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Title: Panoramic photograph of Parrish Street in Durham Date: 1926 Description: This panoramic view of Parrish Street (circa 1926) features the six-story headquarters of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, a company established by black entrepreneurs, John Merrick, Dr. Aaron M. Moore, and Charles Clinton Spaulding. The firm's headquarters (as depicted in this image) was designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose and erected in 1921. Five years later, the building, located at 114-116 Parrish Street, housed the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mutual Building & Loan Association, and the Merrick-McDougald-Wilson Company. After North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company moved to its new headquarters on Chapel Hill Street in 1965, the old headquarters on Parrish Street was renamed the Mechanics & Farmers Bank building. The right panel of this photograph features the Durham County Courthouse (erected in 1916) and the Union Depot, both designed by Milburn and Heister Company, architects. Source: Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 20th century Mechanics and Farmers Bank (Durham, N.C.) Merrick-McDougald-Wilson Company Mutual Building & Loan Association (Durham, N.C.) North Carolina Mutual Building (Durham, N.C.) Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Durham Durham (N.C.) -- History African American business enterprises Milburn, Heister & Co. North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association (Durham, N.C.) Moore, Aaron McDuffie, 1863-1923 Spaulding, Charles Clinton, 1874 - 1952 Merrick, John, 1859-1919 Architecture -- North Carolina North Carolina Mutual -- History Rose and Rose (Durham, N.C.) Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham Photographs Photography -- History -- 20th century Geographic Term: Parrish Street (Durham, N.C.) |
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