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Page 1/1 Map of the town of Durham, North Carolina:showing the property of the Durham Consolidated Land and Improvement Company Creator(s): Jackson, M. P., Artist The Deutsch Lithography and Photography Company, Publisher Leary, S. L., Date: 1890 Description: This 1890 map published by the Durham Consolidated Land & Improvement Company indicates its property holdings north and west of Trinity College, Durham, North Carolina, in areas now known as Trinity Heights, Walltown, and Old West Durham. Contains an advertisement with illustration promoting Trinity College as well as a letter by Richard H. Wright, secretary of the Company, extolling the virtues of Durham's business climate. In 1890, the Durham Consolidated Land & Improvement Company published this map to indicate its property holdings north and west of Trinity College in an area now known as Trinity Heights, Walltown, and Old West Durham. The map also provides some information about streets near the Blackwell Tobacco Factory, now Downtown Durham. It also features an advertisement promoting Trinity College as well as the virtues of Durham's business climate. Source: Map of the town of Durham, North Carolina: showing the property of the Durham Consolidated Land and Improvement Company, B-72, Rare Book, Manuscript, Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Dimensions: 75 x 55 cm. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Maps Land tenure -- North Carolina -- Durham County Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929 Durham (N.C.) -- History Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Durham Real estate development -- North Carolina -- Durham County Durham Consolidated Land and Improvement Company Durham (N.C.) -- Maps -- 19th century Advertising -- History -- 19th century Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham Geographic Term: Old West Durham (Durham, N.C) Trinity Heights (Durham, N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Walltown (Durham, N.C.) |
