Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 10) Greystone Inn and Conference Center F THINGS TO SEE & DO Historic Durham Athletic Park ��F Durham’s “People” Star Symbol Part of Durham’s overarching brand signature, the star symbol captures Durham’s brand essence, in which five creative people join to form a star, creating synergy symbolized by additional stars. The bold colors reflect the community’s celebration of diversity and creative expression. 500 W Corporation St, Downtown Durham Former home (1926-94) of the famous Durham Bulls and film location for the movie “Bull Durham,” starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins. The Bulls now play a mile south in Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Historic places tell of the pioneering achievements of Black Wall Street and other Durham entrepreneurs. Randolph, Marian Anderson, and Mary McLeod Bethune. A National Park Service grant and private donations helped fund a renovation of the property, which now displays interactive exhibits on the life and work of Dr. Shepard and serves as a space for small gatherings. Open M-F, 10am-3pm. James E. Shepard House F 10 1902 Fayetteville St, North Carolina Central University, 929-4298, web.nccu.edu/publicrelations/news/222.htm Built in 1925 for N.C. Central University founder James E. Shepard. Served as the official residence of the university’s presidents through the early 1980s and hosted such luminaries as W.E.B. DuBois, Phillip North Carolina Highway Historical Markers in Durham County Durham has qualified for 23 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources’ Highway Historical Markers. Look for them as you circulate through Durham: • Bennett Place, farm home of James Bennett; site of the largest troop surrender, effectively ending the Civil War. Bennett Memorial Rd at Neal Rd. • Black Wall Street, where Durham acquired a national reputation for African-American entrepreneurship in the early decades of the 1900s. W Parrish St at Hwy 15-501 Business S (N Mangum St). • Bull City Blues, Durham’s African-American musicians defined this distinctive regional style, 1920s-40s. Fayetteville St near Umstead St. • Duke Homestead, birthplace of J.B. and B.N. Duke, tobacco and hydroelectric magnates, philanthropists. Hwy 501 N (N Duke St) at W Carver St. • Duke University, formerly Trinity College; renamed in 1924 to honor Washington Duke, father of benefactor J.B. Duke. Hwy 70 Business (Main St) near East Campus. • Mount Bethel Methodist Church, meetinghouse built 1784; Methodist by 1808; home church to Washington Duke. Bahama Rd. • N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, statesupported, residential high school; once the site of Watts Hospital. Broad St. • North Carolina Central University, founded 1910 by James E. Shepard. Hwy 55 at Lawson St. • N.C. Society of Engineers, professional organization for the state’s engineers founded in 1918. Hwy 15-501 Business N (Roxboro St) at Parrish St. • Rural Credit Union, first in South, formed to serve local farmers; est. 1915 by John Sprunt Hill. Hwy 54 at Alston Ave. • Royal Ice Cream Sit-In, site of June 23, 1957, segregation protest which led to court case testing dual racial facilities. Hwy 15-501 Business N (Roxboro St) at Dowd St. • Stagville, plantation est. 1776 by Richard Bennehan; later, a Cameron family holding. Roxboro Rd near Old Oxford Rd. • Stephen B. Weeks, historian, bibliographer, book collector, and Trinity College professor; grave nearby. Hwy 501 at Bahama Rd. • Trading Path, 17th-century trading route passed nearby. Hwy 501 north of Downtown at Mason Rd. • William B. Umstead, nearby birthplace and grave of N.C. governor and U.S. Congressman. Hwy 501 at Bahama Rd. • Willie P. Mangum, nearby home site and grave of U.S. Congressman. Hwy 501 and Bahama Rd. Durham City Flag The constellation Taurus (or, the Bull) is Durham’s birth sign. Seven stars represent arts, commerce, education, medicine, human relations, sports, and historic preservation. Blue is for courage, red for action and progress, gold for quality growth, and white for high ideal. Durham County Flag The seal represents fairness and equality under the law, with the burst behind it representing a county that looks towards the future. The triangle at the flag’s southeastern corner embodies the Research Triangle Park. The five stars symbolize the county’s principal areas of trade: Medicine, Education, Research, Industry, and Technology. Blue is for technology, gold for wisdom, and red for strength. • Durham County Public Library, oldest public library in N.C. supported by local taxpayers; 1898 location nearby. Hwy 15-501 Business N (Roxboro St), Downtown. • James E. Shepard, educational and religious leader; grave nearby. Hwy 751 (Hope Valley Rd) at University Dr. • James O’Kelly, founded the Christian Church denomination; grave nearby. Hwy 54 at Hope Valley Rd. • John Merrick, business leader and founder of N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company; grave nearby. Fayetteville Rd at Cornwallis Rd. • John Sprunt Hill, banker and attorney; leader in credit union movement. S Duke St at Hill House. • Julian S. Carr, industrialist & civic leader; benefactor of Trinity College; grave nearby. Chapel Hill St. www.durham-nc.com Paul Liggitt/Durham/DCVB 618 W Morehead Ave, NC Hwy 147, Exit 13, 688-1227, www.greystone.info Granite and brick mansion built in 1911 for James Edward Stagg, a Durham banker, textile manufacturer, and railroad executive. Greystone is the last remaining Chateauesquestyle 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. http://www.greystone.info http://web.nccu.edu/publicrelations/news/222.htm http://www.durham-nc.com
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