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Snapshots of Old West Durham

This is a growing archive of shots submitted by residents of the neighborhood. Visit it often!




Azalea Graphics, Broad, between Markham and Green.


Pythian Lodge, Broad and Green.

Below are shops on Broad Street, part of our Ninth Street business district in the neighborhood.


The Bull City Market sign welcomes you. Located across the street from the old Blackwell's horse race track, this area was once call Erwin Field -- location of many baseball games. According to one long-time resident, the ball field was shared by both men's and women's teams. Sitting in the bleachers was a favorite pastime for many neighborhood residents. Home plate was in the corner where the Mad Hatter's Bake Shop is now.


 Formerly a Phillips 66 gas station, this building (now Mad Hatter's Bake Shop) was recognized by the Historic Preservation Society of Durham for its makeover.


Born in the Old West Durham, the popular Wellspring Grocery now stands where an A&P once stood. Next door is Durham Cycle Center -- the only store in Durham that sells or repairs bikes. Across the street, the main gate for the Trinity College football field was where the break in the campus wall can now be seen. Historian David Southern recalls seeing the ticket windows in the facade when Duke pulled down the brickwork and the brick remnants of the bleachers in the mid-1980s. Trinity's football stadium stood where field-hockey is now played. The Angier Duke gymnasium was likely the fieldhouse.


Renaissance Arts and Antiques on Broad and Markham.




If anyone else has pictures of other OWD homes or landmarks, email me and either attach the scans, or arrange to drop off the pictures to me and I'll scan them and put them on the site.

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Tom Clark, webmaster