Men's Clothing Store

101-105 E. Main St.- Tj Lambe Co. / Harvey's Cafeteria

The buildings on the northeast corner of East Main St. and North Mangum St. were constructed sometime prior to 1891 and housed a variety of commercial establishments, the first being the T.J. Lambe's men's clothing store. Looking northeast from Mangum and Main, 1895. (Courtesy Duke Archives) In 1936, Harvey's Cafeteria opened at 105 East Main...

Old Hill Building

One of the earliest masonry structures built in what is now the core of downtown, west of Corcoran St. was the Armory Building, built ~1895. Looking east on West Main St., 1900. Two two-story buildings are on the right side of the street - the more elaborate of the two, with the flanking square turrets projecting from the second floor, is the...

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...

1000-1004 E. Main St.

Multi-tenant 1930s commercial structure on the southeast corner of East Main and South Elm; survived in decayed form until the 1980s; was added to the Golden Belt NRHD. Demolished and replaced with the back end of a cul-de-sac.

306 West Main Street

306 West Main was built circa 1906 by John Sprunt Hill. In the picture below, the second 3-story building moving right to left is 306 West Main - one of the last buildings surviving in this block - the Temple Building and 308 W. Main (flanking) being the others. It appears to have been a Western Union office. (Courtesy Duke Archives) By the 1950s...

118 East Main

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

122 East Main

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. (Courtesy Duke Archives)

126-128 East Main St

Looking west on East Main St. from Church St., 1895. 126-128 E. Main is barely visible past the corner structure. (Courtesy Duke Archives) Looking southwest at the 100 block of East main, 1905, with 126-128 East Main slightly recessed. (Courtesy Duke Archives) Looking west from the intersection of Church and East Main, circa 1920. (Courtesy NC...

112-116 East Main

Above, the south side of the 100 block of East Main St., looking southeast, 1924. 112-116 East Main is the three-story structure mid-block (Courtesy Duke Archives) The 100 block of East Main St. was, along with 100 West Main St., the earliest retail focus in Durham. Generally, in the development of Durham, early frame structures were supplanted by...