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Caldwell

A rural community in northern Orange County, north of Hillsborough.

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StorylineCaldwell Institute at Caldwell, 1877–19051877–1905 · 22 events · Caldwell Institute, a school in Little River Township, drew at least 800 people to its closing in 1877, lost its building to a fire thought to have been set in 1886 and went on under a series of principals. In 1890 the trustees gave J. H. McCracken the use of the building, a new one was nearly done by December, and the spring term of 1891 opened with 53 pupils, the largest session yet, the trustees said. The 1899 legislature chartered the institute, which recovered under Prof. Roberts after two unsettled years. In 1902 the county formed a large Caldwell district, whose voters approved a local tax for a rural graded school in 1903. StorylineLocal school taxes come to Orange County, 1903–19091903–1909 · 10 events · Between 1903 and 1910 Orange County's school districts voted one by one on whether to tax themselves for better schools, and the votes went both ways. Caldwell District approved a local tax for a rural graded school in 1903, while Elm Grove rejected one that October. After a 1904 election the Mebane district followed, and in 1905 the commissioners levied special school taxes in both. In 1907 Superintendent John C. Hocutt said he meant to campaign for local taxes. In 1908 the Hillsboro district defeated a school tax while Fairfield carried one, and in 1909 the legislature created the Chapel Hill Graded School District with a special tax. By 1910 special school taxes were collected in six districts. StorylineConsolidating the rural schools and hauling the children, 1919–19261919–1926 · 32 events · Between 1919 and 1926 Orange County closed many of its small country schools and began carrying the children by truck and bus to larger ones. The Chapel Hill Graded School had a Ford truck for country children by 1919, and in 1923 superintendent Claytor began folding the county's one- and two-teacher schools into larger ones. The county board set an order for new buildings at Efland, White Cross, the Orange County Training School, Orange Grove and Caldwell, ordered its first school buses in 1924 and sold the emptied schoolhouses. By April 1926 the county had put up seven brick consolidated schools since 1922, including the Orange County Training School for Black pupils, and ran 24 buses.

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  1. Land later farmed by the Allison family near Caldwell is granted The tract under the Joseph Allison house near Caldwell comes from a 1759 land grant, one of the few colonial grants the survey tied to a surviving farm. People: Joseph AllisonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 90
  2. President Joseph Caldwell marries Helen Hooper and moves to her Franklin Street house Caldwell married Helen Hogg Hooper and left the President's House on campus for her home on Lot #19, which he appears to have owned already. The house stayed in the family until 1849, when the university bought it as President Swain's residence. People: Joseph Caldwell Also named: Helen Hogg Hooper · Also mentions: President's HouseSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 39
  3. The Joseph Allison house is built near Caldwell A frame side-gable house is built in 1845 on the Joseph Allison place near Caldwell, on land that goes back to a 1759 grant. It had been remodeled by 1993. People: Joseph AllisonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 90
  4. Hillsborough hands the refitted academy building to the Caldwell Institute In the Institute chapel, before Orange Presbytery, students and townspeople, Henry K. Nash spoke for the town commissioners and delivered the keys of the newly finished building to the Caldwell Institute trustees. About seventy students were enrolled in the second week of the session. People: Henry Kollock Nash Also mentions: Caldwell InstituteHillsborough Recorder, July 23, 1846, p. 3
  5. The legislature incorporates the Caldwell Institute at Hillsborough The General Assembly passed a bill, taken up in the Senate on the motion of Hugh Waddell, to incorporate the Caldwell Institute in Hillsborough. The school's spring session opened on January 7 with eighty-nine students, and the trustees' executive committee authorized hiring a teacher for an English department. People: Hugh WaddellHillsborough Recorder, January 21, 1847, p. 3
  6. The university buys the old Caldwell house as President Swain's residence William Hooper sold his stepfather's former house to the university, which renovated it heavily for President David L. Swain. Professor John Thomas Wheat moved into Swain's old quarters in the Tom Taylor house. People: David L. Swain Also named: William Hooper, Tom Taylor · Also mentions: Tom Taylor houseSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 91
  7. The Lambert Hall House goes up near Caldwell A two-story frame hall-and-parlor house with a chimney at each end was built near Caldwell in the 1850s, its inside walls lined with wide plain boards. Local informants told the surveyors that dwellings for the people enslaved on the farm once stood in a cluster close to the house.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 55
  8. Nelson Hall runs a flour and grist mill near Caldwell In 1869 Nelson Hall, a large landowner in the Caldwell area, was operating a flour and grist mill alongside his farm, one of several planters who took up a side business after the war. People: Nelson Parrish Hall Also named: Nelson HallSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 29
  9. Klansmen from Chatham County stone November Caldwell's house by mistake A Ku Klux party from Chatham County rode into Chapel Hill after Ben Edwards, a man denounced in Chatham, and stoned the house of November Caldwell, taking it for his. Village youths who followed the riders were ordered off; Solomon Pool went to Raleigh for militia, but the local magistrates would not sign a petition for it. People: Solomon Pool Also named: November Caldwell, Ben EdwardsHope Summerell Chamberlain, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926), scan p. 196
  10. Archibald Jordan completes an Italianate house at Caldwell Archibald C. Jordan, later Caldwell's physician, finished a two-story Italianate house there in 1875, with a projecting center pavilion, a bracketed cornice and arched windows. Inside is a curved staircase in a diagonally sheathed hall. Also named: Archibald Jordan, Archibald C. JordanSearch the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 49 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, July 28, 1875, p. 3
  11. A new academy building is finished at Caldwell A new academy at Caldwell, in Little River Township, was completed under the direction of Dr. J. L. Brower, its principal, and got its last coat of paint on Saturday, July 24. A correspondent described it as fitted for a high school and able to hold one hundred pupils, and by early August L. W. Hall was preparing to enlarge his house to board its students. Also named: J. L. Brower, L. W. HallHillsborough Recorder, July 28, 1875, p. 3
  12. A post office opens at Caldwell Institute in northern Orange A post office was established at Caldwell Institute on April 1, 1877, giving the neighborhood mail service. A later issue said the office was officially named Caldwell Institute and revived one that had existed there many years before the war.Hillsborough Recorder, April 4, 1877, p. 3
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  1. Caldwell Institute holds its closing exercises, with an address by Braxton Craven Caldwell Institute closed its session before a crowd of at least 800 people from Orange, Person, Caswell and Granville counties. Braxton Craven, president of Trinity College, spoke for about an hour on 'sowing wild oats' and on the need for education. Students gave declamations in the afternoon and a program of young ladies' compositions and music at night. Also named: Braxton CravenHillsborough Recorder, June 6, 1877, p. 3
  2. Henry Cole runs a general store near Caldwell Henry Cole keeps a country general store near Caldwell in the late nineteenth century; the building still stood in 1993. Also named: Henry ColeSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 117
  3. The old Caldwell Institute building at Hillsborough is torn down Demolition of the old Caldwell Institute building in Hillsborough was nearly finished, with all the woodwork removed.The Chapel Hill Ledger, February 7, 1880, p. 2
  4. Little River Township votes down the no-fence law In a fence-law election called by the county commissioners, Little River Township voters favoring the old fence system outvoted the no-fence (stock law) side by a large majority, keeping the open range. People: A. L. HoldenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 19, 1881, p. 3
  5. Caldwell Democrats organize a Bennett and Cox Club Citizens around Caldwell organized a Bennett and Cox Club, electing L. W. Hall president and H. Y. Harris secretary, heard James A. Graham and C. E. Parrish speak, and agreed to meet every Wednesday night through the campaign. People: James Augustus Graham Also named: L. W. Hall, H. Y. Harris, C. E. ParrishSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 28, 1882, p. 2
  6. The Rev. A. Currie opens a school at Caldwell Institute with 21 pupils The Rev. A. Currie opened a school at Caldwell Institute, his post office address, beginning with 21 pupils. Also named: A. CurrieSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 19, 1884, p. 3
  7. Fire destroys the Caldwell Institute building in Little River Township A fire thought to have been set destroyed the Caldwell Institute building in Little River Township at night, together with about 4,000 pounds of tobacco stored in it by H. Y. Harris, the postmaster and merchant at Caldwell. Also named: H. Y. HarrisOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 10, 1886, p. 3
  8. Julius I. Foust heads the Caldwell Institute at Caldwell The Caldwell Institute, a school for boys and girls in northern Orange County, advertised with Julius I. Foust as principal, offering primary through higher studies and music. Also named: Julius I. FoustDigitalNC: Person County Courier, August 4, 1887, p. 3 · Also: Person County Courier, February 9, 1888, p. 4
  9. Caldwell Institute closes its session with an address by Graham College's W. S. Long Principal Foust's school at Caldwell Institute held its closing exercises on May 25, running from 3 in the afternoon until 10 at night. The Rev. W. S. Long, president of Graham College, gave the address, six students delivered declamations, and a string band from Hillsborough played. Also named: W. S. LongHillsboro Recorder, May 31, 1888, p. 3
  10. Longtime Little River Township magistrate Hall dies near Caldwell Institute Mr. Hall, for many years a justice of the peace in Little River Township and an officer of the Presbyterian church in his neighborhood, died at his home near Caldwell Institute on the morning of June 18. He had often been mentioned as a candidate for the legislature and left a widow and six children. Also mentions: Caldwell InstituteSearch the index · Hillsboro Recorder, June 21, 1888, p. 3
  11. Breeze School is built near Caldwell A plain two-room frame schoolhouse with shuttered windows was probably built at Breeze, near Caldwell, in the 1890s. It is one of the few nineteenth-century schools left in the county.Search the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 60
  12. Caldwell Institute post office grows into a small trading place Around 1890 the Caldwell Institute post office, with about 119 people, had Jordan's and Terry's stores, Allison's carriage shop, a blacksmith, a doctor, Turner's Mill, the Caldwell Institute school and Little River Presbyterian Church. Also mentions: Caldwell Institute post office, Little River Presbyterian ChurchSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 37
  13. Caldwell Institute trustees give the school building to J. H. McCracken as principal Meeting on April 5, the trustees of Caldwell Institute gave J. H. McCracken the use of the building for a male and female school starting with the fall term, and he engaged Miss Mary R. Holeman to teach music. His notices set sessions to open the second Tuesday of August and of January. People: J. H. McCracken Also named: Mary R. HolemanOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 19, 1890, p. 3
  14. Caldwell Institute nearly finishes a new school building Principal J. H. McCracken reported that Caldwell Institute's new building, about 36 by 52 feet with a bay window, was almost done, and thanked the neighbors who had helped build it. The school planned public exercises for the night after Christmas. People: J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 13, 1890, p. 3
  15. Caldwell Institute opens its spring session with 53 pupils The spring term at Caldwell Institute began with fifty-three pupils, which the trustees called the largest session the school had had. A growing music class led the school to add an assistant music teacher, and the young men formed a debating society named for Dr. Brower.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 14, 1891, p. 3
  16. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement through a week of rain Rev. Mr. Crawford of Trinity College preached on Wednesday and spoke Thursday morning, W. W. Kitchin of the Roxboro bar gave the Thursday address and presented the medals, and pupils gave essays, music and dialogues that night. A correspondent credited Principal J. H. McCracken with building a school of about 80 pupils and a new schoolhouse in a year. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 20, 1891, p. 3
  17. Caldwell Institute opens its fall term with about sixty students Caldwell Institute opened under Principal J. H. McCracken and had about sixty students in its first weeks, with more still arriving. The paper called the school's prospects very bright. People: J. H. McCrackenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 29, 1891, p. 3
  18. Caldwell Institute holds its 1892 closing exercises Over two days the school held a lecture, a pupils' concert with recitations and a calisthenics drill, an address, and a medal presentation, including a scholarship medal given by Julian S. Carr. A correspondent called the evening crowd the largest ever at Caldwell. People: Julian S. Carr, J. H. McCrackenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 4, 1892, p. 2
  19. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement, with an address by Trinity College president John F. Crowell Caldwell Institute closed its session on May 18 before a large crowd. Rev. J. N. Cole of Raleigh preached the commencement sermon, Trinity College president John F. Crowell spoke on the restoration of rural life, and the school awarded its medals, one of them given in memory of a former student. Also named: John F. Crowell, J. N. ColeSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 27, 1893, p. 2
  20. Caldwell Institute holds its closing exercises Caldwell Institute closed its session with a sermon by Rev. L. J. Holden and an annual address by Rev. G. T. Watkins on life as a race, then gave the Medal of Progress to A. W. Kinion, a scholarship to Emma Woods and the society medal to F. W. McCracken. Principal J. H. McCracken announced that the next session would open late in August. People: J. H. McCracken Also named: L. J. Holden, G. T. WatkinsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 9, 1894, p. 2
  21. T. M. Jordan & Co. moves its drugstore at Caldwell to a new stand Thomas M. Jordan and his brother Dr. Archibald C. Jordan ran a store and pharmacy at Caldwell. In 1896 the firm moved its stock of drugs from the old stand, and Jordan told customers he had moved the drugstore to West Caldwell. Also named: Thomas M. Jordan, Archibald C. JordanSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 15, 1896, p. 3 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 2, 1896, p. 2
  22. Measles and mumps spread through Orange County The county superintendent of health, Dr. D. C. Parris, reported measles, mumps and catarrhal fever throughout Orange County for April. Around Caldwell measles and mumps were still going in May, and several people there had died of pneumonia. People: D. C. ParrisSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 9, 1896, p. 3
  23. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement, with an address by Rev. M. McG. Shields Caldwell Institute held its commencement before a crowd too large for the academy. Students, teachers and visiting ministers marched from the music hall to the academy, and Rev. M. McG. Shields of Burlington spoke for an hour on success and how to obtain it. People: J. H. McCracken Also named: M. McG. ShieldsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 6, 1896, p. 3
  24. Caldwell Institute's trustees accept J. H. McCracken's resignation and elect Thomas T. Candler principal Caldwell Institute held its commencement on May 23 and 24, with a sermon by Rev. E. E. Rose and an annual address by Dr. Crawford of Trinity Park, Durham. That evening the trustees accepted principal J. H. McCracken's resignation and elected Thomas T. Candler, a young man from the University of North Carolina, in his place. People: J. H. McCracken Also named: Thomas T. CandlerOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 3, 1897, p. 2
  25. The Kirkland-Miller farmstead is built near Caldwell The Kirkland-Miller farm on NC 57 near Caldwell dates to about 1898 and keeps a group of outbuildings the survey thought worth noting. It is on the Study List.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 96
  26. Caldwell Institute trustees vote to build a new academy At the Caldwell Institute commencement the trustees met and voted to build a new academy building, in appreciation of principal Thomas T. Candler's work. Several trustees pledged a hundred dollars apiece and others gave building materials, with work to start in the summer or fall. Also named: Thomas T. CandlerOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 26, 1898, p. 3
  27. The General Assembly incorporates the Caldwell Institute in Orange County Among the private schools chartered by the 1899 legislature was the Caldwell Institute at Caldwell. A bill to incorporate it had been introduced in 1891.DigitalNC: The News and Observer, March 11, 1899, p. 2 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, February 22, 1891, p. 4
  28. A log house near Caldwell is enlarged into the Annie Parrish House Around 1900 a one-room log house near Caldwell, built some fifty years earlier, was wrapped into a new story-and-a-half frame house with a center gable. The form uses the Annie Parrish House to show how early log houses survive inside later ones.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 50
  29. The Walter Hawkins farmstead with its tobacco barns takes shape near Caldwell The Walter Hawkins farm near Caldwell is laid out around 1900 and keeps several tobacco barns the survey singled out. It is on the Study List. Also named: Walter HawkinsSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 96
  30. Caldwell Institute starts a school library Under Prof. Roberts, its head since August 1901, Caldwell Institute started a library with help from the school's society and well-wishers as the academy recovered from two unsettled years. Also named: Prof. RobertsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 27, 1902, p. 3
  31. Caldwell Institute gets a large new school district A committee from Caldwell Institute asked for one district made from parts of the Wilson, Little River and Poplar Grove districts. The board approved and had the boundary surveyed. Also mentions: Caldwell InstituteSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 54
  32. Caldwell asks for an election on a rural graded school The Caldwell community asked for a vote on establishing a rural graded school, and the board asked the county commissioners to call the election. People: Charles Edward MaddrySearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 54
  33. Caldwell school district votes a special tax for a rural graded school Voters in Caldwell District No. 5, Little River Township, approved a local tax for a rural graded school by 17 to 10, setting 30 cents on the $100 of property and 90 cents on each poll. People: James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 15, 1903, p. 3
  34. County commissioners levy special school taxes in the Caldwell and Mebane districts At their monthly meeting on July 3 the county commissioners levied a special school tax of 15 cents on property and 45 cents on the poll in the Caldwell school district, and 30 cents on property and 90 cents on the poll in the Mebane school district. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 6, 1905, p. 2
  35. The Laws Store is built at Laws Crossroads A small store is built at Laws Crossroads near Caldwell around 1910. By 1993 it was abandoned and was all that remained of the crossroads.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 118
  36. The Villines log house is built north of Hillsborough A one-room V-notched log house with a center door and a small loft window was built in 1912 on what is now SR 1546, north of Hillsborough in the Caldwell section of the county; the year is carved into its rock chimney. It shows log building for tenants and laborers lasting into the twentieth century.Search the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 48
  37. The medical building, Caldwell Hall, is dedicated On May 8, 1912, the university opened its new medical building and named it Caldwell Hall for its first president. Dr. Richard H. Lewis presented it for the trustees, and Venable and Dean Isaac H. Manning accepted it. People: Francis Preston Venable, Isaac Hall Manning, Richard H. Lewis, Richard Henry Whitehead Also mentions: Caldwell HallSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 731
  38. The county board pays for a school for Black children at Jordan's Grove On July 9, 1917 the county board agreed to pay J. L. Wilson $119 to build a school for Black children "at Jordan's Grove and Grover," near Caldwell. The frame field school ran until 1951; the 1993 survey found it the only Black field school left in the county, badly deteriorated.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 115 · Also: Pender, A History of Orange County Schools
  39. County commissioners order a road near the Caldwell road straightened At their July meeting the county commissioners ordered the road from Tolers to the bend near the Caldwell road straightened and put in good shape under the supervision of A. W. Cole. Also named: A. W. ColeSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), July 12, 1917, p. 5
  40. The school survey proposes merging small schools around a central high school in each township The study urged a full reorganization of districts before any new building: small primary schools feeding larger ones, and a well-equipped high school in each township. It named schools that should be merged, among them Oak Grove and White Cross in southern Bingham Township, Breeze and Union Grove at Caldwell, and Chestnut Ridge and Gravelly Hill at Gravelly Hill.L. A. Williams, A Study of the Public Schools in Orange County, North Carolina (1919), scan p. 26
  41. Commissioners make the road to New Sharon church a public road On a petition from citizens, the county commissioners voted that the road from George C. Wilson's on the Caldwell road to New Sharon Methodist Church be made a public road when opened, at no expense to the county. Also named: George C. WilsonSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), September 4, 1924, p. 1
  42. The county lets the contract for the new Caldwell school in Little River Township The contract for a new school at Caldwell in Little River Township, with eight classrooms and a 300-seat auditorium at a cost of about $20,000, went to B. C. Blanchard of Burlington. County superintendent R. H. Claytor said it was the sixth and last school under the building plan begun with state loans in 1922, after Murphey, White Cross, Orange Grove, Efland and Aycock, and that the county's 16 buses carried children among its roughly 6,000 pupils. People: R. H. Claytor Also named: B. C. BlanchardThe Chapel Hill Weekly, April 23, 1925, p. 1
  43. The old Caldwell schoolhouse is sold as a new consolidated school is built When the county built a new consolidated Caldwell School in 1925, the board sold the old one-teacher schoolhouse and its site to R. E. Clements for $160 on May 4, 1925. Also mentions: Caldwell SchoolSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), pp. 74-75 · Also: NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form
  44. The county board merges Little River Township's schools into a new Caldwell School Little River patrons voted in March 1925 for a new school at Caldwell, the board let the building contract to B. F. Blanchard for $12,956.20, and C. S. Miller gave seven acres just beyond Caldwell for the site. In June the board consolidated every school in the township except Schley into Caldwell, which opened with 124 pupils. Also named: B. F. Blanchard, C. S. MillerSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 75 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 16, 1926, p. 1
  45. Breeze School is merged into Aycock and later becomes a tobacco pack house On June 15, 1931 the county Board of Education merged Harmony and Breeze schools near Caldwell into Aycock School. By 1938 the Breeze building was being used to store tobacco. Also mentions: Aycock School, HarmonySearch the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 61 · Also: Pender, A History of Orange County Schools
  46. State highway crews spread crushed stone on the Cedar Grove to Caldwell road In November 1934 the state highway force was placing crushed stone on the road between Cedar Grove and Caldwell in northern Orange, three years after the state took over the county roads. Farmers there were also looking forward to electric lines and to the rebuilding of rural telephone lines.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1934, p. 5
  47. UNC's new Division of Public Health admits its first students Under a December 13, 1935 agreement among the university, the State Board of Health and the Public Health Service, the Medical School opened a Division of Public Health under Dr. Milton J. Rosenau as the training center for an eight-state sanitary district. Four health officer trainees enrolled for the winter quarter, fifty-one health workers had registered by March 28, and forty-six enrolled when classes began in the fall. Rosenau first had his office in Caldwell Hall. People: M. J. (Milton Joseph) Rosenau, Charles Staples MangumSearch the index · Robert Rodgers Korstad, Dreaming of a Time: The School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1939-1989 (1990), scan p. 36 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 21, 1936, p. 6
  48. Duke Power agrees to bring electricity to Caldwell School The Duke Power Company decided in February 1937 to build a line to Caldwell School, the last rural consolidated school in Orange County without electricity; in 1933 none had been on a power line. The county then had about 140 miles of rural lines built or authorized, serving more than 500 families, and Duke Power had agreed to build the whole 30-mile system proposed for a cooperative between Hillsboro and Chapel Hill and around White Cross, not just its better miles. People: Don S. Matheson, Carl T. DurhamThe Chapel Hill Weekly, February 12, 1937, p. 1
  49. The University's new radio studio makes its first broadcast The University's radio studio on the second floor of Caldwell Hall, the former medical building, broadcast its first program, a student-written variety show with songs by the Glee Club, on the afternoon of January 14. Run by the extension division with Ralph McDonald in charge and Earl Wynn as program director, it sent non-commercial programs to seven stations in Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Salisbury and Winston-Salem. People: Russell M. (Russell Marvin) Grumman Also named: Ralph McDonald, Earl WynnSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 19, 1940, p. 1
  50. Orange County holds rabies vaccination clinics for dogs Under a 1941 state law requiring every dog to be vaccinated, the county's new rabies inspectors held clinics at rural schools and crossroads across the county and then in Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, charging 75 cents a dog. By late April they had vaccinated almost 700 dogs in the rural areas, and a separate clinic for the dogs of Black owners was held at the Orange County Training School. People: S. A. Nathan, William P. Richardson Also mentions: Orange County Training SchoolSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1942, p. 1
  51. The Pre-Flight School is to open its Synthetic Devices Building A remodeled building behind Caldwell Hall, between Emerson Stadium and the tailor shop, was to open to cadets and personnel on Sunday, April 11, as a classroom and small museum of training devices: scale models of Allied and enemy planes, tanks and warships, gunnery aids, posters and an automatic rater for recognition drill. Lt. Richard King was in charge, and it was open to Navy personnel but not the public. Also named: Richard King · Also mentions: Caldwell HallCloudbuster (Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill), April 10, 1943, p. 1
  52. New Bethel Methodist Church finishes a rock wall around its cemetery and installs electric lights During August 1944 New Bethel Methodist Church in the Caldwell section completed a rustic rock wall around its cemetery and installed electric lighting, part of what the community correspondent called extensive improvements made over the month.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 7, 1944, p. 3
  53. The Caldwell Educational Association votes to build a school and community gymnasium At its first annual mass meeting and oyster supper in the Caldwell school auditorium, the Caldwell Educational Association voted to spend the money in its treasury on a new school and community gymnasium and named a building committee of Charles Berry, John Brown, Henry Miller, Lewis Blalock and Fred Mangum. Also named: Charles Berry, John Brown, Henry Miller, Lewis Blalock, Fred MangumSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 26, 1944, p. 8
  54. The Orange County Council of Churches hires a Bible teacher for four county schools With superintendent R. H. Claytor's approval, the Orange County Council of Churches engaged Florence E. Root, a former missionary to Korea, to teach elective Bible courses at the Hillsboro, Aycock, Efland and Caldwell schools, and asked every church to give 40 cents a member to pay for them. People: R. H. Claytor Also named: Florence E. RootSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 23, 1944, p. 1
  55. Orange County churches pay for Bible teaching in four county schools Fifteen churches, a Knights of Pythias lodge and one individual gave $943.35, figured at 60 cents per church member, for Bible classes in the Hillsboro, Caldwell, Aycock and Efland schools during the 1945-46 term. Florence Root, a former missionary to Korea, taught Bible in the county schools. Also named: Florence RootSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 18, 1946, p. 1
  56. Caldwell loses its high school when the state allots it no teachers After the State Board of Education left the three-teacher high schools at Caldwell and Efland out of its teacher allotment, the county board of education took no action to keep them, and their high school pupils were to be bused to other schools while the elementary grades stayed. People: R. H. ClaytorSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 6, 1946, p. 1
  57. The county board closes the Caldwell high school and sends its pupils to Hillsboro During the 1946 summer recess the county board of education, on the state board's suggestion, closed the high school at Caldwell for low attendance and sent its pupils to Hillsboro High School. That fall the Caldwell school also struggled to keep a teacher for its seventh and eighth grades until a former Hillsboro teacher took the post in November. Also mentions: Hillsboro High SchoolThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 17, 1946, p. 1
  58. State inspectors condemn the old part of the Caldwell School building State building inspectors condemned the 1924 section of the Caldwell School, six rooms and an auditorium once used for the high school, and ordered it torn down, Superintendent R. H. Claytor announced. A four-room addition of about six years earlier stayed in use for the elementary grades, and part of the proposed $810,000 school bond was meant to replace the old wing with an auditorium. People: R. H. ClaytorSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 1, 1947, p. 1
  59. Lattisville Grove Baptist Church builds a Gothic Revival frame church Lattisville Grove Baptist Church near Caldwell builds a frame church in the Gothic Revival manner in 1948, late for the style.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 109
  60. Superintendent Proffit's $1 million school bond pays for a new Efland school for Black children and county lunchrooms The $1,000,000 school bond passed under Superintendent Glenn T. Proffit paid for grounds and a building for the Efland school for Black children, an addition to Hillsboro High School, and lunchrooms at Aycock, Efland, West Hillsborough and White Cross. It also bought a cannery and gymnasium at Aycock and a remodeling and auditorium at Caldwell. People: Glenn T. Proffit Also mentions: Efland school, Hillsboro High SchoolSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 129
  61. A military funeral at Little River Presbyterian Church honors Cpl. Jerome Floyd Berry Jr., killed in Korea A funeral with full military honors was held at Little River Presbyterian Church for Corporal Jerome Floyd Berry Jr. of the Caldwell community, whose body had been returned from Korea. The News called him the first Orange County soldier lost in the Korean War; he was killed in action in July 1950. Also named: Jerome Floyd Berry Jr.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 28, 1951, p. 1
  62. Caldwell women organize a home demonstration club County home agents Kathryn Hamrick and Dorothy Parrish called the organizing meeting at the home of Mrs. John Riley; at its next meeting the club elected Mrs. Claudia Riley president and took up the Rural Progress Program's goals, with a community house and telephone service as its community projects. The News later called it the county's newest home demonstration club. Also named: Kathryn Hamrick, Dorothy Parrish, Claudia RileySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 6, 1952, p. 4
  63. The school board lets a $14,960 contract to renovate Caldwell School Bowles Construction Company of Durham was to remove the six classrooms on each side of the old auditorium, put up brick side walls and renovate the auditorium building, one of the last projects in the bond-financed school program apart from the planned Hillsboro and Chapel Hill elementary schools. People: G. Paul CarrThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 10, 1952, p. 1
  64. The school board withdraws its choice of a northern route for an all-weather road between Aycock and Caldwell On April 7 the board had recommended paving the 7.1-mile northern route, serving 69 families by Walnut Grove Church and Laws Store, ahead of two shorter routes; when its delegation found Highway Commissioner James H. Barnwell about to pave the southern route from Vincent's Service Station, the board withdrew its letter and asked only that the northern route be improved when possible. People: G. Paul Carr, Charles W. Stanford Also named: James H. BarnwellSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 17, 1952, p. 1
  65. The state paves the Cedar Grove-Caldwell road and the Camp Hollowrock road In September 1952 the State Highway Commission finished 10.45 miles of new paving in Orange County: six miles of the Cedar Grove-Caldwell road running east to NC 57, 3.35 miles of the Camp Hollowrock road from US 15-501 to the Durham County line, and 1.1 miles of Merritt Mill Road. All three projects were paid for from the $200 million secondary road bond program. Also mentions: Merritt Mill RoadSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 23, 1952, p. 1
  66. Caldwell pours the foundation of its community house By early February 1953 the Caldwell community had poured the foundation of its community house, and most of the lumber, cut on donors' land, was going to nearby sawmills, the Caldwell Home Demonstration Club was told on February 2. The community had held an auction in December to raise money for the building.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 5, 1953, p. 4
  67. The Caldwell community lets the contract for its community house At a joint meeting in R. E. Murray's store, the Caldwell Educational Association and the Caldwell home demonstration club gave the contract for their community house to Woodrow Berry and Price Dixon, after neighbors had cut and hauled donated logs to two local sawmills that sawed the lumber free. Cement blocks, mortar and steel window frames ordered the summer before had begun arriving at the site. Also named: Woodrow Berry, Price DixonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 12, 1953, p. 5
  68. Caldwell neighbors finish their community house The Caldwell Educational Association finished the Caldwell community house, built largely by volunteer labor from the community with windows, wiring and ceiling added that spring. The Caldwell Home Demonstration Club held its April meeting there, the first in the long-planned building, and the association met in it for the first time on May 9 with all its bills paid; the two groups held a bingo party in the Caldwell School on May 14 to raise money to equip it. Also mentions: Caldwell SchoolSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 12, 1955, p. 3
  69. Hail destroys about $30,000 worth of tobacco in the Caldwell community A severe hailstorm one afternoon destroyed about $30,000 worth of tobacco in the Caldwell community, almost wiping out some farmers' crops, and the county agents reported that none of the damaged crops was insured.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 23, 1956, p. 3
  70. The Caldwell community organizes a Grange Caldwell farm families organized a subordinate Grange, the seventh in the county, with Paul Cates as master, and State Grange master Harry Caldwell was to install its officers on March 18 at the Caldwell Community Building. The community's Blue Ribbon program that spring raised nearly $200 in scrap drives to landscape the building's grounds. Also named: Paul Cates, Harry CaldwellSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 14, 1957, p. 6
  71. Caldwell School opens a central library built by its PTA Caldwell School turned a classroom that had held old desks for five years into a central library of 900 books. The PTA bought the materials, fathers built shelves and refinished the room at night, mothers helped process and catalog the books, and principal Lois Blalock, who also teaches the fifth and sixth grades, serves as librarian. People: G. Paul Carr Also named: Lois BlalockSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 13, 1958, p. 4
  72. Caldwell families get telephone service from the Morris Telephone Company The Caldwell community in northern Orange was being served by a new Morris Telephone Company network, with forty families already connected and reporting good service.The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 20, 1958, p. 7
  73. Caldwell wins Orange County's community development contest and an area prize Caldwell, judged the best community in Orange County in the North Central Area Development Association's program, won $100 as the third-place community at the association's first annual meeting in Durham, behind the Person and Durham county winners. Paul Gates reported that 66 families took part, 55 of them producing and preserving more than half their own food, and that the Caldwell Grange had fixed up the community house. Also named: Paul GatesSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 24, 1960, p. 12
  74. Caldwell wins Orange County's community development contest Judges named Caldwell the county winner of the 1962 Community Development Program of the North Central Area Development Association, ahead of St. Mary's, Orange Grove and Schley among nine entries. Caldwell's work that year included two new 4-H clubs, a Cub Scout program, an addition to its community building and outdoor recreation and cookout grounds.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 1, 1962, p. 15
  75. Orange County Board of Education closes Caldwell School In spring 1961 the county board weighed its attorney's proposal to close White Cross and Caldwell schools. In March 1963, in the consolidation that came with the new Orange High School, it eliminated the Caldwell district and closed Caldwell School, a school for white pupils built in 1925; that May Caldwell pupils were moved into the Aycock district, and other parts of the old district joined Cameron Park. A sale of the building fell through in 1963 because the board could not give clear title, and it was not sold until the 1970s. Also mentions: Caldwell School, Cameron Park, Orange High SchoolThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1963, p. 2 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 1, 1961, p. 1; The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 6, 1961, p. 6; February 4, 1963 resolution; Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1963, p. 14; Open Orange: Caldwell School
  76. The county school board calls off the sale of the closed Caldwell School The Board of Education had voted on September 7 to auction the seven-acre Caldwell School property in Little River Township, but in November the superintendent reported the sale called off because the board could not give clear title. All-American Apparel, which had shown interest in the building, had also withdrawn. People: G. Paul CarrThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 7, 1963, p. 10
  77. UNC establishes the Louis Harris Political Data Center Chancellor Paul F. Sharp announced that pollster Louis Harris, a 1942 graduate, had chosen the University as the official repository for his survey data, creating the Louis Harris Political Data Center in the Political Science Department with Professor James W. Prothro as director. The University put $25,000 toward the center in Caldwell Hall, and Harris became a lecturer on politics and public opinion. People: Paul F. Sharp Also named: Louis Harris, James W. ProthroSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 20, 1965, p. 1
  78. Soviet historian Vladimir Alexandrov speaks to UNC classes under the new speaker rules Vladimir Alexandrov, a Moscow State University historian on exchange at Indiana University, spoke to three history and political science classes and to a public gathering at the Morehead Planetarium, calling American policy in Vietnam imperialist and denying that religion was suppressed in the Soviet Union. The Daily Tar Heel said he and Czech scientist Hanus Papousek would be the first known Communists to speak at UNC since the 1963 Speaker Ban Law. People: J. Carlyle Sitterson Also named: Vladimir Alexandrov, Hanus PapousekThe Daily Tar Heel, March 23, 1966, p. 1
  79. The county school board sells the closed Caldwell School property After the school board asked its attorney in November 1971 to move toward a sale, it accepted $5,143.52 from the sale of the Caldwell School property. Pender later wrote that the building was demolished and the land went back to its owner.Search the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 88
  80. Caldwell and Cedar Grove volunteer fire departments are incorporated The Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department was incorporated on December 6, 1977 and the Cedar Grove Volunteer Fire Department a week later, on December 13, extending local fire protection across the northern townships.Search the index · Orange Rural Fire Department: History of the Fire Service in Hillsborough
  81. The dramatic art scene shop moves to the Paul Green Theatre and Caldwell Annex is torn down The Department of Dramatic Art moved its scene shop on Dec. 13, 1977 from Caldwell Annex, a two-story wooden building put up in World War II as Navy training barracks, to a new shop at the unfinished Paul Green Theatre. The annex, south of Caldwell Hall near Hamilton Hall, was torn down over the holiday break. Also mentions: Caldwell Hall, Hamilton Hall, Paul Green TheatreSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, January 12, 1978, p. 1
  82. Dr. Arch Jordan House is listed in the National Register The National Park Service listed the Dr. Arch Jordan House at 7015 NC 57 in Caldwell in the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998, for architecture and social history. The Italianate house, built between 1875 and 1885 and home to physician Arch Jordan until 1905, served as a manse for three churches from 1905 to 1929. Also named: Arch JordanSearch the index · National Park Service NPGallery: Jordan, Dr. Arch, House (NRIS 98000995)

Maps of Caldwell

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  1. Map of Orange County UNC · a county map
  2. Map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  3. A map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  4. Soil map, North Carolina, Orange County sheet Duke · a county map
  5. School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a county map
  6. Map of Orange County, N.C. : 1939 UNC · a county map
  7. An atlas for Orange County, North Carolina UNC · a county map
  8. Caldwell Quadrangle, North Carolina DigitalNC
  9. USGS topographic map, Caldwell quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  10. USGS topographic map, Caldwell quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)

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Caldwell Quadrangle, North Carolina

1968

A 1968 map sheet for the Caldwell quadrangle in North Carolina, concerning maps of Person County and for the community of Caldwell. Contributed from the Person County Public Library to DigitalNC's Images of North Carolina collection.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DigitalNC record: Caldwell (N.C.).

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Caldwell Institute for male and female

1896

Brochure of 1896 advertising Caldwell Institute, a school for male and female students at Caldwell in Orange County. From the Broadsides and Ephemera Collection at Duke.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Caldwell (N.C.).

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