DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR

PAGE 4DOWNTOWN WALKING TOURE6Other Downtown Durham Walking ToursDiscover Durham’s unique history with tourshighlighting tobacco heritage, civil rights history,architecture, and urban landscape. PreservationDurham (formerly the Historic Preservation Societyof Durham) hosts free, 1- to 2-hour walking tours ofDowntown Saturdays at 10 am, April–November, aswell as 45-minutetours at 11 amduring wintermonths, led byknowledgeablelocal guides whomake Downtown’shistory come alive.Meet tour guidesat the Preservation Durham sign in the DurhamFarmers’ Market at the corner of Hunt and FosterStreets (A8). For more information, call PreservationDurham at (919) 682-3036 or visitwww.preservationdurham.org.Former Imperial Tobacco Warehouse:A18 1916 warehouse of Imperial TobaccoCo., formed in 1903 by British and Irishmerchants. Tobacco was re-dried here beforebeing shipped to Great Britain. Restored byMeasurement Incorporated, whose mainoffice is located one block north. Locker roomscenes from the 1987 blockbuster hit BullDurham were shot here. (215 Morris St)TURN RIGHT ON GREAT JONES TO GO TOEXTENSION B OR RETURN TO MAIN ROUTEEXTENSION B: Warehouse District &Brightleaf DistrictHEAD WEST ON GREAT JONES, THEN RIGHT ON WMAIN, AND RIGHT ON N DUKEDurham Train Station: 110,000 sq.-ft.B1 adaptive reuse of historic WalkerWarehouse to welcome Durham trainpassengers. Includes 600-ft. covered platform,original brick walls, towering ceiling supportedby original ”heart of pine” columns, huge historicphotos, and gigantic windows providing a“relight” view of the Downtown skyline.(400 W Chapel Hill St)Studebaker Building: HistoricB2 Studebaker showroom and then amicrobrewery and restaurant.Redeveloped into 23,000-sq.-ft. of officespace. Ogilvy Durham, the local office of giantmarketing firm Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide,occupies the second floor; Durham Magazine,the Gregson Street side. (115 N Duke St)RETURN TO W MAIN ST ALONG N DUKEPeabody Place: Office and retailB3 complex comprised of arenovated 1927 laundry and aformer Nash auto showroom, later anindustrial supply warehouse, dating tothe 1930s. Tenants include MorganImports, Parker & Otis, and Pop’s, ADurham Trattoria. The unique ironrailings, crafted by Durham-based VegaMetals, are made of materials salvagedfrom the old laundry.(Main and Duke Sts near Peabody St)CONTINUE WEST ON W MAINBrightleaf Square: 1904 Neo-B4 Romanesque brick tobaccowarehouses and namesake forthe entire District. Home to antiqueshops, galleries, stores and numerousrestaurants since redevelopment in1981. Popular gathering spot with itscentral courtyard, outdoor dining, andrenovated storefronts.(Gregson St at Main St)OPTIONAL EXTENSION:.4 MI FURTHER WEST ON W MAINDuke University East Campus: Relocatedto Durham in 1892 as Trinity College,Duke University was renamed in 1924.East Campus is the home of BaldwinAuditorium and headquarters of theAmerican Dance Festival. This originalDuke campus hosted the first basketballgame of what is now the Atlantic CoastConference’s famous “Tobacco Road”rivalry, played on March 2, 1906.(W Main St at Campus Dr)HEAD EAST ON W MAIN TOCONTINUE TO EXTENSION C OR TORETURN TO MAIN ROUTEEXTENSION C: Warehouse District &American Tobacco DistrictTURN RIGHT ON W CHAPEL HILLFROM GREAT JONES STDurham Station TransportationC1 Center: Bus station for Durham AreaTransit, intra-regional and inter-cityTriangle Transit and inter-city Greyhound/Trailways. (Chapel Hill and Willard Sts)North Carolina MutualC2Life Insurance Company:One of the largest African-American-owned and managedcorporations in the world.Founded in 1898, thecompany quickly cameto symbolize the selfhelpphilosophy ofBooker T.Washington, whowas told by hiscontemporaries,“Wait ‘til you get toDurham.” Heritagemuseum on the12th floor;outdoor displayscan be viewednear fountain.(411 W ChapelHill St)DCVBDCVBCity of Durham Police Headquarters:C3 512 officers working in five districts,including Central District (roughlyDowntown). Downtown has one of the lowestcrime rates in the region, and Durham overallhas a lower crime rate overall than 10 cities ofsimilar size and makeup in the southeast and29 nationwide similar, mid-sizedcommunities. (505 W Chapel Hill St)D4Duke Memorial United MethodistC4 Church: 1907 twin-towered, brickRomanesque and Gothic Revival-style churchnamed for its benefactor, Washington Duke.Features 10-bell, manual carillon. Guide tostained glass windows available.(504 W Chapel Hill St)RETURN TO MAIN ROUTE ALONG W CHAPEL HILLAND TURN RIGHT ON W MAINBACK TO MAIN ROUTE: City CenterDistrictCONTINUE ALONG GREAT JONES,THEN HEAD SOUTHEAST ON W MAINFive Points/Muirhead Plaza: Noted by16the Raleigh News & Observer as the bestplace in the region for urban atmosphere. Siteof 1906 invention of BC Headache Powder.(Intersection of W Main, E Chapel Hill, and Morris Sts)”Eno River” Mural by Emily Weinstein:17Mural on the back side of the old PennyFurniture building by Durham artist.(108 Morris St)FROM Five Points, CONTINUE ON W MAINMain Street: A series of architecturally18and historically significant properties,many with lofts/residences along the secondstory.Snow Building: 933 - One of18ADurham’s finest Art Deco structures.Its elevator is the only one in the state stillrun by a full-time operator.(331 W Main St)1904 Beaux Arts-style building:18BNow an adult men’s club.(315 W Main St)