Greenwood

In the chronology

Dated events connected with this place, in date order. See these 5 dated events in the chronology →

1. April 1935 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. People: Paul GreenSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 5, 1935, p. 5 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 1, 1936, p. 1
2. May 1936 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: Paul Green, Elizabeth Lay Green Also named: J. Manson ValentineSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 1, 1936, p. 1
3. by June 3, 1938 Paul Green opens Greenwood, a restricted home colony on his land east of Chapel Hill Paul Green offered about 75 building lots on 100 to 125 acres of his 235-acre estate off the Raleigh road, through J. B. Johns of the Service Insurance and Realty Company. Lots were 150 feet wide and up to 700 feet deep, houses had to cost at least $6,000, and a consulting architect would approve all plans; football coach Bill Lange bought the first lot. People: Paul Green Also named: J. B. Johns, Bill LangeSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 3, 1938, p. 1
4. late 1941 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: William Meade Prince, Lillian Hughes PrinceSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 5, 1941, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, January 25, 1946, p. 4
5. November 10, 1951 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. People: William Meade PrinceSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1951, p. 14 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 16, 1951, p. 4