Charlie Lee Martindale

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1. about 1920 Contractor Charlie Lee Martindale builds his own bungalow on East Franklin Street Martindale, credited with many of the brick stores on Franklin Street and with the Gimghoul Castle, built the house at 1518 East Franklin Street on about two acres then outside town and did its interior woodwork himself. The Durham road first ran behind the house. People: Charlie Lee Martindale Place: Martindale House, 1518 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Gimghoul Castle, East Franklin Street, Franklin StreetSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 79
2. about 1920 Dr. Brack Lloyd has Charlie Martindale build a bungalow with Carrboro's first central heating Around 1920 Dr. Brack Lloyd, the village doctor, hired Chapel Hill contractor Charlie Martindale to build a large one-story bungalow at 406 South Greensboro Street. It was the first house in Carrboro with a central heating system. People: Charlie Lee Martindale Place: Dr. Lloyd House, 406 South Greensboro Street, Carrboro · Also named: Brack Lloyd, Charlie MartindaleSearch the index · Town of Carrboro: Brown, McSwain and Florin, Carrboro, N.C.: An Architectural and Historical Inventory (1983), p. 21
3. September 1924 Engineering professor Ralph Trimble and his wife Hazel move into their new Gimghoul house Ralph M. Trimble, the UNC engineering professor who surveyed the lots of the Gimghoul subdivision, and his wife Hazel move into one of its first houses, built by contractor Charlie Martindale on Glandon Drive. People: Charlie Lee Martindale, Ralph M. Trimble Place: 232 Glandon Drive, Chapel Hill · Also named: Hazel Trimble, Charlie Martindale · Also mentions: GimghoulSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 18, 1924, p. 4 · Also: National Register: Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District nomination (OR0709, 1993)
4. 1925 Charles Martindale builds a bungalow in the Gimghoul colony for attorney L. J. Phipps Contractor Charles Martindale nears completion of a Craftsman bungalow in the Gimghoul colony for Chapel Hill attorney L. J. Phipps and his wife Vivian. Its floor-length windows and front terrace are noted in later surveys. People: Charlie Lee Martindale, Luther James Phipps Place: 723 Gimghoul Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: Vivian Phipps, Charles MartindaleSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 28, 1925, p. 3 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, August 14, 1925, p. 1; National Register: Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District nomination (OR0709, 1993)
5. 1925 to 1926 The Order of Gimghouls begins building its castle Work on the Gimghouls' castle off the end of Gimghoul Road began in 1925: some 1,300 tons of stone were hauled to the site, stonemasons came from the Waldensian settlement at Valdese, and Chapel Hill builder Charlie Lee Martindale was general contractor. The order held its first gathering there in May 1926. People: Charlie Lee Martindale Place: Gimghoul Castle, 746 Gimghoul Road, Chapel HillSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 72 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 9, 1925, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, September 25, 1925, p. 1; The Daily Tar Heel, August 28, 1986, p. 13
6. April 1927 W. B. Sorrell begins building a moving-picture theatre on Franklin Street Contractor Charles Martindale began preparing the ground for the theatre on the north side of Franklin Street next to Berman's store. It was leased to Publix-Saenger Theatres and was expected to open in September 1927, with Sorrell's jewelry and optical shop in one of its two storefronts. People: Charlie Lee Martindale Place: North side of East Franklin Street, next to Berman's store, Chapel Hill · Also named: W. B. Sorrell, Charles Martindale · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 15, 1927, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, August 12, 1927, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, August 19, 1927, p. 1
7. By June 1928 Contractor Charlie Lee Martindale opens an airfield north of Chapel Hill Martindale bought a 50-acre plot from philosophy professor Horace Williams and laid out an airfield he called Martindale Field. He leased it to George A. Noah and Yawger Pickall, who flew passengers from it and by December 1928 ran it as the North State Aircraft Company. By 1931 it was known as the Chapel Hill airport. People: Henry Horace Williams Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: George A. Noah, Yawger Pickall · Also mentions: Chapel Hill airportSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill (University Gazette, May 22, 2018): Cleared for landing · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 8, 1928, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, July 27, 1928, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, December 7, 1928, p. 1
8. by July 5, 1929 Southern Airways, Incorporated, takes over the Chapel Hill airport By early July 1929 J. E. Burroughs, Y. Pickell and Charles H. Martindale had formed Southern Airways, Incorporated, to succeed the North State Aircraft Company as operator of the Chapel Hill airport, keeping former army pilot Charles G. Lore as manager. They planned a four-passenger plane for charter trips and sought an electric line from the university's service plants for beacons and night landings. People: Charlie Lee Martindale Place: Chapel Hill airport, two miles north of Chapel Hill · Also named: J. E. Burroughs, Y. Pickell, Charles G. LoreSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 5, 1929, p. 1
9. August 1931 The Commerce Department puts Martindale's Chapel Hill airport on its air maps C. L. Martindale, owner and manager, reported that the Department of Commerce had placed the independently owned Chapel Hill airport, two miles north of town, on its official air maps. The field measured 2,200 by 2,500 feet, and its hangar held three small planes. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill airportSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 14, 1931, p. 1