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- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Botanist William C. Coker builds his house at The Rocks
At The Rocks, his estate north of the village (now 609 North Street), botanist William Coker built a stuccoed two-story house raised on a high stone base, with wide eaves and a fieldstone wainscot. Little finds it the nearest thing in Chapel Hill to Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses; its architect is unknown.
People: William Chambers Coker
Subject: The Rocks (William C. Coker House)
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Botanist William C. Coker marries Louise Venable
William Chambers Coker married Louise Venable, daughter of former UNC president Francis P. Venable, in 1935. After her death in 1983 part of the grounds of The Rocks, the Coker home on North Street, became a public garden in her memory.
Subject: The Rocks (William C. Coker House)
- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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The Rocks in Chapel Hill and Cedar Grove School join the Study List
Among nine central and southeastern public requests approved on October 12, 2017 were William C. Coker's house, The Rocks, in Chapel Hill and the Cedar Grove School north of Hillsborough. The same meeting placed the Hillsborough survey's Ja-Max Motor Lodge and Military Academy dining hall site on the list.
People: William Chambers Coker
Subject: Cedar Grove schools · The Rocks (William C. Coker House) · Ja-Max Motor Lodge
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