Clothing Store

125 East Main Street

Looking west-northwest from Church St. and East Main St., 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

117 East Main Street

Looking northeast from the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., 1890s. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The first brick structures on the north side of the 100 block of East Main St. were built during late 1880s-early 1890s, including the midblock structures of 113-119 E. Main. 119 East Main notably included the Rawls Store, which later became the Rawls-Knight department store.

211 North Mangum Street

211 North Mangum Street, December 1963 (Courtesy Duke Archives) The First Baptist Church was the first church in Durham. The congregation formed in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist church, according to Boyd's history of Durham, "in the Piney Grove schoolhouse, 1 mile south of West Durham." In 1850, with population growing near "Durhamville" and...

207-209 North Mangum St.

207-209 N.Mangum, home of Gladstein's, which fit the Big Man. (Courtesy Duke Archives) The First Baptist Church was the first church in Durham. The congregation formed in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist church, according to Boyd's history of Durham, "in the Piney Grove schoolhouse, 1 mile south of West Durham." In 1850, with population growing...

126-130 West Parrish Street

The building at 126-130 West Parrish was likely built around 1902 - perhaps incorporating earlier structures. In 1923, it housed Byrd & Bryan, a predecessor to Stone Brothers and Byrd, and Tager Brothers, John Tager's clothing store. Later, it became the longtime home of Kimbrell's Furniture. In September, 1955, it was destroyed by fire. Looking...

Sneed-Markham-Taylor Store

(Courtesy Durham County Library) The John L. Markham Cash Store, located at the southwest corner of Main and Mangum Sts., was the first commercial brick structure in Durham, built sometime prior to 1881. (From "Durham: A Pictorial History" by Joel Kostyu)

John Markham Store

The John L. Markham Cash Store, located at the southwest corner of Main and Mangum Sts., was the first commercial brick structure in Durham, built sometime prior to 1881. (From "Durham: A Pictorial History" by Joel Kostyu) Looking southwest from Mangum and Main, 1890s.

119 West Main Street

The south side of the 100 block of West Main St. contains a collection of some of the oldest structures remaining in downtown. The buildings at 117 and 119 West Main St. both date from the 1890s. 117 and 119 West Main, 1905. (Courtesy Duke Archives) An unusual shot shows these buildings from Parrish St. immediately after the fire of 1914 - a view...

107-111 East Main St.

107-111 East Main is the 2nd building from the left, with the arched windows and "The Grill" in front. By the 1890s, Jones and Frasier Jewelry was located at 111 East Main St. The firm was founded in 1885 by Mr. MH Jones. In 1902, William Frasier joined the firm, and it became known as Jones and Frasier. In 192?, the firm relocated to 121 West Main...

312-316 South Driver Street

312-316 South Driver, 1945 312-316 South Driver was built in the 1920s. By the early 1930s, it housed Ferguson Grocery at 312, DW Brown Dry Cleaners at 314, and the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) at 316. (314 had a wing that extended from the rear of the building to the south, fronting on Angier Avenue - 2021 Angier.) By the mid-1940s, 312 had become the East Durham Beauty Shop. It was closed by 1950.