Places of Orange County: maps, events and people

Place types

Historic districts and property boundaries National Register Study List Determined eligible Local district
Every building in the state survey Gray rings mark buildings now gone
Cemeteries and family burial grounds Locations from Orange County GIS; each links to its burials at Cemetery Census. Open rings are not yet confirmed on the ground. How to research a burial.

Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Site locations from the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office survey, Open Orange, Orange County GIS, OpenStreetMap and a few other published sources named on each site’s page; town and community pins show approximate locations. 358 of the 471 sites below are on the map; the rest are programs or services, or have not yet been mapped.

The county

Orange County County · 3,127 dated events · 137 storylines · its maps and its changing shape since 1752

Towns, communities and neighborhoods

Each town page gathers its dated events, its people and the works about it.

Chapel Hill Town · 14,338 dated events · 475 storylines · 288 sites
Carrboro Town · 2,006 dated events · 95 storylines · 77 sites
Hillsborough Town · 5,242 dated events · 166 storylines · 198 sites
Efland Community · 237 dated events · 9 storylines · 19 sites
Cedar Grove Community · 325 dated events · 12 storylines · 32 sites
White Cross Community · 95 dated events · 10 storylines · 13 sites
Calvander Community · 40 dated events · 2 storylines · 6 sites
Caldwell Community · 94 dated events · 3 storylines · 18 sites
Carr Community · 20 dated events · 3 sites
Mebane Community · 56 dated events · 1 storyline · 6 sites
New Hope Community · 139 dated events · 8 storylines · 11 sites
Rogers Road Neighborhood · 58 dated events · 3 storylines · 5 sites
Schley Community · 33 dated events · 4 storylines · 6 sites
West Hillsborough Neighborhood · 190 dated events · 1 storyline · 17 sites
Laurel Hill Neighborhood · 71 dated events · 6 sites
Fairview Neighborhood · 21 dated events · 4 sites
Blackwood Community · 7 dated events · 2 storylines · 1 site
McDade Community · 3 dated events · 1 site
Laws Community · 6 dated events · 1 site
Oaks Community · 23 dated events · 1 storyline · 4 sites
Orange Grove Community · 57 dated events · 1 storyline · 5 sites
Coker Hills Neighborhood · 10 dated events · 1 site
Morgan Creek Hills Neighborhood · 5 dated events
Greenwood Neighborhood · 5 dated events · 1 site
Glen Lennox Neighborhood · 19 dated events · 1 storyline · 2 sites

Rivers and landscapes

Eno River 262 dated events · 5 storylines
New Hope Creek 32 dated events · 3 storylines
Occoneechee Mountain 13 dated events · 2 storylines
University Lake 89 dated events · 2 storylines
Cane Creek 106 dated events · 4 storylines
Morgan Creek 53 dated events · 1 storyline
Haw River 36 dated events · 3 storylines
Little River 74 dated events · 10 storylines

Sites and institutions

Buildings, schools, churches, mills, businesses and cemeteries, each with its own page. The places index lists every place the chronology names more than once, with or without a page →

University buildings and grounds

Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill · 24 events · 1942–2019
Alexander Hall Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1942–1944
Alumni Building Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1 storyline · 1895–1985
Archer House Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1907–1954
Bingham Hall Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1929–1975
Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1972–2009
Bynum Hall (Bynum Gymnasium) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1905–1976
Caldwell Hall Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1936–1942
Carmichael Auditorium (Carmichael Arena) Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1 storyline · 1964–1986
The Carolina Inn Chapel Hill · 56 events · 1922–2001
Carolina Union (Frank Porter Graham Student Union) Chapel Hill · 116 events · 1958–2007
Carr Building (Henry Owl Building) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1899–2022
Carroll Hall Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1953–2020
Chase Cafeteria (Chase Hall) Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1965–1983
Chase Hall Chapel Hill · 20 events · 1965–1989
Cheek-Clark Building (University Laundry) Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1925–2020
Coker Arboretum Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1903–1989
The Cube Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1978–1979
Davie Hall Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1 storyline · 1907–1967
Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill · 26 events · 1986–2022
Dorrance Field Chapel Hill · 2 events · 2019–2023
Emerson Field Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1914–1977
Fetzer Field Chapel Hill · 12 events · 1927–1991
Forest Theatre Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1 storyline · 1917–1953
Gardner Hall Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1953–2008
George Watts Hill Alumni Center Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1987–1998
Gerrard Hall Chapel Hill · 77 events · 1 storyline · 1821–1989
Graham Memorial Chapel Hill · 24 events · 1 storyline · 1918–2004
Greenlaw Hall Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1970–1991
Hamilton Hall Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1972–2020
Hill Hall Chapel Hill · 30 events · 1 storyline · 1906–2017
Hinton James Residence Hall Chapel Hill · 14 events · 1966–1992
Horace Williams Airport Chapel Hill · 53 events · 1 storyline · 1928–2026
Hortense McClinton Residence Hall (formerly Aycock) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1924–2022
Howell Hall Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1930–1990
Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill · 53 events · 1 storyline · 1926–2018
Kessing Pool Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1943–1945
Lenoir Hall Chapel Hill · 30 events · 1939–1994
Mangum Residence Hall Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1990–1991
Manning Hall Chapel Hill · 14 events · 1922–1987
Mary Ann Smith Building Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1901–1941
Mason Farm Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1935–1994
McCorkle Place (with the Davie Poplar) Chapel Hill · 17 events · 1 storyline · 1804–2019
Medical building (1939) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1939–1943
Memorial Hall Chapel Hill · 156 events · 2 storylines · 1883–2009
Morehead Planetarium Chapel Hill · 34 events · 1945–1991
Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1930–1967
Murphey Hall Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1922–2008
Navy Hall (later Jackson Hall) Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1943–1992
New East Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1858–1964
North Carolina Botanical Garden Chapel Hill · 12 events · 1952–1996
NROTC Naval Armory Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1942–2024
Old Commons Hall Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1915–1918
Old East Chapel Hill · 40 events · 3 storylines · 1758–2021
The Old Well Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1825–2008
Old West Chapel Hill · 28 events · 1 storyline · 1821–1993
Peabody Hall Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1911–1990
Person Hall Chapel Hill · 31 events · 2 storylines · 1796–2003
Phillips Hall Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1919–1986
The Pit Chapel Hill · 12 events · 1968–2024
Polk Place Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1921–2013
President’s House (UNC) Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1913–1948
Saunders Hall (later Carolina Hall) Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1922–2015
The Scuttlebutt Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1944–1996
Silent Sam (UNC Confederate monument) Chapel Hill · 21 events · 1 storyline · 1908–2020
Smith Hall (Playmakers Theatre) Chapel Hill · 35 events · 1789–1993
Sonja Haynes Stone Center (Black Cultural Center) Chapel Hill · 131 events · 1 storyline · 1967–2010
South Building Chapel Hill · 62 events · 2 storylines · 1758–2022
Steele Building Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1921–2010
Steward’s Hall Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1 storyline · 1794–1847
Swain Hall Chapel Hill · 18 events · 1913–1978
The Tin Can Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1924–1977
University infirmary (Abernethy Hall) Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1890–1986
University Laundry Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1925–1998
Upendo Lounge Chapel Hill · 27 events · 1972–1989
Venable Hall Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1920–1996
Victory Village and Odum Village Chapel Hill · 30 events · 1 storyline · 1946–2006
West House Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1935–2006
William and Ida Friday Center Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1991–2021
Wilson Hall (zoology building) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1941
Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill · 20 events · 1 storyline · 1935–1988

University schools and programs

Carolina Playmakers Chapel Hill · 60 events · 1 storyline · 1918–1983
Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Chapel Hill · 75 events · 1795–1977
Institute of Government Chapel Hill · 82 events · 1 storyline · 1923–2004
Navy Pre-Flight School Chapel Hill · 91 events · 1 storyline · 1942–1948
UNC Libraries Chapel Hill · 148 events · 3 storylines · 1834–2023
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1975–2009
UNC Medical Center (N.C. Memorial Hospital) Chapel Hill · 102 events · 1 storyline · 1922–2012
UNC School of Law Chapel Hill · 98 events · 1837–2020
UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill · 84 events · 1878–2008
UNC School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill · 17 events · 1 storyline · 1897–1989
UNC School of Public Health Chapel Hill · 53 events · 1930–2002
University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill · 17 events · 1923–1960
University Summer School Chapel Hill · 47 events · 2 storylines · 1877–1941
University YMCA Chapel Hill · 34 events · 1880–1996

Schools and academies

Aycock School Cedar Grove · 43 events · 1922–1969
Bingham School Mebane · 30 events · 1 storyline · 1832–1978
Breeze School Caldwell · 2 events · 1890–1931
Buckhorn School (Buckhorn Academy) 2 events · 1879–1902
Burwell School Hillsborough · 36 events · 2 storylines · 1779–2026
Caldwell Institute Caldwell · 28 events · 2 storylines · 1845–1905
Caldwell School Caldwell · 17 events · 1887–1973
Cameron Park School Hillsborough · 26 events · 1 storyline · 1952–1989
Carr School Carr · 4 events · 1908–1952
Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro · 88 events · 1 storyline · 1898–1989
Carrboro High School Carrboro · 1 event · 2007
Cedar Grove Academy Cedar Grove · 10 events · 1890–1915
Cedar Grove schools Cedar Grove · 56 events · 1 storyline · 1902–2020
Central High and Central Elementary, Hillsborough Hillsborough · 81 events · 2 storylines · 1916–2000
Chapel Hill and Carrboro city schools Chapel Hill · 310 events · 1 storyline · 1879–2021
Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill · 135 events · 2 storylines · 1905–1996
Chapel Hill School (West Franklin Street) Chapel Hill · 84 events · 1891–1958
East Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill · 1 event · 1996
Efland schools Efland · 36 events · 1910–1978
Elm Grove School Hillsborough · 4 events · 1 storyline · 1846–1952
Frank Porter Graham Elementary School Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1962–2001
Glenwood Elementary School Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1953–1961
Harmony School Cedar Grove · 4 events · 1888–1953
Hillsborough Academy Hillsborough · 35 events · 1 storyline · 1779–1964
Hillsborough High School Hillsborough · 62 events · 1901–1981
Hillsborough Military Academy Hillsborough · 43 events · 3 storylines · 1779–2017
Hughes Academy (Cedar Grove Academy) Cedar Grove · 10 events · 1 storyline · 1755–2013
Jordan’s Grove School Cedar Grove · 3 events · 1917–1951
McDougle School Carrboro · 17 events · 1988–2022
Murphey School Hillsborough · 18 events · 1923–2009
Nash and Kollock School Hillsborough · 18 events · 1 storyline · 1779–1964
North Carolina Industrial Home for Colored Girls (Efland Home) Efland · 34 events · 1919–2018
Northside School Chapel Hill · 22 events · 1951–2013
Orange County Training School / Lincoln High School Chapel Hill · 149 events · 1866–2013
Orange Grove School (Orange Grove Academy) Orange Grove · 11 events · 1897–1949
Orange High School Hillsborough · 23 events · 2 storylines · 1916–1979
Piney Mountain School Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1877–1949
Ridge Road School Hillsborough · 12 events · 1932–2023
St. Mary's School Hillsborough · 10 events · 1880–1971
University grammar school (Preparatory School) Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1795–1832
West End Graded School (West Hillsborough School) Hillsborough · 9 events · 1935–1969
White Cross School White Cross · 30 events · 2 storylines · 1906–1963
White Oak Grove School Cedar Grove · 4 events · 1932–1998

Churches and lodges

Antioch Baptist Church White Cross · 4 events · 1806–1974
Bethel Baptist Church Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1851–1992
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Oaks · 5 events · 1822–1961
Cane Creek Baptist Church Cane Creek · 21 events · 1789–1989
Cane Creek Friends Meeting Cane Creek · 6 events · 1751–1828
Carrboro Baptist Church (Century Center) Carrboro · 19 events · 1901–2004
Carrboro United Methodist Church Carrboro · 14 events · 1910–1961
Cedar Grove Methodist Church Cedar Grove · 4 events · 1832–1939
Chapel Hill Friends Meeting House Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1960–1973
Chapel of the Cross Chapel Hill · 72 events · 1842–2003
Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church 2 events · 1890–1950
Community Church of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · 14 events · 1 storyline · 1953–1993
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church New Hope · 6 events · 1784–1843
Dickerson Chapel AME Church Hillsborough · 15 events · 1845–1956
Eagle Lodge Hillsborough · 22 events · 1 storyline · 1788–2007
Efland Presbyterian Church Efland · 6 events · 1908–1959
Eno Methodist Church Hillsborough · 4 events · 1908–1938
Eno Presbyterian Church Eno River · 33 events · 1 storyline · 1755–1965
Fairfield Presbyterian Church Efland · 7 events · 1834–1983
First Baptist Church (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 37 events · 1853–1962
First Baptist Church, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · 20 events · 1865–2019
Five Forks Baptist Church Cedar Grove · 3 events · 1920–1967
Flat Rock AME Church 2 events · 1915
Gospel Baptist Tabernacle Orange Grove · 3 events · 1946–1956
Hawfields Presbyterian Church New Hope · 22 events · 1 storyline · 1755–1906
Hillsborough Methodist Church Hillsborough · 38 events · 1797–1961
Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Hillsborough · 72 events · 1 storyline · 1768–1987
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1946–2010
Jones Grove Missionary Baptist Church Hillsborough · 14 events · 1889–2017
Lebanon Methodist Church Hillsborough · 4 events · 1820–1937
Little River Presbyterian Church Little River · 14 events · 1 storyline · 1761–1944
Mars Hill Baptist Church Hillsborough · 7 events · 1834–1959
Mebane Chapel Hillsborough · 3 events · 1912–1914
Mount Adar Baptist Church Carr · 11 events · 1889–1989
Mount Bright Baptist Church Hillsborough · 10 events · 1866–1979
Mount Carmel Baptist Church Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1803–1948
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1823–1960
New Bethel Methodist Church Caldwell · 3 events · 1859–1944
New Hope Presbyterian Church New Hope · 73 events · 2 storylines · 1740–1987
New Sharon Methodist Church Hillsborough · 6 events · 1768–1958
Old Methodist Church (Rosemary Street) Chapel Hill · 22 events · 1 storyline · 1853–1978
Old Quaker meeting house (north of Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1882–1890
Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church Chapel Hill · 24 events · 1 storyline · 1953–1993
Orange United Methodist Church (Orange Church) Chapel Hill · 18 events · 2 storylines · 1830–1989
Pleasant Green Methodist Church Eno River · 3 events · 1832–1910
Presbyterian Church for Colored People (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1878–1942
Salem meeting house 2 events · 1821–1829
St. Mary’s Chapel Hillsborough · 23 events · 1759–2003
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Hillsborough · 97 events · 2 storylines · 1752–2003
St. Paul AME Church Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1864–2007
St. Thomas More Catholic Church Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1964–2023
Union Church (Village Chapel) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1832–1848
Union Grove Methodist Church Hillsborough · 5 events · 1846–1950
University Baptist Church Chapel Hill · 55 events · 1 storyline · 1854–1997
University Lodge Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1824–1961
University Presbyterian Church Chapel Hill · 52 events · 1 storyline · 1812–1966
University United Methodist Church Chapel Hill · 43 events · 2 storylines · 1842–1978
Walnut Grove Methodist Church 3 events · 1841–1942
Wesley Foundation Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1945–1991

Libraries, museums and media

The ArtsCenter Carrboro · 31 events · 1974–2023
The Chapel Hill Ledger Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1878–1880
Chapel Hill Museum Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1994–2010
The Chapel Hill News Chapel Hill · 11 events · 1946–1993
Chapel Hill Public Library Chapel Hill · 28 events · 1 storyline · 1958–2021
The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel Hill · 15 events · 1923–1978
The Daily Tar Heel Chapel Hill · 49 events · 1893–1994
The Harbinger (Chapel Hill newspaper) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1 storyline · 1832–1836
Hillsborough Recorder Hillsborough · 31 events · 1 storyline · 1820–1897
The News of Orange County Hillsborough · 19 events · 1 storyline · 1893–2024
Orange County Historical Museum Hillsborough · 14 events · 1 storyline · 1925–2015
Orange County Observer Hillsborough · 6 events · 1880–1917
Orange County Public Library Hillsborough · 99 events · 1930–2026
WCHL radio Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1953–2002
WUNC radio and television Chapel Hill · 21 events · 1 storyline · 1951–1993
WXYC Chapel Hill · 10 events · 1975–1994

Public buildings and services

Carrboro Health Center Carrboro · 3 events · 1945–1948
Carrboro Post Office Carrboro · 2 events · 1957–1958
Carrboro Town Hall Carrboro · 21 events · 1956–2005
Cedar Grove Post Office Cedar Grove · 2 events · 1897–1903
Chapel Hill Post Office and Peace and Justice Plaza Chapel Hill · 58 events · 2 storylines · 1795–2015
Chapel Hill Town Hall (1938) Chapel Hill · 20 events · 1 storyline · 1931–1990
Chapel Hill Transit Chapel Hill · 58 events · 1949–2004
Eno River road bridge, Hillsborough Hillsborough · 21 events · 1 storyline · 1787–1964
Fire station (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1921–1962
Forrest Clinic Hillsborough · 4 events · 1949–1953
Hillsborough Post Office Hillsborough · 20 events · 1853–1959
Hillsborough Prison Unit Hillsborough · 12 events · 1932–1983
Hillsborough railroad depot Hillsborough · 25 events · 1855–1953
Hillsborough Town Hall Hillsborough · 19 events · 1891–1964
Morgan Creek bridge at McCauley's mill Morgan Creek · 5 events · 1794–1798
New Hope Creek bridge (University-Raleigh road) New Hope Creek · 2 events · 1802–1803
North Carolina Railroad Hillsborough · 68 events · 2 storylines · 1849–1964
Orange County Agricultural Building Hillsborough · 5 events · 1940–1963
Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough Hillsborough · 148 events · 3 storylines · 1752–2023
Orange County jail, Hillsborough Hillsborough · 71 events · 2 storylines · 1752–2009
Orange County poorhouse (County Home) Hillsborough · 42 events · 1789–1941
Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation Hillsborough · 24 events · 1 storyline · 1933–1974
Piedmont Health Services Carrboro · 4 events · 1970–1994
Post office (Efland) Efland · 2 events · 1898–1905
Rural fire protection Hillsborough · 12 events · 1910–1977
Sewage disposal plant and incinerator (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1930–1941
Telephone exchange (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1926–1961
Town pump (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1881–1910
University Railroad Chapel Hill · 41 events · 1 storyline · 1861–2024
University Station Chapel Hill · 50 events · 1 storyline · 1849–1993
Water plant (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1950–1956

Community centers and organizations

American Legion Hut (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 4 events · 1948–1958
Buckhorn Community Building Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1957–1958
Buckhorn Grange Hall 3 events · 1953–1957
Carrboro Farmers’ Market Carrboro · 12 events · 1937–2025
Community Center (old Odd Fellows Hall, Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 6 events · 1946–1958
Hargraves Community Center Chapel Hill · 46 events · 1 storyline · 1937–2022
Home demonstration clubs Hillsborough · 45 events · 1 storyline · 1918–1990
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Chapel Hill · 44 events · 1 storyline · 1963–2021
Legion Hut (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1937–1945
Marian Cheek Jackson Center Chapel Hill · 8 events · 2007–2017
Orange County Agricultural Society fairgrounds Hillsborough · 2 events · 1856–1857
Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association Rogers Road · 17 events · 1 storyline · 1870–2021
Schley Grange Hall Schley · 10 events · 1 storyline · 1931–2020

Houses, farms, parks and cemeteries

Alexander Dickson House (Johnston’s headquarters) Hillsborough · 5 events · 1839–1983
Arch Jordan House Caldwell · 2 events · 1875–1998
Arthur C. and Mary Nash House Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1950–2017
Ayr Mount Hillsborough · 9 events · 1811–1993
The Barracks (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 6 events · 1898–1959
Battle Park Chapel Hill · 29 events · 1 storyline · 1914–1987
BelleVue (Phillips-Hill-Webb House) Hillsborough · 4 events · 1799–1989
Berry Brick House Hillsborough · 4 events · 1805–1965
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1852–2005
Blackwood Farm 6 events · 1770–2001
Bolin Brook Farm (Troy and Roberta Andrews House) Calvander · 6 events · 1954–1998
Burnside Hillsborough · 11 events · 1818–2010
Cabe-Pratt-Harris House (Riverbend Farm) Eno River · 12 events · 1820–1999
Caldwell house (later President Swain's house) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1809–1849
Camp New Hope New Hope · 10 events · 1947–1965
Carrboro Lions Park Carrboro · 6 events · 1950–1963
Cates-Dodson-Minnis Farm White Cross · 2 events · 1900–2005
Cedar Grove Park Cedar Grove · 3 events · 1983–2007
Chapel Hill Historic District Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1971–2015
Charles Davis Farm Schley · 2 events · 1880–1991
Crystal Palace (Nancy Hilliard house) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1853–1954
David Faucette House (The Elms) Eno River · 11 events · 1753–1999
Duke Homestead (Washington Duke farm) 5 events · 1852–1920
Duke land purchases in Orange County Chapel Hill · 10 events · 1925–1998
Eno Lodge Hillsborough · 2 events · 1822–1854
Eno River State Park Eno River · 5 events · 1 storyline · 1966–2025
Exchange Club Park (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1956
Fairntosh Little River · 5 events · 1 storyline · 1799–1860
Fairview Park Hillsborough · 2 events · 1999–2009
Fetter house (East Franklin Street) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1869–1904
George Washington Walker Farm Hillsborough · 3 events · 1900–1938
Gimghoul Castle and neighborhood Chapel Hill · 31 events · 1 storyline · 1889–1993
Haralson-Strudwick House and brick kitchen Hillsborough · 2 events · 1837–1960
Hartford (Thomas Hart plantation and mills) Hillsborough · 8 events · 2 storylines · 1757–1801
Hasell-Nash House Hillsborough · 5 events · 1820–1971
Heartsease Hillsborough · 7 events · 1786–1973
Highlands (Paul Cameron house) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1846–1865
Hill Farm (Roland Hill House) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1780–1922
Hillsborough Historic District Hillsborough · 6 events · 1973–2014
Hillsborough Riverwalk Hillsborough · 2 events · 2015–2018
Holden–Roberts Farm Hillsborough · 2 events · 1873–2002
Horace Williams House Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1854–1979
Hume House (Southerland-Hume-Cone House) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1887–1950
Jacob Jackson Farm (Maple Hill) Hillsborough · 8 events · 1810–1994
James A. Cheek House Hillsborough · 3 events · 1875–1919
Jeter and Ethel Neville House Carrboro · 6 events · 1944–2023
John Newman House Hillsborough · 2 events · 1787–1867
John S. Pope Farm Cedar Grove · 3 events · 1870–2013
Josiah Turner Jr. House (The Grove) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1870
Lions Baseball Park and Scout hut (Carrboro) Carrboro · 2 events · 1955–1956
Lochiel Hillsborough · 2 events · 1849–1951
Lockhart-Phillips Cemetery Hillsborough · 2 events · 1792–1820
Love House (East Franklin Street) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1887–1894
Mallett House (Patterson-Palmer House) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1823–1961
Margaret Lane Cemetery Hillsborough · 4 events · 1 storyline · 1758–2021
Maynard Farm 2 events · 1814–1857
McDade House Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1858–1997
Montrose Hillsborough · 19 events · 1827–2001
Moorefields Hillsborough · 10 events · 1 storyline · 1782–1972
The Mountain (Christopher Barbee plantation, now Meadowmont) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1779–1994
Nash Law Office Hillsborough · 8 events · 1801–1971
Nash-Hooper House Hillsborough · 10 events · 1772–1971
New Town Cemetery (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1871–1882
Occoneechee Farm Hillsborough · 26 events · 1 storyline · 1793–1981
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area Hillsborough · 12 events · 1 storyline · 1884–1999
Odum farm (Carolina Avon-Indian Farm) Carrboro · 2 events · 1937–1938
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Chapel Hill · 94 events · 1798–2004
Old Tavern (419 Hillsborough Street) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1812–1998
Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough Hillsborough · 10 events · 1754–2015
Over-the-River (Norwood-Webb-Cheshire House) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1823–1936
Paisley-Rice Log House Mebane · 8 events · 1801–1979
Paul Green house and writing cabin (Greenwood Road) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1935–1991
Phillips Law Office Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1847–1983
Pleasant Grove (William Cain plantation) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1779–1800
Poplar Hill Hillsborough · 5 events · 1793–1981
Rev. Ira Ellis House (Little Ayr Mount) Eno River · 9 events · 1835–2017
Rigsbee’s Rock House Hillsborough · 7 events · 1927–1988
The Rocks (William C. Coker House) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1908–2017
Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District (Laurel Hill) Chapel Hill · 10 events · 1927–2008
Roulhac-Hamilton House (Laburnum Cottage) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1857–1936
Ruffin-Hill House Hillsborough · 4 events · 1860–1965
Ruffin-Roulhac House (Little Hawfields) Hillsborough · 19 events · 1821–1975
Sans Souci Hillsborough · 7 events · 1813–1971
Senlac (Battle house) Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1843–1964
Seven Hearths (William Reed’s Ordinary) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1754–1954
Snow Hill (William Johnston plantation) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1768–1783
Stagville Little River · 6 events · 1 storyline · 1776–1860
Strowd House (51 Davie Circle) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1873–1886
Strudwick Office (139 West King Street) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1830–1907
Sunnyside (John Berry farm) Hillsborough · 4 events · 1846–1993
Thomas and Mary Hogan House Calvander · 3 events · 1860–2001
Thomas Burke’s grave (Tyaquin) Hillsborough · 4 events · 1783–1944
Tom Taylor House (later President Swain's house) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1814–1901
Toney and Nellie Strayhorn House and William Strayhorn House Carrboro · 5 events · 1879–2023
Turner-Strudwick House Hillsborough · 5 events · 1833–1911
Tusculum (Witherspoon farm) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1827–1853
Twin Chimneys Hillsborough · 5 events · 1788–1900
Village Apartments Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1936
Voitle House Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1935–1965
Wallace Patterson place (old Harris home) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1925–1926
Weaver House Carrboro · 7 events · 1740–1986
Webb's Happy Acres Carrboro · 2 events · 1744–1830
West Chapel Hill Historic District Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1998–2019
William Courtney's Yellow House Hillsborough · 3 events · 1777–1924
William Whitted House Hillsborough · 4 events · 1786–1970
Williams Lustron House (109 Stephens Street) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1949–1995
Wood House (110 Fern Lane) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1957–1969

Businesses, mills and venues

A. A. Kluttz Store Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1910–1925
Andrews Cash Store Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1911–1924
Bank of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · 40 events · 1 storyline · 1899–1972
Bank of Chapel Hill, Carrboro branch Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1948–1954
Bank of Efland Efland · 4 events · 1920–1930
Bank of Orange Hillsborough · 6 events · 1904–1936
Bellevue Mill Hillsborough · 40 events · 2 storylines · 1904–2003
Berry Building Hillsborough · 8 events · 1870–1927
Brockwell Building Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1902–1934
Bull's Head Bookshop Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1927–2005
Carl Smith Building Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1949–1956
Carolina Coffee Shop Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1919–1957
Carolina Pharmacy Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1940–1957
Carolina Theatre (1942) Chapel Hill · 12 events · 1 storyline · 1929–1993
Carr Mill Carrboro · 45 events · 1898–1994
Carrboro Mill No. 7 (Durham Hosiery, later National Munitions) Carrboro · 22 events · 1 storyline · 1913–1958
Carrboro Woolen Mills (Pacific Mills) Carrboro · 15 events · 1945–1959
Carr’s Super Market Hillsborough · 4 events · 1925–1961
Cat’s Cradle Chapel Hill · 26 events · 1 storyline · 1969–2024
Central Hotel (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1804–1912
Central Warehouse (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 3 events · 1886–1890
Chapel Hill Country Club (1920s) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1927–1930
Chapel Hill Hardware Company Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1 storyline · 1917–1930
Cheek Building Hillsborough · 2 events · 1886–1889
College Cafe Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1954–1963
Colonial Inn Hillsborough · 19 events · 1 storyline · 1803–1960
Crawford's Mill Hillsborough · 2 events · 1887
Crook’s Corner Chapel Hill · 7 events · 1943–2021
Curve Inn Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1947–1952
Daniel Boone Village Hillsborough · 15 events · 1960–2007
Dud’s Tavern Hillsborough · 5 events · 1946–1961
E. A. Brown's store Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1910–1911
Eagle Hotel (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 18 events · 1799–1994
Eastgate Shopping Center Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1959–1993
Eno Mill Hillsborough · 47 events · 1 storyline · 1896–2011
Eubanks Drug Store (later Courts' Drugs) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1 storyline · 1897–1964
Fairview Bowling Alley Hillsborough · 3 events · 1944–1945
Farmers Mutual Exchange Hillsborough · 15 events · 1900–1948
Farmers' State Alliance headquarters (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 13 events · 1896–1916
Faucett Mill (Chatwood) Hillsborough · 8 events · 1792–1988
Fitch Lumber Company Carrboro · 7 events · 1923–1970
Flyleaf Books Chapel Hill · 1 event · 2009
General Johnston Motel and General Sherman Restaurant 9 events · 1960–1963
Gooch’s Café Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1903–1956
Harris drugstore building (Franklin and Henderson streets) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1877–1893
Hearn’s Grocery (102 East Main Street) Carrboro · 2 events · 1925–1944
Hickory House Hillsborough · 2 events · 1947–1955
Hill Bakery Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1924–1954
The Hill House (West Franklin Street) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1940–1968
Hillsboro Building and Loan (Savings and Loan) Hillsborough · 11 events · 1913–1961
Hillsboro Exchange Hillsborough · 3 events · 1890–1895
Hillsboro Lunch Hillsborough · 3 events · 1951–1957
Holiday Park Hillsborough · 5 events · 1958–1963
Hospital Saving Association Chapel Hill · 8 events · 1 storyline · 1935–1951
The Hub (men's clothing store) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1959–1996
Huggins Hardware Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1944–1991
The Intimate Bookshop Chapel Hill · 13 events · 1931–1998
Iron mine (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1896–1900
Ja-Max Motor Lodge Hillsborough · 4 events · 1953–2017
James Pharmacy Hillsborough · 3 events · 1924–1964
Ledbetter-Pickard Stationery Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1929–1958
Lindley’s Mill (later Sutphin Mill) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1756–1781
Lloyd grist mill (Broad Street) Carrboro · 8 events · 1 storyline · 1883–1981
MacRae Building Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1925–1932
Mama Dip’s Kitchen Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1976–1999
McDade Store Cedar Grove · 2 events · 1880–1929
McPherson's Ball Park Hillsborough · 2 events · 1947–1948
Merritt's Store and Grill Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1941–1991
Minnis Building Hillsborough · 2 events · 1948–1950
Model Market Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1923–1942
NCNB Building (NCNB Plaza) Chapel Hill · 12 events · 1970–1989
Norwood's medicine shop Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1809–1834
Nunn's Tavern and Inn Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1775–1969
Occoneechee Speedway Hillsborough · 44 events · 1 storyline · 1947–2025
The Orange Printshop Chapel Hill · 9 events · 1923–1962
Orange Savings and Loan building Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1961–1962
Osbunn Theater Hillsborough · 4 events · 1 storyline · 1949–1963
Peoples Bank (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 10 events · 1905–1928
Pickard Hotel Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1908–1938
Pickwick Theatre Chapel Hill · 10 events · 1 storyline · 1909–1938
Porthole Building (Porthole restaurant) Chapel Hill · 6 events · 1936–1985
Pritchard's Drugstore (Patterson Brothers) Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1930–1944
Pritchard's Mill Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1803–1919
The Ranch House Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1963–1964
The Rathskeller (Amber Alley) Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1948–2007
Reverie Lingerie plant Hillsborough · 17 events · 1 storyline · 1955–1962
Rite Aid (Franklin Street) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1990–1991
Roberson's general store Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1869–1884
The Rock Pile Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1963–1964
Samuel N. Tate's store (Hawfields) 2 events · 1841–1844
Saunders drugstore Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1855–1862
Standard Theatre Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1918–1937
Stephen's...after all Chapel Hill · 4 events · 1981–1982
Strowd's garage Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1913–1933
Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen Chapel Hill · 1 event · 1983
Sutton’s Drug Store Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1923–1980
Tankersley Building Chapel Hill · 3 events · 1923–1948
Terrace View supper club Carrboro · 3 events · 1945–1950
Union Hotel (Hillsborough) Hillsborough · 5 events · 1822–1857
Varsity Theatre (the first Carolina Theatre) Chapel Hill · 26 events · 1 storyline · 1927–1982
Walker’s Funeral Home Hillsborough · 5 events · 1 storyline · 1922–1963
Watts Hotel (Lot 13, Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1833–1839
Webb store (later Sharp-Coleman Company) Hillsborough · 2 events · 1904–1925
Webb's Warehouse Hillsborough · 5 events · 1876–1887
White Furniture Company plant Hillsborough · 11 events · 1 storyline · 1925–1964
Women's Curb Market (former Holiness church) Chapel Hill · 2 events · 1942–1943
Wootten-Moulton studio Chapel Hill · 5 events · 1926–1979