Midcentury Commercial

Exterior photo of 111 S. Dillard as Brandt's Personal Hair Design Studio. 11.17.06 (Photo by Gary Kueber) Likely built in the 1940s on the western edge of what had once been the Somerset Villa property, this building was the restaurant "Barfields" in the 1950s. [1955 City Directory.] Barfields interior, 1950s (Courtesy Dawn Bennett Elder) Pauline...

03.31.2014 (G. Kueber) The building at 302 Morris Street was built in 1943-1944 to, initially, house branches of the USO - prompting by expanding service needs during World War II. A house belonging to James H. Eubanks and his wife Myrtle stood on the site prior to 1943; 1944 City Directory- USO YMCA Agency, USO Jewish Welfare Board Agency By 1950...

1959 (DHS Messenger via DigitalNC) 1960 (DHS Messenger via DigitalNC)

The Noland building was built in 1954; the plumbing supply company was located here until ~2010. The building was then purchased by Reynolds Maxwell, who renovated the structure. As of 2013, tenants included Shoeboxed and Neu Concepts.

10.12.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber) 1956 CD; Hobbie's Grill (restaurant.)

1956 07.03.13

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") The Cold Storage and Freezer Locker Plant in Durham offers all services needed for the complete processing and storage of meat for farmers and others. Processing starts with the dressed carcasses, which farmers bring to the plant or which the plant has bought for those wanting meat. For a...

1956 (From "This is Central Carolina Farmers Exchange") Farmers Exchange Chick Hatchery has a two-fold purpose–to provide a cash market for hatching eggs produced by farmer patrons with specialized flocks and to hatch the thriftiest type chicks for either broilers or layers. Growing from 3600 chicks hatched each week in 1940 to the production of...

Above, 1108 MG as "Jean's Take-Out" - date unknown. 1108 Morning Glory was Vickers Grocery in the 1930s-1940s. During that period, it was a frame structure located on the same footprint. By 1950, the building had either been replaced or encased by cinderblock and brock. By 1962, it was "Harvey's Sandwich Company." As of 2012, it's most recent...

06.25.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber) 06.25.13 - structure at rear (south) of property, next to NC RR tracks. (Photo by Gary Kueber) 06.25.13 (Photo by Gary Kueber)