People & Places

Designed by noted ecclesiastical architect James M. McMichael, Edgemont Baptist was completed in 1915, and was the dominant church in the Edgemont community. It remained home to that congregation until 1989.

951-953 East Main, September 2007 951-953 was built in the mid-1920s; like many of the structures to its west, it replaced earlier frame mercantile structures. 1928 951 Brown Brothers and Holt 953 Edgemont Market 1933 953 Edgemont Market 1937 Vacant 1944 951: JE Gunter Hosiery Mill 953: Scott and Roberts dry cleaners 1952

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story hip-roofed bungalow built late 1910s. Unaltered exterior features gabled attic dormer and Tuscan columns on weather- boarded balustrade at front porch.

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story, one-room-deep house with triple-A roofline and rear ell built c. 1900. One of two front doors removed; replacement metal posts at almost full-facade front porch. 1999

1984 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) c. 1900 one-story T-shaped house, its exterior completely intact except for loss of porch post spandrels. 1999

June 1979 June 1979 01.04.08

1007 Morning Glory in 01.11.08 A small portion of 1007 Morning Glory is visible on the right in this 1979 shot. (NCSHPO) 1007 Morning Glory was a long-time Vinson Braswell property that was purchased in 2006 by the Durham Housing Authority. As funding wound down for the HOPE VI project, none evidently remained to renovate 1007 Morning Glory. The...

1981 Sometime ~1920, the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. expanded the original mill village with the construction of 6 bungalows on land, as seen on the above 1913 Sanborn map, that had been left vacant during the original mill village construction. The reasons for leaving this land vacant during the original construction are unclear; perhaps because...

1008 Morning Glory, 1984. (SHPO) 1000 Block of Morning Glory with 1008 MG on the left, 1979. (SHPO) 01.04.08 Nicely renovated to SHPO/historic standards by Bergman Rentals in 2011. 04.19.12