Offices

Smith Warehouse

The Smith Warehouse, built in 1906, was the largest of the Duke & Sons tobacco warehouses, used for the storage of tobacco prior to processing. Below, a view from the Washington Duke building at Trinity College (now East Campus) looking south, prior to the construction of the Smith Warehouse across the railroad tracks. The sizable two-story...

211 Rigsbee Ave.

211 Rigsbee Avenue was built ~1947 for the Durham Insurance Service Company. Above, the view from Rigsbee Ave., looking west-northwest, 1966. Aside from some fancy awnings, it has changed little, although it now contains the city purchasing office and equal opportunity offices. Looking west, 2007. 211 Rigsbee underwent a full renovation in 2008. 10...

327-329 West Main

The building at 327-329 West Main St. was built during the 1920s with the C.D. Kenny company (which sold Teas, Coffees, and Sugars) as one tenant and the Federated Clothing Store as the other. I've previously posted on another location of the CD Kenny company, 301 West Main St. In keeping with the concentration of retail stores near Five Points...

Library / Albert Lewis Turner Hall / William Jones Building

This tall T-shaped and hip-roofed one-story building with a mezzanine and a raised basement is part of the campus building campaign sponsored by the Public Works Administration. Brick elevations in English bond are punctuated by tall windows with. splayed brick lintels and limestone keystones. Constructed as a library, the building later served as the law school and today contains offices.