Eastern Durham

2017 tax photo of 901 Pleasant Drive.

901 Pleasant Drive

According to county records, this house was constructed in 1925, which would make it one of the first wave constructed in the Sherron Acres subdivision as parcels began selling at auction that year.

Bacon Rind Bridge

Bacon Rind Bridge over the Neuse River on US Highway 15, looking west-southwest, July 7, 1942 (photograph by Albert Barden, Courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina - collection online via flickr). A series of photographs from this summer 1942 crash - part of the fantastic Albert Barden Collection digitized by the State Archives and fascinating...

Lake Ridge Aero Park

Not everyone is aware that there is an airport subdivision in eastern Durham county; Lake Ridge Airport, on the shore of Falls Lake near the Durham County line is Durham County's own little airport - no having to share it with the "R" next door. Residences have their backyards facing on the airstrip - I presume if you enjoy door-to-door convenience with your small plane, this is ideal. 10.10.10

Mystery Photo - 08.20.09

"Highway Patrol Inspecting Cars, 03.03.62" (Courtesy Herald-Sun) With help from commenters below, this location was identified as the site of J. P. Jones & Sons, a business on Angier Avenue east of Durham.

Jp Jones And Son General Store

3635 Angier Avenue, 1951 "J.P. Jones & Son, general store at 3635 Angier Avenue, carries a large line of food, staples, appliances, farm equipment, feed, seed, and fertilizers, serving the trade in Durham, Orange, Person, Granville, Wake, and Chatham Counties. This business was founded in Wake (now Durham) County in 1893 by MC and RM Jones, but was...

205 Duane St.

04.17.14 The exact age of this house is hard to establish. It appears to be one of several small homes shown on a 1933 plat of property belonging to Minnie Tate along Duane Street - a short track reaching south of East Pettigrew and the railroad, just west of the Ellis Road crossing. The small cottage at 205 Duane Street is likely the structure...

Ellis Road American Tobacco Warehouses

The former homeplace and dairy of YE Smith, the acreage near Ellis Road was redeveloped by American Tobacco in 1930 as tobacco storage warehouses. YE Smith dairy, 1910s. 1940s aerial, looking northwest. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection) Most people reading this site know the Lucky Strike water tower at American Tobacco downtown...

Wellons Village

05.22.59 Wellons Village, ~1960 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper) Wellons Village, the shopping center, was built in 1959 - Durham's second after Forest Hills Shopping Center, which was built in 1955. (I'm actually not sure when Loehmann' Plaza was built; Northgate was built in 1960, Lakewood was built in 1962 and South Square in 1975.) As the...

Fendol Bevers House

An early I-House with Greek Revival features.

Starlite Drive-In

The Starlite drive-in theater opened in the mid-1940's and operated until ~1961, when it was abandoned. Abandoned Starlite Theater, mid-1960s Abandoned Starlite Theater, mid-1960s Abandoned Starlite Theater, mid-1960s The Starlite drive-in theater opened in the mid-1940's and operated until ~1961, when it was abandoned. Abandoned Starlite Theater...