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Milton Julian

Milton Julian was a Chapel Hill clothier. In 1947 or 1948 he opened Milton's Clothing Cupboard on West Franklin Street, which stayed open until 1992. When the architect named by developer W. C. Coker refused to approve George Matsumoto's modernist design for their house on Ledge Lane, Milton and Virginia Julian sued, and in June 1954 the state Supreme Court ruled for them. He died in January 2015 at 96.

Source: The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 2, 1956

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  1. Milton Julian opens the Clothing Cupboard on West Franklin Street Milton's Clothing Cupboard was among the businesses started on West Franklin in 1947 and 1948. It later moved to East Franklin, where it stayed until the mid-1990s. People: Milton JulianSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 279
  2. Milton Julian wins the right to build his modernist house on Ledge Lane When W. C. Coker's chosen architect, Walter D. Toy, refused to approve the plans for clothier Milton Julian's house on Ledge Lane, designed by George Matsumoto of the State College School of Design, Milton and Virginia Julian sued on September 30, 1953; Coker's executors, his widow and neighbors Cornelius and Beulah Cathey opposed them. The North Carolina Supreme Court held on June 4, 1954 that the approval clause was personal to Coker and ended at his death in June 1953, and the International Style house was finished by November 1956. People: George Matsumoto, Milton JulianSearch the index · Caselaw Access Project: Julian v. Lawton, 240 N.C. 436, 82 S.E.2d 210 (N.C. Supreme Court, June 4, 1954)
  3. Milton Julian's Matsumoto-designed house on Ledge Lane is finished The modernist house George Matsumoto designed for clothier Milton Julian and his family, which neighbors had gone to court to stop, stood finished by November 1956, when it was one of ten homes on the School Art Guild's tour of Chapel Hill homes. People: George Matsumoto, Milton JulianSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 2, 1956, p. 1

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