East Main Street

from Durham Morning Herald Oct 1 1944.

Carpenter Motor Co. / 600 East Main Street

The Carpenter family firm started in 1893, when James E., John W. and Duane Carpenter formed a partnership to sell 'heavy groceries', feed, and buggies on Parrish St. In 1910, the firm began to sell Metz automobiles and Kohler trucks out of a catalog. In 1912, the Carpenter brothers established the first Ford and Dodge dealership in Durham. In 1915, they switched their allegiance to Chevrolet, and remained a Chevrolet dealership from that point forward.

Sw Corner Church & E Main: 130 East Main

Looking west on East Main St. from Church St., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The building on the southwest corner of Church St. and East Main was Johnson's drugstore; the building immediately to its east was another commercial building, although I don't know what type of business was located there. Upstairs from Johnson's drugstore was the site of...

2002 E. Main St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Pyramidal cottage with a front cross-gable, a side gabled wing, weatherboard, and 1-over-1 sash windows. The wraparound porch has stone Craftsman piers and replacement metal posts, and is enclosed as a room on the side. 1930 CD, 1937...

1206 E. Main St.

Craftsman cottage with typical porch plinths and bracketing, worrisomely located near the Durham Rescue Mission - no friend of historic preservation, with a religious appetite for expansion.

1204 E. Main St.

(DC tax office) Nicely detailed Craftsman cottage with grouped posts under saddle haunches. Worrisomely located near the Durham Rescue Mission - no friend of historic preservation, with a religious appetite for expansion.

2116 E. Main St.

Below in italics is from the 2004 NRHP East Durham documents - not verified for accuracy by this author. Myrtice Driver House. 1-story gable-and-wing type house with a front cross-gable and a full Craftsman porch. Alterations include all-over vinyl siding and replacement sash windows. The porch posts may be Craftsman replacements for the original...

2114 E. Main St

Below in italics is from the 2004 NRHP East Durham documents - not verified for accuracy by this author. 1-story side-gable house with Queen Anne-style finish, including decorative shingled gables and 6-over-9 sash windows. About 1950 this was remodeled as a duplex, with a brick-veneered facade with corner quoins and a dentil cornice. The 2 front...

2110 E Main St

Below in italics is from the 2004 NRHP East Durham documents - not verified for accuracy by this author. Paul Ligon House, 1-story side-gable house with 6-over-6 sash windows, all-over vinyl siding, and a gabled entrance porch with metal posts. Not on 1937 SM. 1950 CD: Paul Ligon owner/occupant (tobacco worker, Liggett & Myers).

708 East Main St.

1960s (Durham County Library) Demolished for the Fayetteville Road connection to North Elizabeth ~1970

2109 E. Main St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) D. Ernest Ward House. 2-story hip-roofed Craftsman-style house with a hipped dormer window, an entrance with a bracketed gable stoop, and a side Craftsman porch with brick piers and shingled posts. The lower front windows are...