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1217 N. Hyde Park Ave.

Looking southwest at 1217 N. Hyde Park Ave., 08.24.2021 (N. Levy). County property records date this bungalow to 1935, but it seems possible it was built a few years prior. The first residents appear here in the 1929 city directory, the same year that Marion and Alzada Daniels - an African American carpenter and his wife who lived next door at 1215...

1102-1104 Holloway Street

1102-1104 Holloway Street, 10.02.10 1102-1104 Holloway appears to have been built between 1923 and 1928. In 1928, "B's Home Cash Grocery" is a business located at this address. In 1934, it is referred to as "Beck's Cash Grocery." In 1941, 1102 had converted to a part of the Purity Stores grocery chain, and 1104 was Pop's Place, confectionery. These...

1014 Holloway St.

1012-1014 Holloway, 1970 (Durham County Library, North Carolina Collection, Urban Renewal Records - now online via DigitalNC) 1012-1014 Holloway, 02.26.11 Find this spot on a Google Map. 35.994316,-78.883093

Yarbrough Mills / Wright Machinery Company

Yarbrough Mill, ~1925 - looking northwest from Calvin St. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) The Yarbrough Mill, a hosiery mill, was established on Calvin St., near Holloway St. around 1925. There is very little extant detail about the origin or operation of the mill. Yarbrough Mills interior, undated, but mid to late...

1003 Alma St.

1109 Alma St.

Holloway Street School

The Holloway Street school was built in 1928, designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose. Rear wings were added to the school in 1950 and 1954. A gymnasium was added in 1975.

910 Holloway St.

2006 From the Triangle MLS. Do you think the windows might be broken? Mmm. Squattin'.

908 Holloway St.

1118 Holloway St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Front-gabled brick sanctuary with an entrance tower located on the east side at the juncture with the 2-story flat-roofed educational annex. The entire complex was constructed as an ensemble, of Flemish bond and connnon bond brick veneer, with...