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=== Looking northwest, at the intersection of Roxboro and Parrish Sts. 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives) Roxboro St./Rd. developed as a residential street during the 1880s - one that did not extend further north than Holloway St. well into the 1890s. (Roxboro was originally called Second St., and Cleveland St. was the Person-Roxboro Rd.) Some...

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, and future site of the Human Services Complex (Looking south) Here is the satellite view from Google of this...

The southeast corner of Willard St. and West Chapel Hill Street was first the site of a modest house. I'm unsure as to whether this house belonged to the Thaxton family or was the original cottage of Thomas Decatur Jones, but this picture likely dates from the 1860s or early 1870s. (Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection - Wyatt Dixon Collection)...