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Page 5/115 Hand-book of Durham, North Carolina : a brief and accurate description of a prosperous and growing southern manufacturing town Creator(s): Educator Company, Editor Date: 1895 Description: This pocket-sized handbook documents the people, businesses, social conditions, and government of Durham, North Carolina, and compares Durham's industrial and social advantages to other cities of the same size. It includes statistical records and information about Durham's government, health, real estate, taxes, buildings, streets, waterworks, fire departments, electric lights and gas, telephones, hotels, hospitals, markets, schools and colleges, churches, lodges, and social clubs. Included are lithographs of Mangum Street and Main Street and depictions of prominent buildings, such as: Bennett Place; Durham County Court House; the Fire House; Hotel Carolina; City Hospital; Durham Graded School; Trinity College's Main Building; Trinity Methodist Church; Main Street Methodist Church; the Presbyterian Church; the First and Second Baptist Church; bank buildings; the factory of the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.; Duke Tobacco Factory; and textile factories. Portraits include Isaac N. Link, mayor, and other government officers; Clinton W. Toms, superintendent of city schools; J. C. Michie, superintendent of Durham Water Works; John C. Kilgo, president, Trinity College; Julian S. Carr, president, Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.; Washington Duke; George W. Watts, secretary and treasurer of W. Duke Sons and Co.; Benjamin Newton Duke, president Erwin Cotton Mills; J. T. Mallory, president Mallory Durham Cheroot Co.; L. A. Carr, president Durham Fertilizer Co.; Edward James Parrish; James H. Southgate, President of the Educator Co.; S. F. Tomlinson, secretary and treasurer of R. F. Morris and Son Manufacturing Co.; E. C. Hackney, editor of the Durham Recorder; Robert I. Rogers; Dr. Jacob Lawrence Watkins; William M. Morgan; Richard Harvey Wright. Also shown are the homes of Julian S. Carr, Washington Duke, A. G. Carr, Mrs. J. R. Day, Mrs. T. D. Jones, J. Ed. Lyon, H. E. Seeman, B. N. Duke, B. L. Duke, Mrs. L. L. Morehead, W. W. Fuller, S. F. Tomlinson, L. A. Carr, and George W. Watts. The Handbook lists facts about private interests, including banking; manufacturers of tobacco, textiles, and cigars; leaf tobacco brokerages; tobacco sales warehouses; miscellaneous enterprises; insurance and commission brokerages; and general mercantile businesses. Source: Hand-book of Durham, North Carolina : a brief and accurate description of a prosperous and growing southern manufacturing town. Durham, N.C.: The Educator Company, 1895. Duke University Archives, Durham, North Carolina. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Durham Architectural history Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham County North Carolina -- Commerce -- Directories -- 19th century Businessmen -- North Carolina -- Directories Durham Graded School Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) -- Main Building Trinity Methodist Church (Durham, N.C.) Main Street (Durham, N.C.) Presbyterian Church (Durham, N.C.) First Baptist Church (Durham, N.C.) Second Baptist Church (Durham, N.C.) Banks and banking -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century Factory Building of the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company Duke Tobacco Factory Textile industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century Michie, John C., 1863 - 1939 Toms, Clinton W. Durham Water Works Kilgo, John C. (John Carlisle), 1861 - 1922 Carr, Julian Shakespeare, 1845-1924 W. Duke, Sons and Company Mallory, John T., b. 1834 Watts, George, 1851-1921 Duke, Benjamin Newton, 1855-1929 Erwin Cotton Mills Mallory Durham Cheroot Company (Durham, N.C.) Carr, L. A. Durham Fertilizer Company Parrish, Edward James, 1846 -1920 Southgate, James, 1832-1914 Tomlinson, Samuel F., b. 1841 Robert F. Morris and Son Manufacturing and Company Hackney, Edward C., b. 1856 Durham Recorder Rogers, Robert I., b. 1854 Watkins, Jacob Lawrence, b. 1850 Morgan, William M., b. 1856 Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929 Carr, A. G. Day, J. R., Mrs. Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889 Lyon, James Edward, b. 1846 Seeman, H. E. Duke, Brodie Leonidas, 1846-1919 Morehead, Lucy Lathrop Fuller, Williamson W. Durham (N.C.) -- History African Americans -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- 19th century African Americans -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century Photographs Education -- North Carolina -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century Geographic Term: Durham (N.C.) Mangum Street (Durham, N.C.) Main Street (Durham, N.C.) Bennett Place (Durham, N.C.) |
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