Places in the chronology: B

The chronology’s entries name 573 places at least two times each, besides 130 streets and street addresses. 428 of the places have a page of their own and link to it. Every other place lists the entries that name it.

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• Bank of Chapel HillChapel Hill · 33 entries · 1906–1956
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Bank”, East Franklin Street
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Bank”, East Franklin Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Bank”, East Franklin Street

  Also printed as Bank of Chapel Hill and the post office; Bank of Chapel Hill (meeting); Board room of the Bank of Chapel Hill

  See also Open Orange: 137 E. Franklin St · On a map

• Bank of Chapel Hill, Carrboro branchChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1948–1954

  Also printed as Carrboro branch

• Bank of EflandEfland · 2 entries · 1925–1930

  See also Open Orange: Bank Of Efland · On a map

• Bank of OrangeHillsborough · 2 entries · 1904–1907
  • 1911 Churton Street business map: Bank of Orange
• The Barracks (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 6 entries · 1898–1959

  Also printed as The Barracks; The Barracks (Alliance headquarters); The Barracks (Alliance farm)

• Battle ParkChapel Hill · 14 entries · 1914–1943

  Also printed as Franklin Street and Battle Park; Swain Hall and Battle Park; Gimghoul development on the edge of Battle Park; Raleigh road at Battle's Park; Battle Park and University Lake; Battle Park and the University woods south of the campus

  See also On a map

• Bellevue MillHillsborough · 28 entries · 1904–2003

  Also printed as Bellevue Manufacturing Company; Belle Vue mill; Bellevue Mill Village; Bellevue Commercial Block; Belle-Vue Manufacturing Company; Eno Mill and Bellevue Mill

  See also Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Picker Room · Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Office Building · Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Opening Room · Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Cloth Room · Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Weaving Room · Open Orange: Bellevue Mill - Main Mill Building · National Register nomination: Bellevue Manufacturing Company · On a map

• BelleVue (Phillips-Hill-Webb House)Hillsborough · 3 entries · 1799–1980

  Also printed as Phillips-Hill-Webb House (BelleVue)

  See also Open Orange: Bellevue · On a map

• Ben's Creek3 entries · 1807–1808
  • November Term 1807: The court names commissioners for a Ben's Creek bridge on the new road
  • February 26, 1807: The court names commissioners to contract for a bridge over Ben's Creek on the Raleigh road
  • February 25, 1808: The court pays William Merritt for building and keeping up the Ben's Creek bridge
• Berry Brick HouseHillsborough · 4 entries · 1805–1965

  See also Open Orange: Berry Brick House · On a map

• Berry BuildingHillsborough · 6 entries · 1883–1888

  Also printed as Berry building and Methodist church; Berry building and the Black Baptist church; Parish building and Berry building

  See also Churton Street, Lot 25 history

• Beta Theta Pi Fraternity HouseChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1925–2005

  Also printed as Beta Theta Pi house

  See also National Register nomination: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House · On a map

• Bethel Baptist ChurchChapel Hill · 9 entries · 1851–1952

  See also On a map

• Bethlehem Presbyterian ChurchOaks · 3 entries · 1822–1961

  See also On a map

• Bingham HallChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1929–1939

  Also printed as Bingham Hall and the east end of Franklin Street

• Bingham SchoolMebane · 21 entries · 1856–1977

  Also printed as William Bingham School; Presbyterian High School; Bingham School near Mebane; Bingham School buildings

  See also Open Orange: Bingham School Gate · Open Orange: Bingham School Barracks · On a map

• Blackwood Farm6 entries · 1770–2001

  See also On a map

• Bolin Brook Farm (Troy and Roberta Andrews House)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1954–1998

  Also printed as Troy and Roberta Andrews House; Andrews farm (Bolin Brook Farm); Bolin Brook Farm

  See also On a map

• Bolin CreekChapel Hill · 4 entries · 1846–1963

  Also printed as Bolin Creek (Umstead Drive)

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  • June 8, 1846: William Mercer Green pledges fifteen enslaved people and his Bolin Creek land for a loan
  • September 4-5, 1960: Chapel Hill Jaycees and volunteer masons lay the foundation of a children's museum
  • by January 18, 1962: John Umstead gives a Bolin Creek site for the Exchange swimming pool
  • May 13, 1963: Chapel Hill annexes the Bolin Creek, Lake Forest and Eastgate areas
• Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill · 3 entries · 2006–2009
• Brockwell BuildingChapel Hill · 5 entries · 1902–1934

  Also printed as 130 East Franklin Street (Brockwell building)

  See also Open Orange: 101-103 E. Franklin St

• Buckhorn communityOrange County · 2 entries · 1953–1956
  • August 21, 1953: Buckhorn farmers organize a Grange with 42 charter members
  • by July 12, 1956: Buckhorn is named Community of the Year in the county's Farm and Home Efficiency contest
• Buckhorn Community BuildingChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1957–1958
• Buckhorn Grange HallOrange County · 2 entries · 1956–1957
• Buckhorn School (Buckhorn Academy)2 entries · 1879–1902

  Also printed as Buckhorn

• Bull's Head BookshopChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1936–2005
• Bureau of ExtensionChapel Hill · 4 entries · 1914–1918
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  • 1914-15: The Bureau of Extension begins correspondence courses for credit
  • Late summer 1917: Clara S. Lingle becomes the university's first advisor to women
  • 1917-18: The extension bureau offers war courses and Greenlaw starts the Lafayette Association
  • 1918-1919: The university's extension bureau starts a Bureau of Community Drama under Koch
• BurnsideHillsborough · 8 entries · 1835–2010

  Also printed as Coachman's Quarters; Burnside Park; Burnside grounds

  See also Open Orange: Burnside · On a map

• Burwell SchoolHillsborough · 12 entries · 1821–2026

  See also Open Orange: Adams House · National Register nomination: Burwell School · On a map

• Business districtChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1919–1920
  • by July 31, 1919: Brick goes up for E. P. Cate's new store on the old pressing club lot in Chapel Hill
  • summer 1920: Fire destroys Gooch's Café and a row of frame stores in Chapel Hill
• Bynum Hall (Bynum Gymnasium)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1905–1939

  Also printed as Bynum Gymnasium; Athletic field behind Bynum Gymnasium; Bynum Gymnasium area; Former Bynum Gymnasium

  See also On a map