Durham Sun Planning New Printing Plant, March 29, 1925

Working Upon Plans of New Home for Sun. . . G. Murray Nelson Preparing Drawings and Specifications for Durham Sun Building on Main Street. . . Plan Handsome Front of Indiana Limestone. . . Building Will be 50 by 116, Two Stories with Basement on Most Modern Lines

Plans for the new home of The Durham Sun, to be erected upon Main street, are being prepared by G. Murray Nelson, architect, of Durham and Raleigh. The new Sun building will go up on the two lots recently acquired by The Sun on East Main street, opposite the First Presbyterian church and between the Central Filling Station and the U-Drive-It company building.

The two lots give a combined width of 50 feet and the structure will measure 50x116 feet. It will comprise two stories and basement, providing ample store-room and floor space for a complete and up-to-date newspaper plant.

The front will be of Indiana buff limestone. The property slopes to the alleyway in the rear and so permits both delivery and distribution from that point. This feature, with business offices on the first floor directly off Main street, insures one of the most efficient and up-to-date working arrangements in the South.

Provision is also being made at this time for the addition of more floors as the growth of the enterprise demands, and the structural requirements are being designed accordingly. One of the most completely equipped and thoroughly modern newspaper plants in this part of the country will be installed in the new building.

From the front page of the Durham Sun, Sunday morning, March 29, 1925

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