Reams Warehouse

35.995239, -78.904259

West Pettigrew Street
Durham
NC
Cross Street
Carr Street
Year built
1874
Year demolished
1902
Construction type
Frame
Neighborhood
Downtown South
Use
Tobacco Auction Warehouse
Building Type
Commercial
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Looking southwest at the corner of present-day West Pettigrew and Blackwell Sts., sometime between 1874 and 1879.
(From "Bull City Business Bonanza" by Ben and Snow Roberts)

The Reams Warehouse was likely the location of the first tobacco auction in Durham in 1871.

BlackwellsFactory_painting_1880s.jpeg

A wider view - a lot of details differ here, and I wonder if a bit of artistic license was involved.
(Courtesy Duke Manuscript Collection - Wyatt Dixon Collection)

 

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Looking southwest at the corner of present-day West Pettigrew and Blackwell Sts., sometime between 1874 and 1879.
(From "Bull City Business Bonanza" by Ben and Snow Roberts)

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Merchant, manufacturer, and tobacco company executive, Parrish played a major role in marketing the output of Durham factories on a national and international scale. He was also a significant landowner, developer, and civic leader in the early decades of the city's growth. Read a more complete bio at NCpedia.org.
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