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StorylineGlen Lennox: the sewer fight and the apartment village, 1949–19811949–1981 · 9 events · In June 1949 Chapel Hill's aldermen agreed to take sewage and garbage from a 300-unit, FHA-financed apartment project that Durham contractor William Muirhead planned on the Raleigh Road outside town, and in July the FHA agreed to insure a loan of up to $2,130,000 for it. Recorder's Court judge John T. Manning charged in an open letter that the town's sewer terms excused the builder from connection and service charges. Muirhead named the colony Glen Lennox and opened its rental office in December 1949; by March 1950, 66 families had moved in. An elementary school was going up in the area in 1952, and in 1953 the Planning Board approved new streets on its fringes. In the spring of 1981 the complex on N.C. 54 east of Chapel Hill, owned for 31 years by its builders' families, was sold for $6 million. Under the new owners rents rose, by as much as $90 a month according to tenants, and the management weighed replacing the old shared heating plants with individual units. On the night of September 7 about 120 residents met to organize against the increases, aiming to invite the new owners to a meeting, hold rents down and press for state laws protecting tenants; they said more than 10 percent of the complex had moved out in two weeks. The general manager answered that only six tenants had left, that rents of $219 and $259 with utilities were still the best deal in Chapel Hill, and that 250 to 325 people were on the waiting list.

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  1. William Muirhead names his apartment colony Glen Lennox Muirhead named his apartment colony on the Raleigh highway Glen Lennox, after his wife's family, and announced that its rental office would open in one of the apartments on December 28. It was to have 314 apartments in 48 one-story buildings; by March 1950, 66 families had moved in. People: William MuirheadSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 23, 1949, p. 1 (Glen Lennox item) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, March 17, 1950, p. 1
  2. Chapel Hill druggist James L. 'Doc' Sutton dies James Linwood Sutton, 58, who had run Sutton's Drug Store in Chapel Hill since 1923 with his wife, Lucy Alderman Sutton, as business manager and partner, died at his home in Glen Lennox. A native of Edenton licensed as a pharmacist in 1914, he was known to generations of University and high school students. Also named: James Linwood Sutton, Lucy Alderman Sutton · Also mentions: Sutton's Drug StoreSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 22, 1950, p. 7
  3. 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
  4. Glen Lennox builds 28 more apartment buildings In January 1953 construction was under way on 28 new buildings with 94 apartments at Glen Lennox in Chapel Hill, bringing the development to 408 apartments by the end of February. The colony had been built three years earlier for the overflow of students and faculty.The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 8, 1953, p. 1
  5. 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. People: William Muirhead Also mentions: Glenwood SchoolSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1953, p. 1 (Glen Lennox street layout item)
  6. The Methodist Conference approves organizing a Methodist church in Glen Lennox Meeting in Fayetteville, the North Carolina Methodist Conference approved organizing a Methodist church in the Glen Lennox development, with a divinity student living there, Mr. King, son of Prof. and Mrs. A. K. King of Chapel Hill, as its preacher. The same session sent H. W. Pearce of Statesville to the Efland-Lebanon churches. Also named: H. W. PearceSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 7, 1955, p. 1
  7. Methodists organize a new congregation in Glen Lennox A new Methodist church was organized for the Glen Lennox area after a church extension survey found more than a hundred Methodist families on Chapel Hill's east side. With about 70 charter members and the Rev. Rimsey King as pastor, it met in the Glenwood school and planned to buy a building site. Also named: Rimsey KingSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 22, 1955, p. 6
  8. The Yates Baptist Association picks the Glen Lennox area for a new Baptist church The Yates Baptist Association's church extension committee chose the Glen Lennox side of Chapel Hill for a new congregation and asked Dr. Fred W. Ellis to join the committee. The church that grew from it, Binkley Memorial, began as an association extension project backed by University Baptist Church, not as a split. Also named: Fred W. Ellis · Also mentions: University Baptist ChurchCourtland Smith and John L. Humber, Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church: A Twenty Year View, 1958-1978 (1978), scan p. 3
  9. Chapel Hill's new 100-foot aerial ladder fire truck arrives The 12-ton American LaFrance truck, bought through Chapel Hill dealer George Pickard for about $40,000 with a town bond issue and a University contribution, was tried out in front of Memorial Hospital, where its ladder reached the top floor. Town officials expected the truck and a fire prevention code to lift Chapel Hill from a Class 7 to a Class 6 insurance rating; it was kept at the new Glen Lennox station. Also named: George PickardSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 8, 1959, p. 1
  10. 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 Davis Also named: Archie Davis · Also mentions: Columbia StreetSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1959, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 26, 1959, p. 6
  11. The Glen Lennox Corporation runs a bus line in Chapel Hill and Carrboro The Glen Lennox Corporation ran a bus service in Chapel Hill and Carrboro from 1963 to 1965, carrying 38,700 riders the first year and 46,000 the second before falling to 23,100 in the third; it was then dropped for lack of riders and money. The Daily Tar Heel recalled it in 1970 as the area's earlier try at a town bus line.Search the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 12, 1970, p. 6
  12. A twelve-car pile-up on the icy Raleigh Road hill injures five Freezing mist turned the curve of the Raleigh Road hill above Glen Lennox into a sheet of ice, and within about 30 minutes twelve vehicles, among them a police car and an ambulance, skidded into one another for about $15,000 in damage. The News called it the largest traffic accident in Chapel Hill's history; five people were hurt, none worse than broken bones.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 31, 1963, p. 3
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  1. Chapel Hill receives its new $20,500 pumper fire truck The 1,000 gallon a minute American LaFrance pumper, ordered after a single bid in February, was delivered and kept at the Glen Lennox fire station. It passed the state rating bureau's underwriters' tests at University Lake on May 23.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 25, 1963, p. 1
  2. Part of the DuBose land east of Glen Lennox is developed as a golf course subdivision Of the large undeveloped holdings of Col. D. St. Pierre DuBose near N.C. 54 and the Durham County line, 500 acres were being developed in 1969 as a private residential subdivision built around a golf course. Also named: D. St. Pierre DuBose · Also mentions: N.C. 54Search the index · Research Triangle Regional Planning Commission, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Development Alternatives (1969), scan p. 51
  3. Chapel Hill aldermen start a town newspaper recycling program With Mayor Howard Lee's backing, the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen approved a plan by the Mayor's Task Force on Recycling for bulk containers at the Glen Lennox fire station and the East Franklin Street fire station, open around the clock for untied newsprint that the town would haul to Raleigh and sell. Lee cited the town's nearly full landfill and said he hoped to extend the program to other materials. People: Howard N. Lee Also mentions: East Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 23, 1972, p. 5
  4. Chapel Hill gas stations close to protest Phase IV price rules Several Chapel Hill service stations closed from Saturday, September 8, 1973, until the following Tuesday in protest of Phase IV rules that rolled retail gasoline prices back to January levels while suppliers raised wholesale prices. On September 13 local dealers led by Earl Walker, president of the Chapel Hill Service Station Association, joined more than 300 North Carolina station operators who went to Washington to petition Congress. Also named: Earl WalkerSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 10, 1973, p. 1
  5. The Glen Lennox apartments are sold for $6 million after 31 years with their builders In spring 1981 the Glen Lennox apartment complex on N.C. 54 east of Chapel Hill, built from 1949 and owned for 31 years by the Muirhead and Hobbs families, was sold for $6 million. Under the new owners rents rose, by as much as $90 a month since November according to tenants, and the management weighed replacing the old shared heating plants with individual units. Also mentions: N.C. 54Search the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 9, 1981, p. 1
  6. About 120 Glen Lennox tenants meet to organize against rent increases On the night of September 7, 1981, about 120 Glen Lennox residents met to organize against rent increases, aiming to invite the new owners to a meeting, hold rents down and press for state laws protecting tenants; they said more than 10 percent of the complex had moved out in two weeks. The general manager answered that only six tenants had left, that rents of $219 and $259 with utilities were still the best deal in Chapel Hill, and that 250 to 325 people were on the waiting list.Search the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 9, 1981, p. 1
  7. A chancellor's committee recommends UNC buy Glen Lennox Apartments to replace Odum Village In a confidential report, the committee Chancellor Hardin named in February to find a replacement for Odum Village, the married-student housing in the path of the planned South Loop road, chose buying Glen Lennox Apartments as its first choice. The owners said the complex was not for sale. Also named: Paul Hardin · Also mentions: Glen Lennox ApartmentsThe Daily Tar Heel, November 16, 1990, 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.

  1. Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  2. Map of the J.E. Smith Property, Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  3. Davie Woods (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  4. Forest Hills (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  5. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. Library of Congress Digital Collections · a map of the town around it
  6. Strowd Place (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  7. Merritt Land (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  8. Vance Street lot (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  9. Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1928 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  10. Site Plan (Glenn Lennox?) (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  11. Map of Battle Park UNC · a map of the town around it
  12. Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
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  1. Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity, January 1933 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  2. Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity. UNC · a map of the town around it
  3. Chapel Hill about 1875 to 1885 : a map UNC · a map of the town around it
  4. Map of Chapel Hill as it was in 1875 to 1885 UNC · a map of the town around it
  5. North Carolina County Road Survey of Orange County DPLA · a map of the town around it
  6. 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
  7. Aerial map of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
  8. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  9. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:31,680) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  10. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  11. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  12. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)

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