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- Reconstruction and the New South · 1866–1899
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The Bank of Chapel Hill is established
Founded in 1899 with $10,000 authorized and $2,500 paid in, it was the county's first bank after the Civil War. Julian S. Carr was its first president, and by 1953 it held $8,500,000 in assets.
People: Julian S. Carr
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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The Bank of Chapel Hill moves into a new building on Franklin Street
Short of room, the Bank of Chapel Hill moved into a new building just west of Clyde Eubanks's new drugstore, and a barbershop took over the space it left.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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The Bank of Chapel Hill opens a branch, the Bank of Carrboro
The Bank of Chapel Hill raised its capital in the summer of 1919 so it could open a bank in the mill town, and the Bank of Carrboro opened for business on a Saturday late that fall. Deposits on the first day came to more than $30,000.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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The Bank of Chapel Hill buys the Peoples Bank
Chapel Hill's second bank, the Peoples Bank, ran from about 1912 under presidents Vernon Howell and J. D. Webb. The Bank of Chapel Hill bought its assets in 1925.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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The Bank of Chapel Hill closes its Bank of Carrboro branch
With the Carrboro mills idle and other business falling off, the Bank of Chapel Hill closed its Carrboro branch and moved its accounts to the parent bank. The branch cashier, W. E. Thompson, went with them.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Clyde Roberts wins the Bank of Chapel Hill corn growing contest
The Bank of Chapel Hill sponsored a yearly corn contest with at least 50 entrants. In 1947 Clyde Roberts won with 93.3 bushels of N. C. Hybrid 26 on one acre, against a contest average of 61.9.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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J. L. Phelps wins the county corn contest with 136.4 bushels an acre
In the 1948 Bank of Chapel Hill contest eleven growers topped 100 bushels an acre. The winner, with 136.4 bushels, was J. L. Phelps, from the county's sandy tobacco section.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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The Bank of Chapel Hill merges into North Carolina National Bank
At the close of business on September 27, 1963, the Bank of Chapel Hill, founded in 1899, became part of North Carolina National Bank. Its office at 137 East Franklin Street made Chapel Hill the twelfth city in the NCNB system.
People: Collier Cobb, Jr
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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North Carolina National Bank builds a new office running from Franklin to Rosemary Street
NCNB finished its expansion with a single building, three stories tall on Franklin Street and six on Rosemary. Its Franklin frontage took in the old Bank of Chapel Hill and the stores beside it.
Subject: Bank of Chapel Hill
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