Old West Durham Neighborhood Association









| Upper Ninth Street |
| W. Main St./Erwin Square |
| Broad Street |
| Ninth Street Shopping District |
| Edith, Virgie, and Carolina |
| Rosehill Ave |
| Hale Street |
| Knox, Green, Alabama |
| Oakland, Lawndale
| Trent Dr., Rutherford, Warner, Bolton and 15th Streets |
| Iredell Street |
| Hillsborough Road |
| West Pettigrew St. |
| Gin St. and Dezern Pl. |
| Sights Near OWD |


    Snapshots of Old West Durham


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



    A pyramid house on Hale Street.


    Dan and Mack Moore grew up on Hale Street (photo taken in 1937).


    When he was 12 years old, Dan received the best Christmas present of all -- a goat named Bill to pull his wagon. Bill took Dan anywhere in West Durham that he wanted to go. Bill knew the way to Shorty Barnes Supply Co. on Ninth Street for goat food. When the wagon was loaded with his pellets, Bill would run all the way home. Dan knew to feed him some pellets when he got home, or he'd have a very mad goat.

    Behind the wagon, you can barely see the Moore's shower house that Dan's father made out of pine slabs. Everybody in the neighborhood knew about the shower house and many people came up to 914 Hale to get a cool shower on hot summer days. Fun was had by all. (1947)


    The picture of Dan with his goat was taken in his grandmother's yard at the corner of Alabama and Knox, near the corner store that still stands there today. (1948)


    In the middle of the summer of '43, an uncle serving in the Air Force during WWII wrote home asking what the boys received for Christmas. Dan's mother insisted the brothers put on their heavy winter clothes for a picture to mail their uncle. With temps over 100 degrees, the boys were perspiring like mad while their mother was sitting on the porch saying, "Smile." We understand the smiles were not happy ones. (1943)


    914 Hale Street in 1955. Both parents worked at Erwin Mills -- Mr. Moore was an Assistant Overseer in No. 1 Weave Room and Mrs. Moore was a weaver in No. 4 Weave Room. Photo was taken by Dan's new wife, Lucy Moore. Home for a visit, the newlyweds had car trouble and borrowed a Desoto from an uncle who worked at Elkins Motor Co.


    914 Hale Street in 2002. Dan Moore back in town for an EK Powe reunion (and tour around Old West Durham).

    Photos courtesy of Dan Moore, Baltimore.

    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.

    Thanks,
    Tom Clark, webmaster