Church

St. Joseph's Ame Church / Hayti Heritage Center

The spire of St. Joseph's visible ~2 blocks away on the right, 1922. (Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham)

Emmanuel Ame

2006 - (G. Kueber) The Emmanuel AME church on Kent St., near the intersection of Kent and Chapel Hill St., is the oldest brick church building in Durham, constructed in 1888 on land donated by the Fitzgerald family. The church is now covered in stucco, obscuring most of the original brickwork, but some can still be seen on the tower. Most of the...

1010 Watts St. - CJCLDS / Beth-El

02.16.2011 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built after World War II for the Morman congregation, this plain gabled brick L- plan sanctuary has a three-stage tower on the main gable. The church building was sold to the adjacent Beth-El Synagogue in 1986; the...

314 N. Hyde Park Ave. - Pentacostal Holiness

(Below in italics is from the 2004 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Pentecostal Holiness Church. Front-gabled brick sanctuary, 1 bay wide and 7 bays deep, with a Gothic arched entrance and an octagonal stained glass window in the upper facade. Side windows have stained glass sashes. Flanking 1-story wings are...

1119-1121 West Pettigrew Street/berea Christian Church/moses Hester House

This was the home of Reverend Moses Hester, who ran an integrated church out of the basement of 1121 West Pettigrew Street and lived next door at 1119. Hester was widely known for his interesting sermons. The two bells out front rang for both church services, and also for shift change at the mills.

Berea Baptist Church And Cemetery- 5011 Fayetteville Road

The Berea Baptist Church was founded in 1855, yet this church building is from 1900. Next to the church is a graveyard that is the resting place of some early South Durham families.

1203 Holloway St.

(Below in italics is from the 2004 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) This building was apparently built as a frame church. About 1975 it was brick veneered, and the front porch enclosed as a narthex, with double metal doors and a plastic cross on the facade. Otiginal 6-over-6 sash windows and eave brackets remain...

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...

500 North Driver Street

(Below in italics is from the 2004 East Durham National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Gospel Tabernacle. Front-gabled brick sanctuary, 3 bays wide and 8 bays deep, with paired rectangular stained glass windows. The marble cornerstone has the date 1945. A 1960s narthex addition of contemporary design features a large...

301 North Driver Street - Angier Avenue Baptist Church Parsonage.

Built as the Angier Avenue Baptist Church Parsonage in 1950