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Greenwood

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  1. Paul Green finishes a small writing retreat on his land east of Chapel Hill Playwright Paul Green finishes a small building for study and writing on the tract he had bought about two years earlier beyond the Strowd farm, between the Durham and Raleigh roads. He meant to build a family house near it later.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 5, 1935, p. 5
  2. Paul and Elizabeth Green sell their village home and lay out a new house east of town Paul and Elizabeth Green sell their home in the Glen to Mr. and Mrs. J. Manson Valentine and, with advice from a landscape architect, site a family house, gardens and outbuildings on their tract east of the village, hoping to move in by September. People: Elizabeth Lay GreenSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 1, 1936, p. 1
  3. Illustrator William Meade Prince and his wife Lillian build a house in Greenwood William Meade Prince, the illustrator who taught art at the university, and his wife Lillian were building a home in the Greenwood neighborhood at the end of 1941. He lived and worked there until his death in 1951. People: Lillian Hughes PrinceSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 5, 1941, p. 1
  4. William Meade Prince dies at his home in Greenwood William Meade Prince, illustrator, former head of the university's art department and author of The Southern Part of Heaven, died by suicide in the studio of his Greenwood home. The Weekly wrote that the village felt the loss deeply.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1951, p. 14

Maps of Greenwood

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. Orange County soil map (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  2. Topography, Chapel Hill and vicinity, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
  3. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. sketch plan, revised : redesign of paths & location of future buildings UNC · a map of the town around it
  4. Rosemary Street Residence for Dr. J.B. Bullitt Basement Plan DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  5. Map of University Heights, Chapel Hill, 1922 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  6. School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
  7. Soil map UNC · a map of the town around it
  8. University Heights (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  9. Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  10. Map of the J.E. Smith Property, Chapel Hill, 1924 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  11. Davie Woods (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  12. Forest Hills (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
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  1. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. Library of Congress Digital Collections · a map of the town around it
  2. Strowd Place (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  3. Merritt Land (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  4. Vance Street lot (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  5. Map of Westwood (partial), Chapel Hill, 1928 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  6. Site Plan (Glenn Lennox?) (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  7. Map of Battle Park UNC · a map of the town around it
  8. Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity (map, Chapel Hill Historical Society) CH Historical Society · a map of the town around it
  9. Map of Chapel Hill & Vicinity, January 1933 DigitalNC · a map of the town around it
  10. Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity. UNC · a map of the town around it
  11. Chapel Hill about 1875 to 1885 : a map UNC · a map of the town around it
  12. Map of Chapel Hill as it was in 1875 to 1885 UNC · a map of the town around it
  13. North Carolina County Road Survey of Orange County DPLA · a map of the town around it
  14. 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
  15. Aerial map of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina. UNC · a map of the town around it
  16. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  17. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:31,680) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  18. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  19. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  20. USGS topographic map, Chapel Hill quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)

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