Neighborhood in Orange County
Glen Lennox
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In the chronology
Dated events connected with this place, earliest first. See these 4 dated events in the chronology →
- William Muirhead opens the rental office of Glen Lennox Muirhead named his apartment colony on the Raleigh highway Glen Lennox, after his wife's family, and opened its rental office in one of the apartments. It was to have 314 apartments in 48 one-story buildings; by March 1950, 66 families had moved in.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 23, 1949, p. 1 (Glen Lennox item)
- Chapel Hill builds a new elementary school in the Glen Lennox area In the fall of 1952 an elementary school was being built in the Glen Lennox area, the first of several planned so young children would not have to travel into downtown traffic.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 144
- The Planning Board approves Muirhead's street layout around Glen Lennox The Chapel Hill Planning Board approved new streets on the fringes of Glen Lennox, including Ayr Street, which Muirhead named, extending the colony's central road across the highway so children could reach the new Glenwood School more safely.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1953, p. 1 (Glen Lennox street layout item)
- Chapel Hill opens its Glen Lennox fire station The town's second fire station, on South Hamilton Road in Glen Lennox, opened without ceremony when two pumper trucks moved in from the main station on Columbia Street. The aldermen had let contracts in February for the building, designed by Archie Davis of Durham and paid for from 1957 bonds. People: Archie Royal DavisSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1959, p. 1
Maps of Glen Lennox
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.
- Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
- Map of the J.E. Smith Property, Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
- Davie Woods (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Forest Hills (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. Library of Congress Digital Collections · a map of the town around it
- Strowd Place (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Merritt Land (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Vance Street lot (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1928 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
- Site Plan (Glenn Lennox?) (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
- Map of Battle Park UNC · a map of the town around it
- Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
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- Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity, January 1933 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
- Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity. UNC · a map of the town around it
- Chapel Hill about 1875 to 1885 : a map UNC · a map of the town around it
- Map of Chapel Hill as it was in 1875 to 1885 UNC · a map of the town around it
- North Carolina County Road Survey of Orange County DPLA · a map of the town around it
- Map of a Survey of a Portion of the Corporate Bounty of the Town of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1939 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
- Aerial map of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
- USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
- USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:31,680) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
- USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
- USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
- USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
Research sources
Additional research sources
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- Places to visit: Geographic Names Information System: Glen Lennox USGS Geographic Names Information System The federal gazetteer’s record: official name, location, the map it was taken from, and any other names it has gone by
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Glen Lennox NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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