HISTORY OF OLD WEST DURHAM
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We have copied the few highlights from our neighborhood history you see below to this website, but you may see a deeper collection of history pages at the archive of our old website at this link.
Mill Hill
A History of Old West Durham
Our neighborhood remains a collection of quiet, tree-lined streets. Our neighborhood is a place with a colorful past and a bright future. Ours is a place where the front porch is still used for visiting with neighbors, where the train whistle is still appreciated, and where the roses still bloom. This is our home.
Ninth Street Merchant's District
According to the Durham Herald-Sun, Ninth Street saw its first real boom about 1910. Brick facades replaced old, wood-frame buildings on the eastern side of the street. Two groceries, two drugstores, a general store, a boot maker and watchmaker, filling stations, banks and others served more than 1,600 mill workers by the 1920s. Read More...