Places in the chronology: C

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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• Cabe-Pratt-Harris House (Riverbend Farm)Eno River · 11 entries · 1820–1999

  Also printed as Cabe-Pratt-Harris House

• Caldwell communityCaldwell · 5 entries · 1952–1962
• Caldwell HallChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1936–1940
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 7: “Caldwell Hall”
• Caldwell house (later President Swain's house)Chapel Hill · 2 entries · 1809–1849

  Also printed as Caldwell house

• Caldwell InstituteCaldwell · 22 entries · 1847–1903

  Also printed as Caldwell Institute (Caldwell); Caldwell Institute building; Caldwell Institute post office

  See also Open Orange: Caldwell Institute · On a map

• Caldwell SchoolCaldwell · 9 entries · 1937–1973

  See also Open Orange: Caldwell School · On a map

• Cameron Park SchoolHillsborough · 13 entries · 1952–1989

  Also printed as Cameron Park; Cameron Park property; Cameron Park School site; Cameron Park School grounds

  See also Open Orange: Cameron Park Elementary · On a map

• Camp New HopeNew Hope · 7 entries · 1947–1962
• Cane Creek Baptist ChurchCane Creek · 16 entries · 1789–1989

  Also printed as Cane Creek Baptist Church grounds

• Cane Creek Friends MeetingOrange County · 4 entries · 1764–1805

  Also printed as Cane Creek Monthly Meeting; Cane Creek Meeting (now Alamance County)

• Carl Smith BuildingChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1953–1956

  See also Open Orange: 121 N. Columbia St

• Carmichael Auditorium (Carmichael Arena)Chapel Hill · 7 entries · 1964–1975

  Also printed as Carmichael Auditorium; Memorial Hall and Carmichael Auditorium

  See also On a map

• Carolina Coffee ShopChapel Hill · 5 entries · 1929–1957
• The Carolina InnChapel Hill · 71 entries · 1923–2001
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 7: “Carolina Inn”

  Also printed as Carolina Inn; Carolina Inn and Gerrard Hall; Gerrard Hall and the Carolina Inn; UNC campus south of the Carolina Inn; Carolina Inn site; UNC campus and Carolina Inn; Carolina Inn and UNC campus; Carolina Inn and the University

  See also National Register nomination: The Carolina Inn · On a map

• Carolina PharmacyChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1940–1957
• Carolina PlaymakersChapel Hill · 9 entries · 1921–1934
• Carolina Theatre (1942)Chapel Hill · 7 entries · 1939–1989

  Also printed as Carolina Theatre

  See also Open Orange: 123 E. Franklin St

• Carolina Union (Frank Porter Graham Student Union)Chapel Hill · 77 entries · 1969–2007

  Also printed as Carolina Union; Great Hall; Student Union; Carolina Union auditorium; Memorial Hall and Carolina Union; Carolina Union and Battle Park; Lenoir Hall and Carolina Union; Carolina Union and Memorial Hall

• Carr MillCarrboro · 19 entries · 1899–1979

  Also printed as Mill No. 4 (now Carr Mill); Alberta Cotton Mill tract; Weaver Street facing the Alberta Cotton Mill; Alberta Cotton Mill

  See also Open Orange: Alberta Cotton Mill · On a map

• Carr SchoolOrange County · 2 entries · 1908–1920
• Carrboro Baptist Church (Century Center)Carrboro · 7 entries · 1912–1955
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 4: “Union Baptist Church”
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Carrboro Baptist Church”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 9: “Carrboro Baptist Church”

  Also printed as Carrboro Baptist Church; Union Chapel; Carrboro Baptist Church annex

  See also Open Orange: Carrboro Baptist Church · On a map

• Carrboro Elementary SchoolCarrboro · 60 entries · 1908–1964
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 8: “Carrboro Public School”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 11: “Carrboro Graded School”

  Also printed as Carrboro school; Old Carrboro School; Carrboro school auditorium; (Former) Carrboro Public School; Road from Chapel Hill to the Carrboro school; Between the Carrboro school and White Cross; Carrboro school ball field; New Carrboro school site

• Carrboro Farmers’ MarketChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1940–1944

  Also printed as Women's curb market

• Carrboro Health CenterCarrboro · 3 entries · 1945–1948
• Carrboro Lions ParkCarrboro · 5 entries · 1950–1962

  Also printed as Lions Park

  See also Open Orange: Lions Park

• Carrboro Mill No. 7 (Durham Hosiery, later National Munitions)Carrboro · 18 entries · 1920–1958

  Also printed as National Munitions Corporation plant (Mill No. 7); Mill No. 4 and Mill No. 7; National Munitions Corporation plant; Mill No. 7; National Munitions plant (Mill No. 7); North side of Mill No. 7; Durham Hosiery Mill No. 7; Munitions plant (former Mill No. 7)

  See also Open Orange: Thomas F. Lloyd Manufacturing Co

• Carrboro Post OfficeCarrboro · 2 entries · 1957–1958
• Carrboro to the Alamance County lineCarrboro · 2 entries · 1928–1929
  • by October 5, 1928: Contracts are let for the new state road from Carrboro to the Alamance line
  • by February 22, 1929: Grading and bridges are finished on the new road from Chapel Hill to Graham
• Carrboro Town HallCarrboro · 19 entries · 1956–2005

  Also printed as Town Hall; Carrboro Municipal Building; Carrboro Town Hall and business district; Carrboro Town Hall and White Cross polling place

  See also Open Orange: Carrboro Graded School

• Carrboro town hall (Lloyd Street)Carrboro · 7 entries · 1953–1960

  Also printed as Town Hall

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  • May 4, 1953: Carrboro reelects Mayor J. Sullivan Gibson and fills its first six-member town board
  • December 31, 1954: Carrboro's town board stages a New Year's Eve celebration at the town hall
  • October 1958: Carrboro bans house trailers from residential areas
  • May 5, 1959: Carrboro returns Mayor R. B. Todd and elects three commissioners
  • April 12, 1960: Suburban residents petition Carrboro for annexation three weeks after voting it down
  • March 19, 1960: Carrboro voters approve $95,000 in bonds to make the old school a town hall
  • by April 7, 1960: Charlie Ellington becomes Carrboro's mayor as R. B. Todd leaves the office to be town clerk
• Carrboro United Methodist ChurchCarrboro · 6 entries · 1923–1957
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 8: “Carrboro M.E. Church (South)”, Jones Ferry Road
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 11: “Carrboro M.E. Church (South) (Main Street”, Jones Ferry Road)

  Also printed as Carrboro Methodist Church; Site behind Carrboro Methodist Church

• Carrboro Woolen Mills (Pacific Mills)Carrboro · 9 entries · 1946–1959

  Also printed as Carrboro Mills; Carrboro Woolen Mills; Carrboro Mills (Pacific Mills); Carrboro Mills (Pacific Mills woolen division); Pacific Mills plants

  See also Open Orange: Thomas F. Lloyd Manufacturing Co

• Carroll HallChapel Hill · 4 entries · 1987–2020
• Cates MountainHillsborough · 2 entries · 1957
  • by May 16, 1957: A national civil defense warning point is completed on Cates Mountain
  • January 7, 1957: The county leases Cates Mountain to the Army for a radio relay tower
• Cates-Dodson-Minnis FarmWhite Cross · 2 entries · 1900–2005
• Cat’s CradleCarrboro · 6 entries · 1991–2020

  Also printed as Cat's Cradle

• Cedar Grove AcademyCedar Grove · 6 entries · 1890–1896
• Cedar Grove Methodist ChurchCedar Grove · 2 entries · 1876–1939

  See also Open Orange: Cedar Grove Methodist

• Cedar Grove ParkCedar Grove · 3 entries · 1983–2007
• Cedar Grove Post OfficeCedar Grove · 2 entries · 1897–1903
• Cedar Grove schoolsCedar Grove · 41 entries · 1948–2020

  Also printed as Cedar Grove School; Cedar Grove Elementary School; Cedar Grove Elementary School (Black)

• Cedar Grove sectionCedar Grove · 3 entries · 1946–1952

  Also printed as Cedar Grove community

• Central CarrboroCarrboro · 2 entries · 1981–1982
  • 1981: Neighbors form Friends of Old Carrboro to press for traffic controls
  • October 1982: Friends of Old Carrboro holds its first annual house tour
• Central High and Central Elementary, HillsboroughHillsborough · 62 entries · 1936–2000

  Also printed as Central High School; Central School; West Union and North Nash streets; Central High School (now Hillsborough Elementary); Hillsboro high school for Black students; Central Elementary School; High school for Black students; Hillsboro Negro High School grounds

  See also Open Orange: Central High School · On a map

• Central Hotel (Chapel Hill)Chapel Hill · 5 entries · 1858–1912
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 3: “Central Hotel”

  Also printed as Central Hotel; Central Hotel site (now Vance, Battle and Pettigrew halls)

• Central Warehouse (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 3 entries · 1886–1890
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “J. W. Hooker & Bro. Central Warehouse”

  Also printed as Central Warehouse

• Chapel Hill and Bingham townshipsChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1923–1943
  • by January 18, 1923: The Bank of Chapel Hill backs the high school boys' purebred Jersey program
  • October 25-30, 1943: Volunteers issue 9,947 copies of War Ration Book No. 4 in Chapel Hill and Bingham townships
• Chapel Hill and Carrboro city schoolsChapel Hill · 39 entries · 1879–2012
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 5: “New Graded School”, West Franklin Street
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 5: “Old Graded School”, Pittsboro Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 6: “Chapel Hill School”, West Franklin Street

  Also printed as Chapel Hill Graded School; Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Chapel Hill school district; Chapel Hill school board; Chapel Hill schools; Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools; Chapel Hill City Schools; Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education

  See also Open Orange: Chapel Hill Graded School (second Location)

• Chapel Hill and southern Orange CountyChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1925–1938
  • July to December 1925: Chapel Hill police report six months of raids on liquor stills
  • December 17, 1930: Heaviest snow in years buries Chapel Hill and closes the school
  • by April 8, 1938: An outbreak of rheumatic fever strikes Chapel Hill school children and adults
• Chapel Hill and suburbsChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1940
  • by July 19, 1940: Architect H. D. Carter puts new home building around Chapel Hill at about $315,000
  • 1940 (reported December 20, 1940): H. D. Carter's annual review puts Chapel Hill's 1940 building at $1,930,850
• Chapel Hill Country Club (1920s)Chapel Hill · 2 entries · 1927–1930

  Also printed as Country Club

  See also Open Orange: Chapel Hill Country Club Clubhouse

• Chapel Hill Friends Meeting HouseChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1961–1962

  Also printed as Friends Meeting House

• Chapel Hill Hardware CompanyChapel Hill · 5 entries · 1917–1928

  Also printed as Chapel Hill Hardware Company and the Bank of Chapel Hill; New brick building next to Chapel Hill Hardware Co.; Chapel Hill Hardware store

• Chapel Hill High SchoolChapel Hill · 71 entries · 1917–1994
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 5: “New Graded School”, West Franklin Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 6: “Chapel Hill School”, West Franklin Street

  Also printed as Chapel Hill High School auditorium; Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School; Chapel Hill High School building; New Chapel Hill High School; Chapel Hill High School and elementary school; Chapel Hill High School quarters; Former Chapel Hill High School site; Town Hall and Chapel Hill High School polls

  See also Open Orange: Chapel Hill High School (second Location) · Open Orange: Chapel Hill Graded School (second Location)

• Chapel Hill Historic DistrictChapel Hill · 4 entries · 1971–2015

  Also printed as Chapel Hill Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation

• The Chapel Hill LedgerChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1878–1880

  Also printed as Ledger office

• Chapel Hill Post Office and Peace and Justice PlazaChapel Hill · 41 entries · 1833–2015
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “P.O. / Skating Rink 2d”, East Franklin Street
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 4: “Post Off.”, East Franklin Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Post Office”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Post Office”, East Franklin Street

  Also printed as Post office; Chapel Hill post office; Peace and Justice Plaza; Post office site; U.S. Post Office; Chapel Hill post office and town

  See also Open Orange: U.S. Post Office (1917)

• Chapel Hill precinctChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1928
  • by October 5, 1928: Chapel Hill voting precinct takes in an area formerly in Patterson's precinct
  • November 1928: Chapel Hill election officials rebut a charge of illegal student voting
• Chapel Hill Public LibraryChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1959–2020

  See also On a map

• Chapel Hill School Attendance DistrictChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1948
  • April 1948: The census counts 17,472 people in the Chapel Hill school attendance district
  • April 12-13, 1948: The Junior Service League canvasses the Chapel Hill school district for a census
• Chapel Hill School (West Franklin Street)Chapel Hill · 84 entries · 1891–1958
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 5: “New Graded School”, West Franklin Street
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 5: “Old Graded School”, Pittsboro Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 6: “Chapel Hill School”, West Franklin Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 6: “School Gymnasium”, West Franklin Street
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 6: “Chapel Hill School”

  Also printed as Chapel Hill school; Chapel Hill school building; Chapel Hill school auditorium; Elementary school; Chapel Hill elementary school; Chapel Hill graded school; Chapel Hill school grounds; Public school

  See also Open Orange: Chapel Hill Graded School (second Location)

• Chapel Hill streetsChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1916–1934
  • September 1916: Chapel Hill police begin timing automobiles with stop watches to catch speeders
  • January 8, 1934: Civil Works approval and a tar contract assure hard surfaces for Chapel Hill's dirt streets
• Chapel Hill to DurhamChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1916–1921
  • by September 28, 1916: C. S. Pendergraft adds a Ford truck to his Chapel Hill and Durham auto line
  • November 24, 1921: The new hard-surface road between Chapel Hill and Durham opens to traffic
• Chapel Hill to the Durham County lineChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1913–1919
  • early August 1913: A survey party lays out the new road from Chapel Hill to the Durham County line
  • by June 19, 1919: The highway commission takes up an experimental pavement from Chapel Hill to the Durham line
• Chapel Hill Town Hall (1938)Chapel Hill · 166 entries · 1878–1990

  Also printed as Town Hall; Chapel Hill Town Hall; Town office; Courtroom; Town Hall courtroom; Municipal building

  See also Open Orange: 100 W. Rosemary St · National Register nomination: Chapel Hill Town Hall · On a map

• Chapel of the CrossChapel Hill · 53 entries · 1842–1994
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 8: “Chapel of the Cross”

  Also printed as Episcopal parish house; Church of the Atonement (Chapel of the Cross); Chapel of the Cross and the cemetery; Episcopal parish house (Chapel of the Cross); Chapel of the Cross parish house; Chapel of the Cross and St. Paul AME Church

  See also National Register nomination: Chapel of the Cross · On a map

• Chase Cafeteria (Chase Hall)Chapel Hill · 2 entries · 1972–1973

  Also printed as Chase Cafeteria

• Chase HallChapel Hill · 6 entries · 1965–1982
• Cheek BuildingHillsborough · 2 entries · 1886–1889
• Cheek-Clark Building (University Laundry)Chapel Hill · 5 entries · 1942–2020

  Also printed as University Laundry; Cheek-Clark Building

• Chestnut Ridge Methodist ChurchOrange County · 2 entries · 1890–1950
• Churton and King streetsHillsborough · 3 entries · 1863–1904
  • September 28, 1863: Fire destroys the block at the northwest corner of Churton and King streets
  • late July 1904: Town commissioners accept three gasoline street lamps from a citizens' association
  • September 3, 1904: The citizens' gasoline street lamps are lit in Hillsborough
• Cobb TerraceChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1915–1946
  • 1915-1927: Collier Cobb develops Cobb Terrace, Chapel Hill's earliest planned development
  • April to June 1946: Mrs. Collier Cobb sells the Cobb Terrace bungalows to private owners
• Coker ArboretumChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1903–1956

  See also On a map

• Colonial InnHillsborough · 26 entries · 1803–1964
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Occoneechee Hotel”
  • 1894 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Occoneechee Hotel”
  • 1900 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Occoneechee Hotel”
  • 1905 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Occoneechee Hotel”

  Also printed as Colonial Inn site; Colonial Inn (then the Occoneechee Hotel); Occoneechee Hotel (now the Colonial Inn); 175 West King Street and the Colonial Inn; Occoneechee Hotel (Colonial Inn)

  See also Open Orange: Colonial Inn · On a map

• Community Center (old Odd Fellows Hall, Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 6 entries · 1946–1958

  Also printed as Community Center; Community Center (old Odd Fellows Hall); Hillsboro Community Center

• Community Church of Chapel HillChapel Hill · 6 entries · 1960–1984

  Also printed as Community Church

  See also Open Orange: 106 Purefoy Rd · On a map

• Corbin TownHillsborough · 2 entries · 1754
• County agent's officeHillsborough · 2 entries · 1938–1960

  Also printed as County Agents' office

  • by November 25, 1938: Young people form the Orange County Service Club at Hillsboro
  • May 13, 1960: Farmers organize the Orange County Feeder Pig Association
• County welfare officeHillsborough · 3 entries · 1937
  • October 15, 1937: Orange County enrolls 33 young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps
  • August 1937: Orange County makes its first Social Security assistance payments
  • September 24, 1937: Orange County's approved Social Security cases reach 121
• Crawford's MillHillsborough · 2 entries · 1887
• Crook’s CornerChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1943–1951

  Also printed as Rachel Crook's Fish & Produce Market

• Cross Roads Presbyterian ChurchOrange County · 4 entries · 1784–1821

  Also printed as Cross Roads church

• Crystal Palace (Nancy Hilliard house)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1853–1954

  Also printed as Hilliard house (the Crystal Palace); Crystal Palace; Crystal Palace site

• The CubeChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1978–1979
• Curb marketChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1922–1945
  • by June 22, 1922: A Saturday curb market sells country produce in Chapel Hill
  • October 6, 1945: The Chapel Hill curb market marks eight years with a year of $40,004 in sales
• Curve InnChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1951

  See also Open Orange: 1215 E. Franklin St