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Maurice Julian

Maurice Julian was a Chapel Hill clothier and university alumnus who founded Julian's College Shop on Franklin Street. In 1942 he and his wife, Mary, opened a men's clothing store at 140 East Franklin to serve the cadets of the Navy pre-flight school on campus. He ran it until his death in 1993, when his children, among them the designer Alexander Julian, took it over.

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  1. Milton Julian opens the Carolina Bootery shoe store on East Franklin Street Milton Julian opened a shoe store, the Carolina Bootery, at 167 East Franklin, in the space James R. Ellis's dress shop had left, between the Community Cleaners and the Hospital Saving Association office. Bryant's history dates the opening to 1939 and credits his brother Maurice Julian, who then ran a bicycle and tennis goods shop in town. People: Maurice Julian Place: Carolina Bootery, 167 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Milton Julian · Also mentions: Hospital Saving Association officeSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 267 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, September 12, 1941, p. 6; Chapel Hill Weekly, September 12, 1941, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, December 6, 1940, p. 6
  2. Maurice Julian opens The College Shop, a men's clothing store Julian moved into the space Durham Dairy Products had left at 140 East Franklin and opened a men's clothing store he called The College Shop. People: Maurice Julian Place: The College Shop, 140 East Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 267 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, September 20, 1993, p. 3
  3. Alexander Julian opens Alexander's Ambition on Franklin Street At 21, while his parents were away for a month, Alexander Julian leased a Franklin Street storefront across the street from his father Maurice Julian's store and opened his own shop, Alexander's Ambition. People: Alexander Julian, Maurice Julian Place: Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · Our State: Meet Alexander Julian, Designer of UNC's Basketball Uniforms · Also: The Daily Tar Heel: Meet the man behind the classic Carolina argyle
  4. Franklin Street merchant Maurice Julian dies Maurice Julian, who opened his first Franklin Street business in 1936 and ran Julian's College Shop at 140 East Franklin Street from 1942, died on September 16 at 77. A board of about 50 former and present employees was to take over the shop; Chancellor Paul Hardin had named him 'Dean of Franklin Street' at the shop's 50th anniversary in 1992. People: Maurice Julian, Alexander Julian Place: Julian's College Shop, 140 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Paul Hardin · Also mentions: East Franklin Street, Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 20, 1993, p. 3

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Julian, Maurice: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

Maurice Julian riding a bicycle outside the Carolina Cycle Shop, undated. One photograph from the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).

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