On State Road 751 at O'Kelly Chapel Road, on the right when traveling south on State Road 751.
Named for Rev. James O'Kelly, this chapel was erected on land
acquired in 1803 by a congregation which he had organized in 1794. It
is recognized as the first congregation of the “Christian Churches.”
O'Kelly's Essay on Negro Slavery, . . . — — Map (db m232695) HM
On Fayetteville Street at Massey Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Fayetteville Street.
Est. in 1922 by African Americans. Hosted many American Tennis Assoc. tournaments. Durham Committee on Negro Affairs org. here, 1935. — — Map (db m210852) 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
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 the right when traveling north 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 m219801) 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 m218176) HM
On Blackwell Street, 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 Virginia to . . . — — Map (db m219797) 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 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 m219796) HM
On Barbee Road north of Fayetteville Road (North Carolina Road 1118), on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
The Long Black Freedom Struggle
Born in Enfield, North Carolina in 1898, Louis Austin personified the black freedom struggle. Growing up in an era of white supremacy, many blacks gave up hope of overturning racial segregation in economic, . . . — — Map (db m232672) HM
On Broad Street near Watts Circle, on the right when traveling south.
Opened in 1980 as state-supported, residential high school. Campus was site of Watts Hospital (1909-1976), built by Geo. Washington Watts. — — Map (db m219793) HM
On Blackwell Street, on the right when traveling north.
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 m219798) 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 Mason Road (North Carolina Route 1002) at North Roxboro Road (U.S. 501), on the right when traveling east on Mason Road.
Colonial trading route. dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina passed nearby. — — Map (db m211211) HM
(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
(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. Ulysses S. . . . — — 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 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 Bennett Memorial Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
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 m210746) HM
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 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 Roney Street south of West Corporation Street, on the right when traveling south.
John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical . . . — — Map (db m232639) HM
On West Parrish Street west of West Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
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 m210737) 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 m210739) 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 m218168) HM
"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 m218170) HM
On North Mangum Street at West Orange Street, on the right when traveling west on North Mangum 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 m218171) HM
On West Main Street at East Chapel Hill Street on West Main Street.
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 m218217) HM
On West Parrish Street west of North Mangum Street, on the right when traveling west.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Co./
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
1921
Neoclassical Revival Landmark that anchored Durham's “Black Wall Street.” Home office of N.C. . . . — — Map (db m232644) HM
On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east.
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 Parrish Street at East Parrish Street, on the right when traveling west on East Parrish 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 m218173) HM
On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
[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 m210744) WM
On East Main Street east of North Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
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 m210741) HM
On East Main Street west of South Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east.
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
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 East Parrish Street, on the right when traveling west.
Named for tobacco tycoon E.J. Parrish and his father. Parrish Street was the site of his expansive 1879 warehouse.
Early tobacco entrepreneurs E.J. Parrish, James B. Duke, Julian Carr, John Green, and W.T. Blackwell transformed Durham's . . . — — Map (db m210748) HM
On East Main Street east of North Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
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.
Vietnam
1958-1975
In honor of those . . . — — Map (db m210740) WM
Near Anderson Street at Wrightwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Georgia, Robert Franklin Durden
became a distinguished historian, educator,
and writer, specializing in the Civil War and
Reconstruction. His undergraduate years at
Emory University were interrupted by service
in the Navy during World . . . — — Map (db m232512) HM
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
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 West Forest Hills Boulevard north of Westwood Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Mother, activist, politician, and philanthropist, Mary was the granddaughter of Benjamin N. Duke and the great-granddaughter of Washington Duke.
In 1951, Mary Semans was the first woman elected to the Durham City Council, and she served as . . . — — Map (db m232514) HM
On Fayetteville Street (State Road 1118) at Massey Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Fayetteville Street.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
Lincoln Hospital
1901-1976
Founded on Procter St. by Dr. Aaron
Moore, John Merrick & Dr. Stanford L.
Warren, with a gift from Washington
Duke. The community matched gifts
from J.B. & . . . — — Map (db m232648) HM
Near Cornwall Road east of Dover Road, on the right when traveling east.
While many golfers recognize the Big Three as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player, in the world of professional golf that title originally belonged to Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson. These three giants dominated the 1940's, . . . — — Map (db m232675) HM
On Broad Street at Dovershire Parkway, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.
This building housed the prisoners used for road
crews when both prisons and roads were county
responsibilities. Windows were covered with iron
bars, the stubs of which are visible in the 20
thick brick walls.
In 1938 the prisoners were . . . — — Map (db m232496) HM
On Shepherd Street south of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
J.T. & Mamie
Christian House
1921
Member of an old and prominent Durham family, J.T. Christian operated a printing company in downtown Durham. The Christian family owned this . . . — — Map (db m232539) HM
On Fayetteville Street south of Eagle Campus Drive, on the left when traveling south.
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 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 m218218) 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 Watts Street south of 14 Alley, on the left when traveling south.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Crowell House
1891 — — Map (db m232582) HM
On Dacian Avenue west of North Gregson Street, on the left when traveling west.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
Gordon & Gladys
Ward House
1918
No. 132
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. House
Trinity Historic District — — Map (db m232626) HM
On North Buchanan Boulevard at 16 Alley, on the left when traveling south on North Buchanan Boulevard.
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
The King's
Daughters Home
1925
Designed by Milburn, Heister & Co. for the Sheltering Home Circle of the King's Daughters, this home for older women replaced an earlier frame . . . — — Map (db m232561) HM
Near Watts Street at West Trinity Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
William Kenneth Boyd (1879-1938) came to Durham in
1895 to enter Trinity College (now Duke University),
where he received his A.B. and M.A. degrees. After
earning his Ph.D. at Columbia University, he returned
to Durham in 1906 as a professor of . . . — — Map (db m232581) HM
On West Club Boulevard at Oval Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Club Boulevard.
Born August 27, 1937, in Dayton, Ohio, Dorothy Kitchen moved to Durham in 1962 and lived five blocks away from this marker with her husband, Joe, and children, Nick and Julie.
With an extensive background in violin and chamber studies, Kitchen . . . — — Map (db m232509) HM
Historic Preservation
Society of Durham
Watts Hospital II
North Carolina School of
Science & Mathematics
1909
Built by George W. Watts,
Bertrand S. Taylor of Boston,
architect. First modern hospital
in N.C. . . . — — Map (db m232505) HM
On Carroll Street north of Morehead Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
[First panel] Inspiring Family
Grandfather Robert G. Fitzgerald came south after the
Civil War as a teacher and an activist for democracy. He
was immensely proud of his service in the Union Army
and Navy and often chose to be . . . — — Map (db m232526) HM
On Carroll Street north of Morehead Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
[First Panel] Pauli Murray Family Home, 1933 Aunt Pauline Fitzgerald Dame sitting on the porch of the family home (built circa 1898), 906 Carroll Street in Durham in 1933. Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard . . . — — Map (db m232528) HM
On Carroll Street north of Morehead Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
[First panel] Pauli Murray: The Crusader
The deep conviction that sustained Pauli Murray's activism
comes alive in her poetry, which served as an outlet for
her anguish, frustrations, hopes and joys. She shared her
dream of freedom . . . — — Map (db m232518) HM
On Carroll Street north of Morehead Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
[First panel] Pauli Murray, 1910-1985, believed in justice,
reconciliation, and freedom. She championed the
cause of human rights through her work as an author,
educator, lawyer, feminist, poet and priest.
On West Chapel Hill Street at Carroll Street, on the right when traveling west on West Chapel Hill Street.
First African American female Episcopal priest; lawyer, activist, poet, & human rights champion. Wrote Proud Shoes, 1956. Childhood home ¼ mi. S. — — Map (db m232536) HM
