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  1. Fairview is platted as a neighborhood for Black families north of US 70 The first of Hillsborough's mid-century African American subdivisions was laid out in 1943 along roads that were already there, with twenty-five-foot lots meant to be bought in combination. Local builder James J. Freeland, who owned land in Fairview, built many of its houses. People: James J. FreelandSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 24
  2. James Freeland opens the Fairview Bowling Alley in Hillsborough James Freeland opened the Fairview Bowling Alley in a building he put up himself, casting the cinder blocks and laying the concrete floor. It opened with three duckpin alleys and room for a tenpin lane. People: James J. Freeland Also named: James Freeland · Also mentions: Fairview Bowling AlleySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 26, 1944, p. 5 · Also: The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 5, 1945, p. 1
  3. James Freeland knocks a Black man unconscious at his Fairview bowling alley The News of Orange County reported, from Freeland's account, that Lorenzo Thompson came into Freeland's Fairview Bowling Alley about 11:30 on a Tuesday night, asked to bowl, said he had been allowed to bowl up north, and would not leave when told to. Freeland knocked him down with one punch. Thompson's head struck the concrete floor, and his brother and a friend took him to a doctor for stitches. The paper, which presented the incident as "a vivid reminder of racial distinction in the South," added that a knife fell from Thompson's pocket and that no charges had been brought against him. It reported no charge against Freeland. People: James J. Freeland Also named: James Freeland, Lorenzo Thompson · Also mentions: The News of Orange CountySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 5, 1945, p. 1
  4. James Freeland opens a barbecue pit behind his Fairview Bowling Alley James Freeland opened a barbecue pit behind the Fairview Bowling Alley and began serving barbecue every day. As with the alley, he built most of it himself. People: James J. Freeland Also named: James FreelandSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 5, 1945, p. 5 · Also: The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 15, 1945, p. 2
  5. Ideal Dry Cleaners opens in Hillsborough T. R. Cox and S. J. Powers opened Ideal Dry Cleaners in the old Oldsmobile garage on the road to Fairview. Hillsborough had been without a dry cleaner for more than a year. Also named: T. R. Cox, S. J. PowersSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 11, 1945, p. 1
  6. Fire destroys the barbecue pit at Dud's Tavern near Hillsborough A Monday afternoon fire destroyed the barbecue pit building and its contents at Dud's Tavern, with damage put at $1,800. The fire had gained too much headway by the time the Hillsborough fire department reached it.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 25, 1946, p. 1
  7. Fire destroys the Fairview Food Store in Hillsborough Early on the morning of September 13, 1952, fire destroyed the Fairview Food Store run by J. G. Goodwin Sr. in Hillsborough's Fairview section; it was well along when found, firemen could save nothing, and a nearby house was badly scorched before they saved it. The building was partly insured, and Goodwin planned to rebuild at once. Also named: J. G. Goodwin Sr.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 18, 1952, p. 1
  8. Matthew Strum takes over Dud's Tavern Dud's Tavern advertised that it was under the new ownership and management of Matthew Strum, offering home-cooked food along with gas, oil and auto service. Also named: Matthew StrumSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 5, 1953, p. 8
  9. Dud's Tavern announces it will reopen after a July fire Mr. and Mrs. Dud Walters thanked the Hillsborough and Mebane fire departments for helping save Dud's Tavern from a July fire and announced that business would resume on Sunday, August 1. Also named: J. Dud WaltersSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 29, 1954, p. 3
  10. The Fairview Extension is platted and filled with look-alike Ranch houses The south end of Fairview, west of North Nash Street and south of US 70, was platted in 1959. Its houses are three variations on one Ranch design that differ only in their outside materials, which suggests they were built on speculation.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 29
  11. The Gormleys take over Dud's Tavern as Gormley's Truck Stop and Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gormley, who had run the Castle Steak House in Durham, took over Dud's Tavern on Highway 70 and advertised it as Gormley's Truck Stop and Restaurant. Also named: L. H. GormleySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 25, 1960, p. 2
  12. Dud Walters reopens his old tavern as Dud's Fish House J. Dud Walters and his wife reopened the former Dud's Tavern and Truck Stop after renovations as Dud's Fish House and Restaurant, serving fish and seafood with curb service and take-home orders. Also named: J. Dud WaltersSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 9, 1961, p. 8
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  1. A government grant paves Fairview's streets and repairs its houses Fairview, then outside the town and known to residents as a mud hole with bad septic systems and no paved streets or streetlights, had its streets paved in the 1970s with a government grant, which also paid to repair houses that lacked indoor plumbing.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19
  2. HUD approves a $1 million block grant for Orange County's North Fairview community By October 1, 1981, HUD had approved a $1 million Community Development Block Grant for Orange County, the second year of a three-year, $2.62 million commitment for the North Fairview community, which the county commissioners had targeted. County finance officer Kathryn Battern said the second-year money would buy and clear land for a park, and the program aimed to pave the area's dirt roads and bring 30 substandard homes up to standard. Also named: Kathryn BatternSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 1, 1981, p. 3
  3. Hillsborough annexes "Northern Fairview" The June 1988 annexation took in nearly 150 acres, including much of the town's mid-century African American housing north of US 70. It brought town services but also higher taxes, which angered some residents.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19
  4. James Freeland is buried after a funeral at Fairview Baptist Church According to a family tribute display at Boone Square, the shopping center Freeland built on the north end of his amusement park, the crowd at James Freeland's funeral at Fairview Baptist Church was so large that speakers were set up for those outside. The Rev. Kaye Crawford spoke, and a horse-drawn hearse carried him to the Hillsborough cemetery while flags flew at half-staff. Governor Jim Martin wrote to the family on March 15. People: James J. Freeland Also named: Kaye Crawford, Jim Martin, James FreelandSearch the index · Family tribute display "Orange County Giant," Boone Square, Hillsborough (seen October 2026)
  5. A tornado strikes Fairview, killing two people and destroying 29 houses A tornado struck northwestern Hillsborough about 2:30 a.m. on Monday, November 23, 1992, during a storm outbreak across the state, killing two people, sending 10 to the hospital and damaging more than 100 homes along a path from the Division of Motor Vehicles building on U.S. 70 north to Fairview; Red Cross officials counted 29 to 32 homes destroyed. The tornado was probably the largest physical change to the neighborhood after its streets were paved. Rebuilding the lost houses renewed residents' sense of community and drew town attention and new infrastructure.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, November 24, 1992, p. 1; The Daily Tar Heel, November 24, 1992, p. 6; The Daily Tar Heel, February 26, 1993, p. 3
  6. Fairview residents build a baseball field on a former dump Residents built a ball field on the site of an old dump in 1999 and started a league to use it. For a decade it and a set of swings were about all Fairview Park had.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19
  7. A police substation with community services opens in Fairview In 2002 a police substation, shared with other community programs, opened on Rainey Street.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19
  8. UNC public health students complete a community study of Fairview After interviewing residents in 2001 and 2002, students in the UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education issued an action-oriented community diagnosis of Fairview. It is one of the few written histories of Hillsborough's northern Black neighborhoods.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19
  9. Work begins on improvements to Fairview Park Construction started in 2009 on parking, playgrounds, picnic shelters and basketball courts at the park, which had until then been little more than the residents' ball field.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 19

Maps of Fairview

Dated maps that show this place, oldest first: town plans, county, road and soil maps, fire insurance sheets and the U.S. Geological Survey’s topographic maps, each linked to the library or archive that holds it. The USGS maps are free to download.

  1. School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
  2. Highway maintenance map of Orange County, North Carolina DPLA · a map of the town around it
  3. Federal-Aid Systems map of Orange County, North Carolina DPLA · a map of the town around it
  4. Orange County, North Carolina (Highway culture map) DPLA · a map of the town around it
  5. Orange County, North Carolina (Highway maintenance map) DPLA · a map of the town around it
  6. USGS topographic map, Hillsborough quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  7. Highway maintenance map of Orange County, North Carolina DPLA · a map of the town around it
  8. FIRM, flood insurance rate map, town of Hillsborough, North Carolina, Orange County UNC · a map of the town around it
  9. Highway maintenance map of Orange County, North Carolina DPLA · a map of the town around it
  10. Map of Chapel Hill - Carrboro : including school districts with University of North Carolina, Orange County, Hillsborough, Research Triangle Park. UNC · a map of the town around it
  11. USGS topographic map, Hillsborough quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  12. Geologic map of the Hillsborough 7.5-minute quadrangle, Orange County, North Carolina NC Cardinal · a map of the town around it

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James J. Freeland

Freeland, Maxine · 1999

Maxine Freeland's biography of James John Freeland (1918-1999), a Hillsborough man of the twentieth century, compiled in 1999.

Included because: The record names this place alongside a heading for the county or its towns.

✓ Held at OCPL · BIO FREELAND FRE

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