Places in the chronology: P

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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26 places

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• Paisley-Rice Log HouseMebane · 6 entries · 1801–1976

  See also National Register nomination: Paisley-Rice Log House · On a map

• Paul Green house and writing cabin (Greenwood Road)Chapel Hill · 2 entries · 1935–1936

  Also printed as Paul Green tract between the Durham and Raleigh roads

• Peabody HallChapel Hill · 12 entries · 1913–1990
  • 1915 Sanborn map, sheet 4: “Peabody Bld'g.”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 7: “Peabody Building”

  Also printed as School of Education; Peabody Building; Botany nursery behind Peabody Hall

  See also On a map

• Peoples Bank (Chapel Hill)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1905–1928

  Also printed as Peoples Bank; Peoples Bank building

• Person HallChapel Hill · 29 entries · 1796–2003
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 3: “Person Hall”

  Also printed as Person Hall Art Gallery; Person Hall terrace

  See also On a map

• Phillips HallChapel Hill · 10 entries · 1919–1959
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 7: “Phillips Hall”
• Phillips householdChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1826–1866
  • about 1826: James Phillips buys Ben and Dilsey, an enslaved married couple, soon after reaching Chapel Hill
  • 1866: James Phillips pays Dilsey her first wages as a free woman
• Phillips Law OfficeChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1847–1979

  Also printed as Samuel Phillips law office

• Pickard HotelChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1908–1917
• Pickwick TheatreChapel Hill · 7 entries · 1927–1933

  Also printed as Old Pickwick Theatre; Pickwick Theatre and the old Episcopal church

  See also Open Orange: 128 East Franklin St · On a map

• Piedmont Electric Membership CorporationHillsborough · 6 entries · 1945–1960

  Also printed as Piedmont Electric office; Piedmont Electric Company building

  See also Open Orange: Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation · On a map

• Piney Mountain SchoolChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1877–1949

  Also printed as Piney Mountain; Piney Mountain Road; Piney Mountain School site

  See also Open Orange: Piney Mountain School (african American; Site)

• The PitChapel Hill · 12 entries · 1968–2024
• Pleasant Green Methodist ChurchEno River · 3 entries · 1832–1910

  Also printed as Eno community

• Pleasant Grove (William Cain plantation)Orange County · 3 entries · 1779–1800

  Also printed as Pleasant Grove

  See also Open Orange: Pleasant Grove · On a map

• Polk PlaceChapel Hill · 6 entries · 1922–2010

  Also printed as Polk Place and the Pit

• Polling places across Orange CountyOrange County · 4 entries · 1853–1961
  Show the 4 entries

  • August 4, 1853: Orange votes for Whig Sion H. Rogers, who takes the congressional district from Venable
  • November 3, 1951: Orange County farm people vote for Nickels for Know-How
  • March 25, 1961: Orange County cattle farmers vote for a beef promotion assessment
  • November 7, 1961: Chapel Hill backs the state bond issues as the rest of Orange votes no
• Poplar HillHillsborough · 4 entries · 1793–1981

  See also Open Orange: Banks Of The Eno

• Porthole Building (Porthole restaurant)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1936–1984

  Also printed as Porthole Building; 101 Porthole Alley (Fraternity Row); Porthole Alley (Old Fraternity Row)

  See also Open Orange: 100 Porthole Alley

• Post office (Efland)Efland · 2 entries · 1898–1905

  Also printed as Post office; Efland post office

• Potter's FieldChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1904–1922
  • April 11, 1904: The board of education orders Chapel Hill's Black school rebuilt in Potter's Field
  • June 6, 1922: Thomas McDade, a Black merchant and community leader, dies in Chapel Hill
• Presbyterian Church for Colored People (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 3 entries · 1878–1942

  Also printed as Presbyterian Church for Colored People

• President’s House (UNC)Chapel Hill · 6 entries · 1913–1948

  Also printed as President's House

• Pritchard's Drugstore (Patterson Brothers)Chapel Hill · 4 entries · 1930–1944

  Also printed as Patterson Brothers drugstore; Pritchard's Drugstore

• Pritchard's MillChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1919
• Public Spring Lot (Lot 0)Hillsborough · 2 entries · 1804–1888
  • December 1804: A bill in the House would let Hillsborough's commissioners enclose the public spring
  • 1888 (reported May 1889): Hillsborough's commissioners sell the Public Spring Lot

  See also Open Orange: The Publick Spring Lot (lot 0) · On a map