Places in the chronology: G

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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• Gallows HillHillsborough · 2 entries · 1850–1879
  • 1850: The county court moves the gallows to Gallows Hill
  • October 31, 1879: Robert Boswell is hanged at Hillsborough for the Blackwell murders

  See also Open Orange: Gallows Hill · On a map

• Gardner HallChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1953–2008
• General Johnston Motel and General Sherman Restaurant9 entries · 1960–1963

  Also printed as US 70 at Interstate 85; General Sherman Restaurant

  See also Open Orange: General Sherman Restaurant · Open Orange: General Joseph E. Johnston Motel · On a map

• George Foust'sOrange County · 2 entries · 1838–1844
  • May 19, 1838: A meeting at George Foust's votes that Orange County should be divided
  • May 25, 1844: Western Orange meeting at George Foust's denounces the courthouse tax
• George Washington Walker FarmHillsborough · 3 entries · 1900–1938
• George Watts Hill Alumni CenterChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1992–1998
• Gerrard HallChapel Hill · 79 entries · 1822–1981
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 4: “Gerrard Hall”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 7: “Gerrard Hall”

  Also printed as University chapel; Gerard Hall; College chapel; Old West and Gerrard Hall; Gerrard Hall and University classrooms

  See also On a map

• Gimghoul Castle and neighborhoodChapel Hill · 18 entries · 1891–1993

  Also printed as Gimghoul Castle; Piney Prospect; Gimghoul neighborhood; 733 Gimghoul Road; 723 Gimghoul Road; 704 Gimghoul Road; Glandon Forest (Gimghoul); 739 Gimghoul Road

  See also Open Orange: 723 Gimghoul Rd · National Register nomination: GIMGHOUL NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORIC DISTRICT · Open Orange: 704 Gimghoul Rd · Open Orange: Hippol · Open Orange: 733 Gimghoul Rd · On a map

• Glenwood Elementary SchoolChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1953–1960

  Also printed as Glenwood School; Glenwood School area

  See also On a map

• Gospel Baptist TabernacleOrange Grove · 2 entries · 1946–1956
• Governor's officeChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1912–1924
  • September 16, 1912: President Venable reports Isaac Rand's death to the trustees' executive committee
  • December 1918: Trustees and faculty back a $150,000 student building as Edward Kidder Graham's memorial
  • January 30, 1924: Trustees adopt higher law school standards over Governor Morrison's objection
• Graduate SchoolChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1925–1985
  • June 1925: Edwin Greenlaw leaves the Graduate School deanship for Johns Hopkins
  • by March 1983: UNC joins the Eastern Region Consortium on Cooperative Minority Student Recruitment
  • spring 1985: UNC starts the Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Program
• Graham2 entries · 1849
  • early October 1849: Alamance physicians meet at Graham to organize a county medical society
  • by July 19, 1849: Commissioners sell the first fifty lots in Graham, the new Alamance seat
• Graham MemorialChapel Hill · 24 entries · 1922–2004

  Also printed as Graham Memorial and Memorial Hall; Graham Memorial site; North side of East Franklin Street opposite Graham Memorial; Memorial Hall and the Graham Memorial; Graham Memorial and Hill Hall

  See also On a map

• Greene Tract3 entries · 1984–2021
  • 1984: Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County bought the Greene Tract as a possible landfill site
  • 1999: The solid waste interlocal agreement set 60 acres of the Greene Tract aside as Headwaters Preserve
  • April 2021: The three governments adopted an interlocal agreement on the future of the Greene Tract
• Greenlaw HallChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1970–1991