Thrift Store

Ne Corner - North Mangum And East Geer

I have no picture of the frame house that stood on the northeast corner of North Mangum and West Geer Streets prior to the 1930s - by 1937, it had been replaced with a simple 'filling station' in the common style of the 1920s and 1930s. By the 1950s, this station had been expanded to include garage bays to the rear. Looking northeast, 1952 (Courtesy Wayne Henderson)

2926 Guess Rd. - Kirkland House / Everything But Grannies Panties

07.22.12 I figure that I must not be the only person in Durham, or in the Triangle who is interested in a place like this, but the fact that no one else has put it on here over the last 8 months, and the complete lack of any history in a Google search must mean that I am. Regardless, the former house at 2926 Guess Road (originally noted in the...

Coca-Cola Bottling Plant - West Main

The Durham Coca-Cola bottling plant, originally located on the southeast corner of N. Church and Liberty Sts., relocated to the southeast corner of Milton Ave. (now Buchanan Blvd.) and West Main St. in 1930. A flat-roofed industrial wing extended off the western and southern facades of the building to accommodate machinery. In 1966, the bottling...