Local figure
William Muirhead
William Muirhead, a native of Scotland and president of the Country Club Development Corporation, built Glen Lennox, a colony of 314 apartments in 48 one-story buildings on the Raleigh highway just outside Chapel Hill, in 1949. He named it for his wife's family.
Source: DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 23, 1949, p. 1 (Glen Lennox item)
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- William Muirhead opens the rental office of Glen Lennox Muirhead named his apartment colony on the Raleigh highway Glen Lennox, after his wife's family, and opened its rental office in one of the apartments. It was to have 314 apartments in 48 one-story buildings; by March 1950, 66 families had moved in.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 23, 1949, p. 1 (Glen Lennox item)
- The Planning Board approves Muirhead's street layout around Glen Lennox The Chapel Hill Planning Board approved new streets on the fringes of Glen Lennox, including Ayr Street, which Muirhead named, extending the colony's central road across the highway so children could reach the new Glenwood School more safely.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1953, p. 1 (Glen Lennox street layout item)
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- Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 3 collections naming William Muirhead State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 129 Orange County pages naming William Muirhead DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for William Muirhead NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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