Record #:

6993

Author(s):

Hill, Laura

Abstract:

The era of building rural brick roads lasted about a decade in the early part of the 20th-century in North Carolina. Several coastal counties, including Pasquotank and Craven, chose brick because it was cheap and easy to install. Parts of these roads still exist. Pasquotank County built the Weeksville Road in 1920 and the Newland Road in 1921. Newland Road is the state's only road listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In Craven County, brick road restoration projects include a section of Rhem Road, that runs through the town of River Bend, and a stretch of the old Kinston Highway, now called Beamon Road.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 8, Jan 2005, p40-42, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roads, Brick--Pasquotank County; Roads, Brick--Craven County

Record #:

15900

Author(s):

Hill, Laura

Abstract:

The Crest Street area in Durham, North Carolina is an established, low-income, African American neighborhood. Previously on the low list of the city's agenda, the neighborhood was slated to be destroyed for a highway expansion. But upon negotiations, the entire Crest Street community was relocated.

Source:

Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Summer 1986, p25-33, f

Subject(s):

African American neighborhoods--Durham