﻿96 
  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  capacity 
  was 
  required. 
  Accordingly, 
  in 
  that 
  year, 
  be 
  moved 
  

   to 
  a 
  wareliouse 
  building 
  erected 
  by 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   in 
  which 
  he 
  remained 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1877. 
  During 
  

   that 
  year 
  he 
  erected 
  the 
  present 
  Reams 
  Warehouse. 
  This 
  

   building 
  is 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  eligible 
  lots 
  in 
  the 
  cit}', 
  being 
  

   near 
  its 
  centre, 
  on 
  Main 
  street 
  and 
  within 
  speaking 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  the 
  depot 
  and 
  the 
  mammoth 
  Bull 
  factory. 
  It 
  is 
  

   80 
  by 
  175 
  feet. 
  But 
  his 
  trade 
  continued 
  to 
  increase 
  so 
  

   rapidly, 
  that 
  in 
  1879 
  he 
  was 
  compelled 
  to 
  enlarge 
  his 
  

   building, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  flooraga 
  area 
  of 
  14,000 
  feet 
  for 
  sales- 
  

   room 
  with 
  a 
  basement 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  size. 
  This 
  house 
  has 
  32 
  

   skylights, 
  with 
  64 
  10x20 
  glass 
  to 
  each 
  skylight, 
  thus 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  2,048 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  light. 
  There 
  are 
  435 
  feet 
  of 
  wagon 
  

   shelter, 
  making 
  the 
  whole 
  wareliouse 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  

   most 
  conveniently 
  arrajjged 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

   Mr. 
  Reams 
  was 
  succeeded 
  in 
  1880 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Lea 
  & 
  

   T, 
  JJ. 
  Jones, 
  who 
  conducted 
  the 
  business 
  until 
  1882, 
  when 
  

   Mr. 
  Jones 
  withdrew, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  pay 
  especial 
  attention 
  to 
  

   leaf 
  brokerage. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Lockhart 
  v»'as 
  next 
  admitted 
  as 
  

   a 
  partner 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  of 
  Lea 
  & 
  Lockhart. 
  Mr. 
  

   Lockhart 
  remained 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  until 
  January, 
  

   1884, 
  when 
  he 
  also 
  withdrew 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Banner 
  

   Warehouse, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  moved 
  from 
  its 
  old 
  site 
  and 
  

   located 
  next 
  to 
  At 
  water 
  & 
  Wyatt's 
  large 
  brick 
  grocery, 
  

   v;here 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  thoroughly 
  renovated 
  and 
  extensively 
  

   enlarged. 
  About 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  April, 
  1884, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Warren, 
  

   of 
  Caswell 
  county, 
  was 
  admitted 
  as 
  a 
  partner, 
  and 
  the 
  firm 
  

   is 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  Lea 
  & 
  Warren, 
  who 
  are 
  doing 
  a 
  very 
  ex- 
  

   tensive 
  business. 
  

  

  PARRISH 
  WAREHOUSE. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  best 
  equipped 
  ware- 
  

   houses 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  formerly 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Parrish 
  

   & 
  Blackwell, 
  but 
  now 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Parrish. 
  

   Mr. 
  Parrish 
  commenced 
  the 
  tobacco 
  business 
  in 
  1871 
  as 
  

   auctioneer, 
  in 
  the 
  fir.~t 
  tobacco 
  warehouse 
  established 
  in 
  

   Durham, 
  and 
  continued 
  as 
  such 
  until 
  1873, 
  when 
  he 
  became 
  

   proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  warehouse 
  known 
  as 
  "The 
  Farmer's." 
  

   In 
  1876, 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  successful 
  bidder 
  for 
  the 
  " 
  Durham 
  

   Warehouse," 
  which 
  he 
  occupied 
  at 
  an 
  annual 
  rental 
  of 
  

   $2,000 
  for 
  three 
  years, 
  and 
  his 
  business 
  increased 
  rapidly 
  ; 
  

   in 
  1879 
  he 
  erected 
  his 
  present 
  fine 
  building, 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  

  

  