Historical Landmarks

Beechwood Cemetery

3400 Fayetteville St
(919) 560-4156
Contains the graves of many of Durham’s early African-American business and community leaders: John Merrick, founder of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance, C.C. Spaulding, general manager & president of N.C. Mutual, and Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of what is now North Carolina Central University. Located next to White Rock Baptist Church. Open 7am-5pm in winter, 7am-7pm in summer.
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Black Wall Street / Historic Parrish Street

Parrish St
(919) 560-4965
In the early 1900s, African-American business prospered here, and the street became known as America's "Black Wall Street." In the 1960s, the street again attracted national attention as a place where Civil Rights pioneers staged sit-ins and received a memorable visit from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Currently being revitalized and proposed as a National Heritage Area.
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Brightleaf Square

Gregson St at Main St, Downtown
(919) 682-9229
These Neo-Romanesque brick tobacco warehouses, on the National Register of Historic Places, have been home to locally owned shops and acclaimed restaurants since renovated in 1981.
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Bullington Warehouse

500 N Duke St, Downtown Durham
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Built in 1927, last of the brick tobacco warehouses to be built in Downtown Durham in 1927. On National Register of Historic Places.
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City Place

501 Washington St
(919) 956-2722
The Old City Stables, later the City Garage (late 1930s), have been transformed into City Place.
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Duke Memorial United Methodist Church

504 W Chapel Hill St, Downtown Durham
(919) 683-3467
Built in 1907, twin-towered, Gothic Revival-style church, named for Washington Duke. Features 10-bell, manually-operated carillon (performances nightly) and Holtkamp organ.
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Durham Bulls Athletic Park

409 Blackwell St
(919) 687-6500
Nationally-acclaimed, 10,000-seat Downtown home of the Durham Bulls Triple-A baseball club, made famous by the movie "Bull Durham." Includes historic ambiance, skyboxes, and year-round Ball Park Corner with Bulls' memorabilia.
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Durham Hosiery Mill (Mill #1)

803 Angier Ave
(919) 682-4866
Built in 1901, nerve center of the world's largest hosiery mill complex and largest producer of silk stockings. Only mill in the country staffed entirely by African-Americans. Today it provides housing for seniors. On National Register of Historic Places.
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Erwin Mills

713 - 731 Ninth St, Ninth Street District
(919) 682-9229
Built in 1893, originally produced tobacco bags and later became nation's largest producer of denim. Remaining buildings serve as office space and apartment homes.
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First Presbyterian Church

305 E Main St
(919) 682-5511
This 1916 building with German stained-glass windows stands on the site of two previous churches built by the congregation in 1875 and 1890. Currently led by Pastor Joseph S. Harvard.
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Former Wright's Automatic Machinery Co. Building

921 Holloway St
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The factory dates from 1941 and is notable for its ties to Durham business titan Richard Harvey Wright and its own role as a supplier to the U.S. Navy during World War II and NASA up to the present day. Every spacecraft NASA has flown, including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, has carried parts made in the Durham factory, according to the city's landmark-designation report.
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Geer Cemetery

Camden at Colonial and McGill Sts
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First cemetery for African-Americans in Durham. Margaret Faucette, founder of White Rock Baptist Church, and Edian Markham, founder of St. Joseph’s AME Church and organizer of Hayti neighborhood, lie there.
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Golden Belt

807 E Main St, Downtown Durham
(919) 967-7700
The spectacular, restored Golden Belt, once a historic textile mill campus, now features unique dining and shopping, a live music venue, art galleries, green space, festival space, 37 live/work lofts, creative office space, and 35 artist studios that spill into a central artist-run gallery. Golden Belt, as a creative arts hub, enlivens East Main Street and honors the innovation of Julian Carr, the factory's original founder.
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Golden Belt, ROOM 100 Gallery

807 E Main St, Downtown Durham
(919) 967-7700
Once a seven-acre textile mill campus, now hosts arts, commerce, and living with 35 sky-lit artist studios open to the public, 37 modern live/work loft apartments, retail and restaurants, office space, and live music venue.
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Great Indian Trading Path

Snow Hill, St Mary's, and Mason Rds
(919) 644-0600
Runs through Durham along present-day Snow Hill, St. Mary's, and Mason Rds. Famous Piedmont fur and deerskin trading route through what is now Durham. After 1670, used by European explorers, hunters, and settlers. Passes Arrowhead Inn (circa 1774), Historic Stagville, and Hardscrabble Plantation, all dating to the late 1700s.
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Greystone Inn and Conference Center

618 W Morehead Ave, NC Hwy 147, Exit 13
(919) 688-1227
Granite and brick mansion built in 1911 for James Edward Stagg, a Durham banker, textile manufacturer, and railroad executive. Greystone is the last remaining Chateauesque-style dwelling in Durham and one of only a few such houses remaining in the state. Now a unique venue for meetings and receptions as well as a bed & breakfast inn with eight guest rooms.
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Maplewood Cemetery

1621 Duke University Rd
(919) 560-4156
Over 100 acres of history, dating to 1869. Civil War veterans and soldiers, tobacco magnates, and community leaders rest here. Many gravesites marked with Victorian funereal art. Six Italian marble figures surround Carr family plot, while the Duke Mausoleum sits on cemetery's highest knoll.
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Mechanics & Farmers Bank Building

116 W Parrish St, Downtown Durham
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The Parrish Street branch of M&F Bank is the first black owned bank in the country. Neo-Classical Revival building symbolizes what once was called "Black Wall Street."
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Mount Bethel United Methodist Church

1605 Bahama Rd
(919) 477-4296
Built around 1750 as a non-denominational meeting house and transformed into a Methodist church since 1808.
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Old Bull Building

201 W Pettigrew St, Downtown Durham
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Built in 1874 at the height of popularity of the W.T. Blackwell and Company's world-renowned "Bull Durham" brand. Now space for upscale residences. A National Historic Landmark.
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Old Durham County Courthouse

200 E Main St
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Renovated 1916 Neo-Classical Revival building of Indiana limestone. Facade of fluted stone pilasters with Corinthian capitals, solid bronze doors, and stone balconies.
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Orange Street Mall

E Chapel Hill St and W Parrish St
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Brick walkway named for a 19th-century tobacco brand “Orange of Durham.”
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Quail Roost Farms

418 Quail Roost Farm Rd (off Roxboro Rd)
(919) 308-6747
Organized as a hunt club in 1875, it became one of the nation's leading stables and dairy farms. Riding lessons available.
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Temple Building

302 W Main St
(919) 956-4475
1909 Spanish Colonial-style building, built with leftover materials from the 1909 Watts Hospital. Recently renovated by the Center for Community Self-Help.
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The Oren Belvin House

918 N Mangum St
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The Sessoms-Markham House

1817 Chapel Hill Rd
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Trinity United Methodist Church

215 N Church St
(919) 683-1386
1924 Gothic Revival church noted for woodcarvings. Famous members included Soong Chiao-chun, one of the leaders of China's 1911 Chinese Revolution, whose two daughters married Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
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Venable Center

302 E Pettigrew St
(919) 967-7700
Once home to Durham's largest independent tobacco leaf broker, Venable Center continues that entrepreneurial spirit by welcoming a diverse mix of tenants to a beautifully-restored, 90,000-square-foot historic campus. With flexible floor plans, a convenient Downtown location, and smart green design, Venable Center offers modern office, commercial, and lab space in a secure campus setting.
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White Rock Baptist Church

3400 Fayetteville St
(919) 688-8136
Founded in 1866, this congregation was served for many years by Dr. Augustus Shepard, father of North Carolina Central University founder Dr. James E. Shepard. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed its congregation with a history-making civil rights speech following the famous 1960 Woolworth lunch counter sit-in in Durham.
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