500 Block E. Hargett St., 831-6548. Davie Street Presbyterian Church Initial congregation occupied a building on this site in 1872. Originally a mission to teach former slave children and send them to schools, it was distinguished by its tower and slate roof. The present church was remodeled and enlarged in the 1920s by Calvin Lightner, a church elder for 62 years. 300 E. Davie St., 834-8855.
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First Baptist Church Black members of the N. Salisbury St. First Baptist Church, established in 1812 as a biracial congregation, requested separation in 1868 to form their own church and asked for the present lot in the 1870s. Black members began discussing plans to separate in the late 1850s and actually formed a Sunday School in 1865. Sunday Services at 8am and 11am. Hamlin Drug Store Established in 1907 by Captain James Hamlin, who served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Then located on the first floor of the Lightner Arcade, the soda fountain was a gathering place for young people on Sundays.