sparks on Wed, 11/5/2014 - 7:48pm
My friends and I roamed this neighborhood. The alley behind these buildings were fun to look through their trash. Always neat stuff. The Troy's Hi-Fi Stereo trash was one of the best! Most unique I might say. I found a small silver box with an old script "S" on the top. Just big enough for a ring or something. It had held an old Stanton turntable needle. The owner came out while we were rummaging and asked what we were doing and we told him the truth. "Just looking through the trash sir". He said okay just don't scatter any of it. We were happy kids. However, a bit farther along "the best trash" to find was behind the Eckerd Drug Store!
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