813 Fayetteville

Looking north from near the corner of Glenn St. and Fayetteville St., 1944.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

The northeast corner of Glenn St. and Fayetteville St. developed with a small stuccoed structure adajacent to a two-story frame structure in the 1930s. This initially housed the Durham Sandwich Shop (the name on the 1944 marquee above) and Carolina Cab Company. Through the late 1940s and early 1950s, these businesses changed hands a few times, becoming the Central Electric Shoe Shop, and Carlton's Market, then Jimmy's Food Store.

In 1953, the buildings were destroyed by fire.


813-819 Fayetteville, 01.30.53.
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

If there were remnants of the buildings, they were razed, and the site became Dawson's Gulf Service Station by 1959.

Service Station, 1962.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Looking southeast, ~1970.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Looking south at a partially demolished Fayetteville St., circa 1970.
(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

The service station was demolished by 1972.

Site of 813-819 Fayetteville, 10.05.08

Similar view to 1944 view at the top of the post, looking north from near the former location of Glenn St., 10.05.08

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