Roney Street

Durham Brazing And Welding Abandoned Truck

402 Morgan Street

1940s (William Franklin Warren Collection, Durham County Library) The north side of the 400 block of Morgan (between Morris and Roney) and the north side of the 300 block of Morgan (between Roney and Foster) contained primarily small, commercial structures. Morgan St., even more so than Chapel Hill St., contained fewer retail establishments and...

201-207 East Chapel Hill Street

The north side of the 200 block of East Chapel Hill St. - between Roney (which ran in front of the Carolina Theater) and Foster - resembled many of the other blocks downtown, with a row of two story, varied facades. Below, a partial view of the block - on the left - from the early 1920s. (Courtesy Durham County Library) 201-207 East Chapel Hill...

303 Roney St.

320 Roney St.

Looking north on Roney St. from East Chapel Hill St., late 1920s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) The 300 block of Roney St. first developed as a residential street - the disparity in housing is striking as you compare Morris St., to the left in the above picture, and Roney, to the right. As the warehouse...

316 Morgan St.

The north side of the 400 block of Morgan (between Morris and Roney) and the north side of the 300 block of Morgan (between Roney and Foster) contained primarily small, commercial structures. Morgan St., even more so than Chapel Hill St., contained fewer retail establishments and more industrial/service-oriented businesses. The 300 block was primarily home to the DC May company, which sold paint and wallpaper. I think this building was really interesting, with its metal pitched roof above/behind the one-story brick facade.

201 Roney Street - Security Savings Bank

1960s, looking northwest. (Courtesy Durham County Library)

322 Roney St. - Durham Brazing And Welding

--- Looking north on Roney St. from East Chapel Hill St., late 1920s. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Digital Durham) The 300 block of Roney St. first developed as a residential street - the disparity in housing is striking as you compare Morris St., to the left in the above picture, and Roney, to the right. As the warehouse...

201 Roney - Pure Oil Station

The northwest corner of East Chapel Hill St. and Roney Sts. was vacant land during the late 1910s and early 1920s - commercial masonry storefronts that filled in along the block face to the west didn't make it down this far, for whatever reason. A filling station was built on the corner in the late 1920s - which was a Pure Oil station by the 1940s. Looking west, 1945 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) This station was remodeled by the 1950s.

Carolina Theatre

The "Durham Auditorium" was the grandest theater in the age of downtown theaters, transitioning from live performances / to moving pictures early on. Spared the wrecking ball in the 1960s, it is the only downtown theater that survives - as a center for independent film, live performance, and movie festivals.