Streamline Moderne

Weeks Motor Company / Hutchins Auto Supply

Looking northwest from West Geer St., 1953. (Courtesy Keith Phillips) One of my favorite mid-century modern buildings in Durham is the former Weeks Motor Company / Hutchins Auto Supply building. Built in 1948, Weeks was started by Albert Weeks, who ran a service station at North Durham Five Points (Little Five Points) in the 1930s and 1940s. The...

Sears And Roebuck / Health Department

The previous two posts have examined the history and land use of the northeast and southeast corners of East Main St. and Dillard St. Today's post examines the southwest corner of this intersection, the site of the current health department. (Looking south) Here is the satellite view from Google of this corner, with most of the relevant past and present locations marked.

717 West Chapel Hill Street

As the West End developed along West Chapel Hill St., two commercial areas developed - one of the two was located at Vickers Avenue and West Chapel Hill St., the intersection between the main street of the West End and the main street of Morehead Hill. A set of early masonry structures was built here around 1910, probably replacing earlier frame...

606 1/2 Fayetteville - Nc Mutual

(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The Hayti branch of the North Carolina Mutual Company was located at 606 1/2 Fayetteville St. The branch was built sometime between 1941 and 1947. Below, the feature on the branch from "Negro Durham Marches On" - 1949.

East Main St. Bus Station

This is the fourth post in a "mini-series" about the intersection of E. Main and Dillard streets. The last corner to examine is the northwest corner, which transitioned from residential to a bus station to a vacant lot. Here is the corner as of this morning 8/7/06, looking west from Dillard. I'll repeat the satellite view here: And a view of this...