Morning Glory Avenue

Until recently an art studio and now opening as a coffee shop, 1004 Morning Glory started life as the Free Will Baptist Church, built sometime before 1919.

A textile factory intimately linked with tobacco production, the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company started in the Old Bull Building at American Tobacco before Julian Carr constructed the large plant on East Main Street to cut and sew bags for loose leaf tobacco. The company later branched into hosiery production and paper products - cartons and packaging for Lucky Strike cigarettes were made here. After outlasting all of of its early textile contemporaries, Golden Belt closed in 1994. In 2008, the property was redeveloped as s a mixture of residences, artists studios, office space, and retail.

Under construction, 1901. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The history of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco (later American Tobacco) and the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. are inextricably mingled. In 1887, the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. originated in a portion of the Bull Durham Tobacco Factory (the white building at the northern extent of the American Tobacco...

Building 6, 1950s (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The history of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco (later American Tobacco) and the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. are inextricably mingled. In 1887, the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. originated in a portion of the Bull Durham Tobacco Factory (the white building at the northern extent of the American Tobacco complex)...

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story hip-roofed bungalow built late 1910s. Unaltered exterior features gabled attic dormer and Tuscan columns on weather- boarded balustrade at front porch.

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story, one-room-deep house with triple-A roofline and rear ell built c. 1900. One of two front doors removed; replacement metal posts at almost full-facade front porch. 1999

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) c. 1900 one-story T-shaped house, its exterior completely intact except for loss of porch post spandrels. 1999

June 1979 June 1979 01.04.08

1007 Morning Glory in 01.11.08 A small portion of 1007 Morning Glory is visible on the right in this 1979 shot. (NCSHPO) 1007 Morning Glory was a long-time Vinson Braswell property that was purchased in 2006 by the Durham Housing Authority. As funding wound down for the HOPE VI project, none evidently remained to renovate 1007 Morning Glory. The...