TOUR OF PARRISH STREET

Step by step, each historic building in this district has a rich past.

107 North Church Street
Right around the corner from Parrish Street, this building was a gathering place for several generations with The White Elephant Club, Church Street Hotel and the Lucky Strike Billiard Parlor.

Roger’s Drug Store, at the corner of Mangum and Parrish Streets

114-116 West Parrish Street
One of only three National Historic Landmarks in Durham, this is the most widely photographed symbol of Black Wall Street – the old headquarters of NC Mutual Life Insurance Company.

104 West Parrish Street
William P. Clements, a white businessman, built this signature structure that housed the public relations and district office for NC Mutual Life Insurance Company.

108-112 West Parrish Street
This was once the site of the Bull City Drug Store Company, Mechanics and Farmers Bank's first office, and later, office spaces for African-American professionals and skilled workers including a barber, tailor, printer, attorneys, physicians and dentists.

106 West Parrish Street
Built originally to serve as the “Mutual Annex,” this address became home to a weekly newspaper, The Durham Reformer and The North Carolina Mutual, a monthly newspaper. B&J Rose Furniture was also on the ground floor.

206 West Parrish Street
In the early 1900s, a number of professional practices were located here, including physicians, attorneys and dentists. And folks could get a nice haircut at the barbershop downstairs.

111-115 Orange Street
Part of the Parrish Street district, this was home to The Whetstone, an NC Mutual Life Insurance newsletter, and during the 1950s, the well-know company, Forums, was located here.

111 Orange St.