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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Durham County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Durham County, North Carolina
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On West Parrish Street at North Magnum Street (Business Highway 501), on the right when traveling west on West Parrish Street. |
| | The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, the Mutual Building and Loan Association and North Carolina College were model financial and educational institutions devoted to entrepreneurship and self-help in Durham. — — Map (db m126156) HM |
| On West Orange Street north of West Parrish Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Since 1898, White Rock Baptist Church, St. Joseph A.M.E. Church, Stanford L. Warren Library, Lincoln Hospital, John Avery Boys and Girls Club, North Carolina College, and Durham Public Schools are all connected historically to black businesses on . . . — — Map (db m126157) HM |
| On Blackwell Street at Morehead Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Blackwell Street. |
| | Durham was established in the 1850's when the North Carolina Railroad extended its tracks westward across the state. The new town became the destination for farmers in the area to bring their tobacco crops for sale and transport to the factories. . . . — — Map (db m126202) HM |
| Near Bennett Memorial Road at Near Road. |
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(Preface, upper left) : The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. . . . — — Map (db m3635) HM |
| On Bennett Memorial Road at Neal Road, on the right when traveling south on Bennett Memorial Road. |
| | Farm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Gen. William T. Sherman, April 26, 1865. Johnston’s surrender followed Lee’s at Appomattox by 17 days and ended the Civil War in the Carolinas, Georgia, . . . — — Map (db m160175) HM |
| On Fayetteville Street south of Eagle Campus Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
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In Loving Memory of
Beulah C. Bowens Fuller
1918-1997
Wilson, North Carolina
Class of 1940
North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham
A graduate of Darden High School in Wilson, North Carolina and the first in her family to . . . — — Map (db m126198) HM |
| On North Mangum Street (Business U.S. 501) at West Parrish Street, on the right when traveling south on North Mangum Street. |
| | In the early decades of the 1900's Durham acquired national reputation for entrepreneurship. Businesses owned by African Americans lined Parrish Street. Among them were N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. (moved to Parrish, 1906), led by John Merrick. . . . — — Map (db m69962) HM |
| On S Miami Blvd. (State Highway 1959), on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in . . . — — Map (db m14710) HM |
| On Fayetteville Street at Simmons Street on Fayetteville Street. |
| | During the 1920s - 1940s, Durham was home to African American musicians whose work defined a distinctive regional style. Blues artists often played in the surrounding Hayti community and downtown tobacco warehouse district. Prominent among these . . . — — Map (db m39611) HM |
| On Fayetteville Street north of Formosa Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Holy Cross Church, established in Durham in 1939 by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, was among North Carolina's earliest African-American Catholic congregations. A rectory was built in 1942 with one room serving as the chapel, and this . . . — — Map (db m126194) HM |
| On Brant Street east of Fayetteville Street, in the median. |
| | Administration and classroom centerpiece for New Georgian Style campus of North Carolina College for Negroes. Designed by the local architectural firm, Atwood & Nash.
North Carolina Central University Historic District — — Map (db m126200) HM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
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Roll of the Honored Dead
Andrews, Junie
Blame, Carl
Brafford, Albert
Clark, Willard
Cole, Norman
Cullon, James
Denny, Hoyt
Ewing, Arthur
Faucette, John M.
Ferrell, G.G.
Fuller, Roy H.
Haithcock, Sidney
Hamelt, George D. . . . — — Map (db m126187) WM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
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Dr. Bartlett Durham
Patriot
and
Founder
of the
City of Durham — — Map (db m126183) HM |
| On North Duke Street (U.S. 501) at Carver Street, on the right when traveling north on North Duke Street. |
| | Birthplace of J. B. and B. N. Duke, tobacco and hydroelectric magnates, philanthropists (Duke University, the Duke Endowment), is 1 mi. S.W. — — Map (db m30683) HM |
| Near Duke Homestead Road. |
| | When North Carolina became the last state to secede from the Union in May 1861, Washington Duke’s small farm and homestead here consisted of more than 300 acres. He grew typical crops such as corn, wheat, oats, and sweet potatoes, and had raised . . . — — Map (db m37834) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 70) at Campus Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Formerly Trinity College. Name was changed in 1924 to honor Washington Duke whose son James B. Duke endowed the institution. — — Map (db m109252) HM |
| On Blackwell Street at Dillard Street, on the right when traveling north on Blackwell Street. |
| | (Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in . . . — — Map (db m14674) HM |
| On West Main Street west of Market Street. |
| | "Mutt" and Sara Evans were civic, business and faith leaders during Durham's fast-changing, mid-20th century decades. Elected Mayor for a record six terms, Mutt Evans served from 1951 to 1963, holding together a diverse coalition of interests . . . — — Map (db m126207) HM |
| On North Church Street at East Parrish Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street. |
| | Through strategic leadership and funding since 1935, Black entrepreneurs on Parrish Street are active participants in the founding of the Durham Business and Professional Chain, the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Black newspapers . . . — — Map (db m126160) HM |
| On West Parrish Street at West Orange Street, on the right when traveling west on West Parrish Street. |
| | John Merrick's 1898 admonition, "Let us think more of our employment" guided the development of Parrish Street as the center city address of many ambitious bankers, doctors, lawyers and accountants whose investments in a growing African American . . . — — Map (db m126159) HM |
| On West Main Street at East Chapel Hill Street on West Main Street. |
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This simplified Art Deco building was first used as a clothing store.
From 1928 until 1978 it housed the Five Points Loan Company and Pawnshop. — — Map (db m128093) HM |
| On Concord Street at Brant Street, on the left when traveling south on Concord Street. |
| | Hillside High opened as a school for black students in 1921 at Pine and Umstead streets on land donated by John Sprint Hill. It moved in 1950 to a larger building, the former Whitted Junior High School, at this location. In 1996, Hillside High . . . — — Map (db m126192) HM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
| | [Front]
The Confederate States of America
22 February 1862
Deo Vindice
In Memory of
"The Boys who
Wore the Gray"
1861 - 1865
[Left side]
Dedicated
May 10th 1924
[Right side]
This memorial . . . — — Map (db m126181) WM |
| On University Drive at Hope Valley Road (North Carolina Highway 751), on the right when traveling east on University Drive. |
| | Negro educational and religious leader. Founder of a college (1910), now N.C. Central University, its president to 1947. Grave 1½ miles S.E. — — Map (db m69967) HM |
| On Brant Street east of Fayetteville Street, in the median. |
| | [Front]
Founder & President
North Carolina College
at Durham
1910-1947
[Plaque at base of statue]
Refurbished by:
The Senior Class of 1998
North Carolina Central University
"In Truth and Service . . . — — Map (db m126189) HM |
| | Black business leader. In 1898 he founded what is now N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company. His grave is 85 yds. N.W. — — Map (db m39609) HM |
| On South Duke Street near West Cobb Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Banker and attorney. Leader in credit union movement. Benefactor, UNC Library. Lived here. — — Map (db m69966) HM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
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Member of the General Assembly of the State
Mayor of Durham
Chairman of the Commissioners of the County
Justice of the Peace for Fifty Years
His life was given to the service of his neighbors to whom he was ever a symbol of . . . — — Map (db m126184) HM |
| On Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On April 17, 1865, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston met on this section of the Raleigh to Hillsboro Road at the home of James and Nancy Bennett to negotiate a peace settlement to end the war. Staff officers, . . . — — Map (db m125325) HM |
| On North Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70) north of East Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Organized in 1918 in the Malbourne Hotel, which stood here. J.N. Ambler elected first president. — — Map (db m126161) HM |
| Near Duke Homestead Road. |
| | North Carolina’s Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the . . . — — Map (db m37830) HM |
| On Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | North Carolina’s Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the . . . — — Map (db m58392) HM |
| On Blackwell Street at Dillard Street, on the right when traveling north on Blackwell Street. |
| | North Carolina’s Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the . . . — — Map (db m63217) HM |
| On South Alston Avenue at East Lawson Street, on the left when traveling north on South Alston Avenue. |
| | Founded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university. — — Map (db m39613) HM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
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In honor of those who
answered their country's call
in World War II
the Durham Exchange Club
dedicates this memorial
[Names listed]
"This prayer we make in penitence
that all who pass by here may sense
the costliness . . . — — Map (db m126186) WM |
| Near Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Erected by the Rotary Club of Durham as its first community gift in November, 1916. Originally located in Rotary Park in downtown Durham; Relocated to Bennet Place Memorial Park in 1924. Refurbished and rededicated by the Rotary Club of Durham on . . . — — Map (db m125324) HM |
| On North Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 15) at Dowd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Roxboro Street. |
| | Segregation protest at an ice cream parlor on this site, June 23, 1957, led to court case testing dual racial facilities — — Map (db m69961) HM |
| On State Highway 54 0.1 miles east of South Alston Avenue (State Highway 1945), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Lowes Grove credit union, first in South, formed to serve local farmers. Est. Dec. 9, 1915, on initiative of John Sprunt Hill — — Map (db m71344) HM |
| On Fayetteville Street south of Brant Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The house was built in 1925 for Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and first president of North Carolina Central University, and his family, with funds collected until his death in 1947. The State of North Carolina purchased the home in 1949, and it . . . — — Map (db m126191) HM |
| On East Main Street east of North Queen Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Church building designed in the Rural English Gothic style by the noted Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram. It stands on the site of the original frame church built in 1880.
Downtown Durham Historic District — — Map (db m126188) HM |
| On Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The original Bennett House, which burned on October 12, 1921, faced east on the old Hillsboro Road; the road ran in 1865 as now, south of the building. The structure consisted of one room downstairs and a small room over it; in the former Generals . . . — — Map (db m58326) HM |
| On Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One hundred feet east of this spot in the Bennett House General Joseph E. Johnston and Major General William T. Sherman met at noon, April 17, 1865, to discuss terms of a proposed surrender. They met in this house again on April 18 and wrote and . . . — — Map (db m58396) HM |
| On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. |
| | [East side]
In honor of those 39
brave heroes from
Durham County who
died while serving the
United States of America
and mankind by
defending freedom for
all mankind in Vietnam.
Dedicated May 30, 1994
Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m126185) WM |
| On East Chapel Hill Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling east on East Chapel Hill Street. |
| | Black leaders John Merrick, R.B. Fitzgerald, A.M. Moore, J.A. Dodson, J.R. Hawkins, W.G. Pearson, J.E. Shepard, C.C. Spaulding, S.L. Warren, and G.W. Stephens created successful business, educational, and cultural institutions in Durham despite . . . — — Map (db m126155) HM |
| Near North Roxboro Road (U.S. 501). |
| | (Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to . . . — — Map (db m45346) HM |
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