Places in the chronology: F

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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• Fairfield communityOrange County · 3 entries · 1935–1949
  • October 2, 1935: Fairfield women organize a home demonstration club
  • October 20, 1946: Fire destroys the Fairfield community house
  • by June 16, 1949: Orange County drops the Fairfield school for Black children
• Fairfield Presbyterian ChurchEfland · 5 entries · 1834–1952

  See also On a map

• FairntoshOrange County · 5 entries · 1799–1860

  Also printed as Stagville and Fairntosh; Fairntosh plantation; Stagville and Fairntosh plantations; Fairntosh (then Orange County)

• Fairview Bowling AlleyHillsborough · 2 entries · 1945
• Fairview ParkHillsborough · 2 entries · 1999–2009

  See also On a map

• Farmers Mutual ExchangeHillsborough · 7 entries · 1943–1963

  Also printed as Farmers Exchange Livestock Market; Farmers' Mutual Exchange Livestock Market; Farmers Mutual livestock market; Farmers' Mutual Livestock Market

  See also Open Orange: Farmers Exchange Livestock Market · On a map

• Farmers' State Alliance headquarters (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 13 entries · 1896–1916

  Also printed as Farmers' Alliance shoe factory; State Alliance headquarters; Farmers' State Alliance headquarters; Alliance headquarters

  See also Open Orange: Hillsborough Military Academy - Chapel-Mess Hall-Hospital

• Faucett Mill (Chatwood)Hillsborough · 5 entries · 1808–1988

  Also printed as Faucett Mill; Faucett House; Faucett House (Chatwood); Faucette Mill

• Fetter house (East Franklin Street)Chapel Hill · 3 entries · 1869–1904

  Also printed as Old Fetter house; Fetter house

• Fetzer FieldChapel Hill · 8 entries · 1936–1944

  Also printed as New athletic field south of Fetzer Field

• Fire station (Chapel Hill)Chapel Hill · 5 entries · 1921–1962
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Fire Dept”, North Columbia Street

  Also printed as Fire headquarters; Fire station; Chapel Hill fire station

• First Baptist Church, Chapel HillChapel Hill · 21 entries · 1877–1983

  Also printed as Rock Hill Baptist Church; First Baptist Church; Second Baptist and Rock Hill Baptist churches; First Baptist Church to Town Hall

  See also Open Orange: 425 W. Franklin St · On a map

• First Baptist Church (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 37 entries · 1853–1962
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Baptist Church”
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Baptist Church”, A
  • 1894 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”
  • 1894 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”, Wake Street
  • 1900 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”
  • 1900 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”, Wake Street
  • 1905 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 2: “Baptist Church”

  Also printed as First Baptist Church; Baptist church; Hillsborough Baptist Church; Hillsboro Baptist Church

  See also Open Orange: First Baptist Church

• Fitch Lumber CompanyCarrboro · 5 entries · 1927–1970
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 11: “Fitch-Riggs Lumber Co.”

  Also printed as Fitch Lumber Company planing mill; Fitch Lumber Co.

• Five ForksCedar Grove · 2 entries · 1891–1920
  • 1891: Five Forks rivals Cedar Grove as a crossroads settlement
  • about 1920: The Five Forks meeting house north of Cedar Grove
• Flat Rock AME Church2 entries · 1915
• for the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1856–1858
  • October 11, 1856: The trustees' executive committee rules that Hedrick has destroyed his usefulness to the university
  • January 5, 1857: The full board of trustees confirms Hedrick's dismissal
  • January 5, 1858: University trustees elect William J. Martin to Elisha Mitchell's chair
• Forest HillsChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1925–1936
  • by July 17, 1925: Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company opens Forest Hills on the Pittsboro road
  • 1936 (reported December 18, 1936): Building in Chapel Hill reaches $443,000 in 1936, the most since 1930

  See also On a map

• Forest TheatreChapel Hill · 15 entries · 1917–1953

  Also printed as Country Club Road opposite the Forest Theatre; Forest Theatre and Columbia Street

• Forrest ClinicHillsborough · 3 entries · 1949–1953

  Also printed as Hillsboro Clinic (former Forrest Clinic)

  See also Open Orange: 401 N. Churton St

• Frank Porter Graham Elementary SchoolChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1962–2000

  Also printed as Frank Porter Graham School

• Franklin and Columbia streetsChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1880–1939
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  • by April 10, 1880: A. B. Roberson and W. F. Stroud form a dry goods and grocery firm
  • January 26, 1906: A storm damages the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets in Chapel Hill
  • by November 27, 1925: Chapel Hill's aldermen set new parking and bus rules for the business block
  • 1925: Franklin and Columbia streets are paved curb to curb
  • July 20, 1925: Ziegler Brothers win the contracts to pave Franklin and Columbia streets, the campus road and the highway south
  • by July 20, 1928: Aldermen order pedestal stop-and-go signals for Franklin and Columbia streets
  • April 12, 1939: Chapel Hill's aldermen order the bus company to load and unload passengers off the streets
• Franklin Street business blockChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1926–1941
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  • by early February 1926: Chapel Hill taxes space rented to visiting vendors
  • November 7, 1927: Chapel Hill aldermen vote to protect Franklin Street's trees and plant new ones
  • November 10, 1928: Receivers auction four brick store buildings on Franklin Street
  • by November 29, 1929: Chapel Hill paints pedestrian crossings and a giant STOP on Franklin Street
  • by December 14, 1934: Merchants and townspeople string Christmas lights across Franklin Street
  • June 5, 1935: Chapel Hill sets a two-hour parking limit on the business block
  • April 1, 1941: Chapel Hill sets a one-dollar penalty for overtime parking
• Franklin Street business districtChapel Hill · 5 entries · 1928–1964
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  • July 1928: Aldermen ban curb service at Chapel Hill stores
  • July 6, 1946: Chapel Hill veterans and Southern Conference members stage a downtown display against the end of the OPA
  • February 27, 1950: Chapel Hill sets fire district limits for its business section
  • December 11, 1961: Chapel Hill aldermen approve strict controls on downtown signs
  • August 31, 1964: Chapel Hill changes downtown parking from angle to parallel spaces
• Fraternity RowChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1904–1961
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  • 1904: Kappa Alpha opens its chapter house near the campus
  • 1905: Beta Theta Pi builds a house on the original Fraternity Row
  • January 9, 1919: Fire destroys three fraternity houses on Fraternity Row and nearly takes the Carnegie Library
  • January 12, 1927: Fire destroys the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house
  • May 6, 1928: Fire guts the old Zeta Psi house on Fraternity Row
  • December 12, 1929: Fire guts the Delta Sigma Phi house on Fraternity Row
  • January 24, 1961: Chapel Hill aldermen refuse to stretch zoning for fraternity expansions