self-guided walking tour o f Downtown Where great things happen

Downtown Durham, ’s first commercial district on the National Register of Historic Places, is the historic and geographic soul of a compact, walkable, and vibrant place Follow along with filled with exciting dining, activities, and more. the tour on your

Thousands of visitors and residents, including workers from Park, mobile phone by North Carolina Central University, and Duke University, experience Downtown’s going to bit.ly/ offerings daily, all within easy reach thanks to the Bull City Connector, a free bus durhamdtwt or route connecting Downtown and Duke. scanning the QR code below. This Self-Guided Walking Tour is a companion to the Official Downtown Durham Map (shown at left) produced by the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau in partnership with Downtown Durham Inc., which contains complete listings of Downtown’s restaurants, shopping, and entertainment options. Request a copy through the Durham Visitor Information Center, the first stop on the tour (101 E Morgan St in

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The Downtown Durham Walking Tour Parrish Street Forum house a National Guard Main Street Durham protesters began a building, now headquarters metal casting to the public. includes 12 former Liggett & is approximately 2 miles. Estimated 8 The Parrish Street Common machine-gun company. 18 A series of architecturally sit-in at the Woolworth lunch for Durham Public Schools, is (Hunt St and Foster St, Durham Myers tobacco buildings (1.26 walking time for the main route is 65 Room is an interpretive space (220 Foster St) and historically significant counter—the first attended on the 1850’s site of Durham’s Central Park) million sq. ft.) over several minutes or 2-3 hours with extensions. honoring the legacy of African properties, many with lofts/ by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. earliest recorded school, the blocks, converted to loft-style Civic Center Plaza Northern Central Park District American entrepreneurs and 14B residences along the second (124 W Main St) Durham Male and Female A10 apartments, retail space, offices, MAIN ROUTE businesses that developed Includes fountains, outdoor story. (inside Downtown loop) Academy. (511 Cleveland St) A collection of historic and the Durham Train Station. gathering space, and seating. 1893 Queen Anne-style buildings adaptively reused BEGIN AT 101 E MORGAN America’s “Black Wall Street.” 18I (604 Morgan St) Located in the original 1908 (201 Foster St) Snow Building building End tour AT 101 E Morgan to house new businesses 18A One of Durham’s finest Art The oldest building that including an artisan printing right on Morris Durham Visitor Information headquarters of Mechanic & Carolina Theatre Deco structures, built in 1933. remains inside the Downtown EXTENSION A shop, restaurants, and retail 1 Center Farmers Bank. (112 W Parrish St) 14C Renovated 1926 Beaux Former Imperial Tobacco Information specialists on Its elevator was the last in Loop. (111 W Main St) stores, a theater, and more. Arts-style theater housing from w morgan At #14C HEAD A18 Warehouse hand to assist visitors and 116 West Parrish – National the state run by a full-time At night, this area, including 9 national touring acts and Historic Baldwin Building NORTH ON FOster 1916 warehouse of Imperial newcomers with directions, Historic Monument operator. (331 W Main St) 18J one block east on Geer St Built in 1921 for North Carolina live performances, as well as 1927 Neoclassical building; at Rigsbee St, is alive with Tobacco Co. Tobacco was maps, and literature. Also cinemas for independent and 1904 Beaux Arts-style now home to loft-style Downtown Durham YMCA re-dried here before being home to Durham’s official Mutual Life Insurance Co.; later 18B A1 activity from bars, music clubs, home to and still a branch of art films and festivals. (309 W building (315 W Main St) apartments and a restaurant. (215 W Morgan St) food trucks, and a brewery. shipped to Great Britain. Locker marketing agency, the Morgan St) (107 W Main St) room scenes from Bull Durham Mechanics and Farmers Bank, “Pauli Murray and True (Foster and Rigsbee Sts between Durham Convention & Visitors Old Hill Building A2 were filmed here. (215 Morris St) Bureau. Public restrooms one of the oldest African- continue to extension a 18C 1925 Georgian Revival Old Kress Building Community” mural, part of Trinity and Corporation) American owned banks in the available. 101 E Morgan St or turn left on W MORGAN st Hill Building commissioned 18K Built in 1932, one of the a collaborative art project Turn right on Great Jones to country. (116 W Parrish St) Return to Corporation along AND FOLLOW GREAT JONES ST by . (300 Block largest and most elaborately coordinated by artist Brett foster heading south; right on Go to Extension B HEAD SOUTHWEST ON N MANGUM Follow PARRISH to Corcoran of W Main St) detailed Art Deco buildings Cook. Durhamite Pauli Murray, Corporation or to main route #14D Durham Arts Council a noted activist and the first Rotary Memorial Park in NC and the first building CCB Plaza 14D Former 1906 Central High Temple Building African-American woman 2 Enjoy the fountain and 18D in Durham to have air Historic Durham Athletic Park 10 Named for the former Central School and later City Hall. 1909 Spanish Colonial-style Episcopal priest, was sainted A11 EXTENSION B plantings in this pocket park. conditioning. Now luxury Ranked #35 in the Top Sports Carolina Bank (now SunTrust), Now 52,000-sq.-ft. arts center Temple Building built with by the Episcopal Church. (313 (Intersection of E Morgan, N condos and offices of Venues of All Time by ESPN. from Great Jones, turn Right the plaza’s focus is a life- with performance space, leftover materials from the Foster St) Mangum, and E Chapel Hill Sts) Greenfire Development and Former home (1926-94) of the on W Main sized, one-ton bronze bull (a three galleries, and meeting 1909 Watts Hospital. (302 W Bull City Forward. (101 W Durham Bulls, who now play rooms. (120 Morris St) Main St) Triangle Biotechnology Durham Train Station Durham City Hall & Plaza legacy emblem of Durham), Main St) A3 a mile south at Durham Bulls B1 3 commissioned by the bank Center Former Clark & Sorrell 110,000-sq.-ft. adaptive reuse Recognized as a place by the Durham Centre Building & Trust Building Athletic Park (#D5). The movie and crafted by local artisans at “Celebrate” mural by Michael automobile repair garage, of historic Walker Warehouse Post Office between 1819 15 Plaza Fifteen-story commercial 18E 1905 Beaux Arts-style Bull Durham was filmed here in the George Watts Hill Pavilion 18L Brown built in 1933. On the National to welcome Durham train and 1823, Durham gained its building atop Civic Center building and tallest office 1987. (500 W Corporation St) for the Arts. (E Chapel Hill and (108 E Main St) Register of Historic Places. (323 passengers. (400 W Chapel Hill current name in 1853, and was Complex parking garage. building in the state at the Corcoran St) Foster St) City Place St) incorporated by the state in Houses the Greater Durham time of its construction. To “Here Comes the Sun” mural A12 1869. (101 City Hall Plz) 18M The Old City Stables, later the TURN RIGHT ON CORCORAN, Chamber of Commerce. (300 W be converted into office and by Karen Stern 401 Arts City Garage (late 1930s), is now Right on N DUKE A4 Working artist studio space Rogers Alley SEE #11, THEN FOLLOW FOSTER Morgan St) residential space. (212 W (119 E Main St) home to new businesses. Both housing the Bull City Arts Studebaker Building 4 Three buildings converted into TO W MORGAN Main St) the main building and the former B2 Leaving the Arts Council and Former Durham County Judicial Collaborative (401-B Foster St) Historic Studebaker showroom residential, restaurants, etc., continuing on the Downtown Loop, Hill Building 19 Building Fire Drill Tower are listed on the redeveloped into 23,000-sq.-ft. including the 1904 fire station Bull City Business Center 18F National Register of Historic 11 Former home of The Herald-Sun the Warehouse District is on the right. 1935 Art Deco Hill Building Site was once the famous Rialto RIGHT on SEMINARY of office space. (115 N Duke St) and Wright building, long Dominated by West Village, Liggett & designed by the architectural Theater, poolroom, barbershop, Places. (501 Washington St) newspaper; built in the late RETURN TO W MAIN ST known as Roger’s Pharmacy. Myers tobacco buildings that have been firm that designed the and jazz bar. Most recently Durham Center for Senior Life 1920s with Italian Renaissance A5 Historic BC Headache Powder ALONG N DUKE converted to hundreds of apartments, Empire State Building. The housed the Durham County This 44,000 sq.-ft. accessible A13 TURN RIGHT ON W PARRISH styling. Now home to and comprehensive Factory Downtown Durham, Inc. offices, shops, and restaurants. Complex 21C Museum Hotel will open Judicial Building (201 E Main St) Former factory for the popular Peabody Place Historic Parrish Street/ includes the original 1884 W. Duke in 2015, as a boutique hotel recreational and health center B3 (115 Market St) Historic Durham County remedy, invented in Durham Office and retail complex 5 Black Wall Street with a public contemporary is a hub for older adults. (406 and Sons factory and the 1897 Walker 20 Courthouse in 1906 and made here from comprised of a renovated 1927 Known as America’s “Black Through This Lens collection on display. (111 Rigsbee Ave) Warehouse, the oldest example of a Renovated 1916 Neoclassical 1928-1972. Now home to laundry and a former Nash Wall Street” from the 1900s. 12 Gallery of fine art photography Corcoran St) Neo-Romanesque warehouse, first built Revival that replaced the 1887 Left on RIGSBEE; Measurement Incorporated. auto showroom, dating to the In the 1960s, the street again that also offers books, posters, by the American Tobacco Trust. courthouse that once stood on LEFT ON HUNT (423 Morris St) 1930s. The unique iron railings attracted national attention and other items related to At corcoran, take this site. (200 E Main St) are made of materials salvaged as a place where Civil Rights photography. (303 E Chapel Museum of Durham History extension D or “Flame, Fire, Forge” mural by Building from the old laundry. (Main and 16 Hub continue along W Main A14 pioneers staged sit-ins Hill St) Durham County Department A6 Emily Weinstein (214 Hunt St) Restored 1878 tobacco Duke Sts near Peabody St) and received a memorable Visitors can get a hands-on warehouse structure. (333 “City View” – First National 21 of Social Services visit from Dr. Martin Luther Durham Arts Place sense of Durham’s history Durham Central Park Liggett St) continue west on w main 13 18G Bank Building Established in 1919. (220 E Main King Jr. Currently being Art studio complex which through images, signage, and A7 5.8-acre urban park and district Originally the site of the 1840’s St – moving to E5 in mid 2014) Brightleaf Square revitalized. Features six public houses The Transom art gallery. interactive digital displays at namesake with an emphasis on Bullington Warehouse home of Durham namesake A15 B4 1904 Neo-Romanesque brick art sculptures marking the Open every third Friday (6- the newly-opened museum follow E Main to Extension E cultural activities, recreation, 1927 national historic site was Dr. Bartlett Durham. Present tobacco warehouses and significance of Historic Parrish 10pm) or by appointment. (305 housed in the former Durham or turn left on N Roxboro and locally-owned businesses. the last of the brick tobacco building is the Neoclassical namesake for the entire district Street. (Parrish St) E Chapel Hill St) Bus Depot. (500 W Main St) Includes a skate park and hosts warehouses to be built in 1914 First National Bank, with follow n roxboro to the Durham Craft Market on Downtown Durham. (500 N was redeveloped in 1981 and is Orange Street Mall The Durham Convention CONTINUE ALONG GREAT JONES notable cast-iron, flower- extension f, or Turn left Duke St) a popular gathering spot with 14 Center Anchors the Durham Saturdays from Apr.–Nov. (502 6 Brick walkway named for a to EXTENSION B or Extension swagged canopy. (123 W on E Morgan Foster St) its central courtyard, shopping, 19th-century tobacco brand Convention Center Complex C, or Main St) Left on N Duke and outdoor dining. (Gregson St “Orange of Durham.” (E Chapel and includes 102,940-net- turn left ON W MAIN Trinity United Methodist RIGHT on FOSTER to Geer at Main St) sq.-ft. of exhibition/banquet Site of Former Downtown 22 Church Durham School of the Arts Hill St and W Parrish St) 18H Durham Farmers’ Market at A16 Formed by the historic Durham optional extension: .4 mi halls, theaters, meeting rooms, Five Points/Muirhead Plaza Woolworth Store 1924 Gothic Revival church A8 WHILE HERE, SEE #7 reception areas, galleries, and 17 (Intersection of W Main, E In the late 1950s, Rev. noted for wood carvings. (215 N Central Park Pavilion High and W.F. Carr Junior High further west on w main Open Saturday mornings campuses and recognized by THROUGH ORANGE ST MALL an outdoor plaza. Durham Chapel Hill, and Morris Sts) Douglas Moore and Floyd Church St) Duke University East Campus weekly and Wednesday the Magnet Schools of America can host most of the nation’s Includes site of 1906 invention McKissick of Durham Relocated to Durham in 1892 as US Postal Service - Downtown First Baptist Church afternoons in the summer for excellence. (400 N Duke St) conventions and meetings. (301 of BC Headache Powder and pioneered the student sit-in Trinity College, Duke University was 7 1934 Neoclassical building paid “Eno River” Mural by Emily movement in several states 23 1927 Neoclassical Revival season. (Foster St at Hunt St) W Morgan St) Left on Fernway renamed in 1924. This original Duke for in 15 minutes of its first day Weinstein. (108 Morris St) and trained participants building with 1,100-seat of operation by taxes on local The George Watts Hill campus is the home of Baldwin Durham Armory at churches around the sanctuary dating to 1845. (414 A9 West Village tobacco. (323 E Chapel Hill St) 14A Durham’s original Civic Center From Five Points, W Cleveland St) Pavilion for the Arts A17 Auditorium and hosted the first community. After national One of only a few large-scale Original phase of the largest basketball game of the Atlantic Coast from the late 1950s to 1989. CONTINUE on W Main media reported a 1960 sit-in CONTINUE ON W PARRISH Fuller Building facilities in the Southeast adaptive reuse project in North Conference’s famous “Tobacco Road” Built by the Works Progress held in nearby Greensboro, 24 Carolina’s history. Overall, Administration in 1937 to 1937 Neoclassical Revival offering mold-making and

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rivalry, played on March 2, 1906. (W the largest stage between stained glass windows. (305 E of Economic and Workforce Main St at Campus Dr) Washington DC and Atlanta. Main St) Development. Scenes from (123 Vivian St) the 1996 thriller Kiss the Girls head east on w main to Old Public Library were filmed inside this national Continue to Extension C or TO Diamond View I, II, & III E3 1921 Colonial Revival building D3 historic site. (300 block of E return to main route #17 Office buildings that overlook designed by the architect of the Pettigrew St) Durham Bulls Athletic Park. (512 Immigration Center at historic EXTENSION C S Mangum St) Ellis Island. (311 E Main St) Durham County Courthouse E9 and Justice Center FROM GREAT JONES ST AFTER American Tobacco St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Courthouse and offices sits Extension B, turn right on W D4 The former E4 Congregation dates from 1878 adjacent to the Durham County Chapel Hill cigarette factory and and meets in this 1907 Gothic Detention Center immediately national historic site has Revival building. (403 E Main St) to the south. At nearly 300,000 Durham Station been revitalized. Includes an sq. ft. and 11 stories tall, it also C1 Transportation Center Durham County Human amphitheater, a man-made E5 has a 900-car parking deck. Station for Durham Area waterway, the iconic Lucky Services Complex Transit, Triangle Transit, and Strike smokestack, and a Houses the County’s Social Return to Main Route #22 Greyhound/Trailways buses, as courtyard, all of which are Services, Public Health, and along N Roxboro well as a taxi hub. (Chapel Hill viewable to the public. Includes Mental Health departments. and Willard Sts) several restaurants, businesses, Built with a number of EXTENSION F sustainable features in North Carolina Mutual Life and a 10,000-sq.-ft. event space. C2 (324 Blackwell St) compliance with LEED Gold from N Roxboro after #21, Turn Insurance Company certification.(414 E Main St ) Right on Holloway Founded in 1898, this is one of Durham Bulls Athletic Park the largest and oldest African- D5 .3 mi further east Durham County Library The City’s 10,000-seat home F1 American-owned corporations for the 2009 Triple-A National on e main The first free, tax-supported in the country. Outdoor displays Champion Durham Bulls, library in North Carolina, can be viewed near fountain. Golden Belt founded in 1898, now has more arguably the nation’s most E6 Historic textile mill and national (411 W Chapel Hill St) famous minor-league baseball than 470,000 volumes in nine historic site transformed into branches. (300 N Roxboro St) City of Durham Police team. Ranked fourth on Minor apartments, galleries and C3 Headquarters League News’ list of Top Ten artists’ studios, offices, and WTVD, Channel 11 (ABC) (505 W Chapel Hill St) Minor League Stadiums in the event space, with plans for a F2 Founded in 1954, it is the U.S. (409 Blackwell St) live music venue. (807 E Main St) market’s oldest continuous Duke Memorial United C4 optional extenSion: television broadcaster. Notable Methodist Church Cordoba Center for the Arts alumni include musician John 1907 twin-towered, brick .2 mi further south on E7 Historic textile mill now blackwell Tesh, former “Good Morning Romanesque and Gothic home to non-profit arts America” co-host David Revival-style church named American Tobacco Trail organizations including Hartman, and Durham-born for its benefactor, Washington Trailhead for Durham’s 23-mile Sculpture Studio & Foundry and songwriter John D. Loudermilk. Duke, features a 10-bell, manual portion of a rails-to-trails hiking trail Liberty Arts (923 Franklin St) (411 Liberty St) carillon. Guide to stained glass and spine of the national East Coast windows available. (504 W optional extension: Holloway Street Historic Greenway. right on FAYETTEVILLE AND .5 mi F3 Chapel Hill St) (Downtown to NC Hwy 54) District On the National south Register of Historic Places; Return to Main route #17 Return to main route #18G along Hayti Heritage Center includes houses from the 19th along W Chapel Hill and turn Blackwell/Corcoran and early-20th centuries, such right on w main Named for what was once one of America’s most successful African- as the Blooming Garden Inn. EXTENSION E American marketplaces and (Holloway St between Dillard and EXTENSION D Railroad Sts) from w main st AT #21, Cross N neighborhoods. The center houses from w main st AT #18F, turn Roxboro and St. Joseph’s Performance Hall (the return to main route #22 right on corcoran, which continue along E Main original 1891 AME church sanctuary along Holloway and becomes Blackwell and national historic site), the Lyda continue onto E Morgan Old Salvation Army Building Moore Merrick Gallery, and offices. Old Bull Building to finish Main tour D1 E1 The 1928 former home of (804 Old Fayetteville St) 1874 Italianate-style brick the Durham Sun newspaper, tobacco warehouse, one of featuring elegant façades with Return to N Roxboro along E the nation’s oldest, restored as molded copper window frames. Main and apartments. (201 W Pettigrew St) (300 block of E Main St) turn left on N Roxboro Durham Performing Arts Venable Center D2 First Presbyterian Church E8 Center E2 1916 building stands on the Built in 1905 for the Venable A 2,800-seat, state-of-the-art site of two previous churches Tobacco Company, now performing arts theatre, the built in 1875 and 1890. German home to The Independent largest in the Carolinas, with newspaper, and the City’s Office

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