2010 Hillsborough Road

36.010645, -78.922346

2010
Hillsborough Road
Durham
NC
Cross Street
Ninth Street
Year built
1940-1950
Construction type
Masonry
Neighborhood
Old West Durham
Use
Gas Station
Building Type
Commercial
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Looking northwest from W. Markham and Ninth, ~1950
(Courtesy Barry Norman)

The West Gulf Sales and Service Station was built in the late 1940s on what had previously been vacant land.


Looking northwest from Hillsborough Road near Ninth, 02.20.51.
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

I'm not sure when the service station shut down. It was converted to a photography studio at some point. Since , it has housed the restaurant Vin Rouge.


Vin Rouge, looking northwest from Hillsborough Road, 04.05.09.


Looking northwest from near West Markham and Ninth, 04.05.09.

On a site plan filed in 2008 by Ninth Street North developer Glenn Dickson, 2000-2010 Hillsborough was noted at "Future Phase" - occurring, presumably, sometime after long-delayed Phase II of the Ninth St. North development.

03.31.14 (G. Kueber)

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Submitted by Joseph H. (not verified) on Tue, 9/22/2009 - 2:15pm

Damn, another truck fell over. :)

Submitted by Eric (not verified) on Tue, 9/22/2009 - 5:02pm

It may not be the most efficient way to do an oil change, but how else are you going to get under the engine, dig a pit?

Submitted by David Jeffreys (not verified) on Tue, 9/22/2009 - 7:35pm

Just rotating the tires, I think. The truck was a little too big and long for the station bay and lift.

Submitted by Michael (not verified) on Wed, 9/23/2009 - 1:46am

Probably a message from the Teamsters Union! Oh, wait, this isnt Jersey!

Submitted by Dink (not verified) on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 6:28pm

The Gulf Station on the right was Russell West's Gulf Station in the 1950's.

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