612-614 Fayetteville St.

612-614 Fayetteville St. appears to have been built in the late 1920s; 612 housed Loftin's Bakery during the 1930s. By 1941, 612 had become Rose's Beauty Salon and 614 the Home Modernization and Supply Company. The Home Modernization and Supply Company remaned in business at this location for the next 25 years. 612 became the Service Tailor Shop and Eagle Sport Shop before it was occupied by the Bull City Barber College in 1957.

612 Fayetteville, 1962.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

614 Fayetteville, 1962.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

612-614 Fayetteville, 1962.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

The building was torn down between 1968 and 1972. The land remains vacant.

Just prior to demolition
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Empty site of 614-616 Fayetteville, 10.05.08.


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