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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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