Morgan Creek Hills

In the chronology

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

1. 1952 Architect George Matsumoto draws plans for Dr. Isaac Taylor's house on Morgan Creek Road George Matsumoto of the State College School of Design drew the plans for the house of Dr. Isaac M. Taylor, new to the medical school faculty, in Morgan Creek Hills. The Taylors raised their children there, among them the singer James Taylor. People: George Matsumoto, James Taylor Also named: Isaac M. TaylorSearch the index · NC State University Libraries: George Matsumoto Papers, 1945-1991 (MC 00042), finding aid · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 20, 1962, p. 3
2. 1952 to 1954 Morgan Creek Hills subdivision begins beside the new 15-501 Bypass Work on Morgan Creek Hills, on the south side of the 15-501 Bypass, started while the bypass itself was being built between 1952 and 1954. The land had several owners, among them William Chambers Coker and Bill Hunt, and the neighborhood filled in over many years with large houses on rough, hilly lots. People: William Chambers Coker, William Lanier Hunt Also named: Bill HuntSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 80
3. 1953 Architect Edward Waugh designs a house for Dr. C. G. Thomas on Morgan Creek Road Edward (Terry) Waugh of the State College School of Design drew several of the first Morgan Creek Hills houses for doctors who came to teach at the enlarged medical school. His 1953 house at 408 Morgan Creek Road, for surgery professor C. G. (Tim) Thomas and his wife, is a small side-gabled house of long red Norman brick and redwood that steps down its slope. People: Edward W. Waugh Also named: Edward Waugh, C. G. ThomasSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 85
4. 1957 Dr. John T. Sessions and his wife build a Webb and Stewart house on Morgan Creek Road A split-level modern house designed by James Webb and Don Stewart was built for Dr. John T. Sessions and his wife in Morgan Creek Hills. It was on the School Art Guild tour of homes in the fall of 1958. People: Don Stewart, James M. Webb Also named: John T. SessionsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 16, 1958, p. 3
5. about 1960 Don Stewart designs the Bowers-Nelson House in Morgan Creek Hills Built about 1960 at 903 Coker Drive, this small house on a sloping lot is Stewart's most direct borrowing from Japanese houses. Its post-and-beam frame is exposed outside and was first painted in bright colors, and paper shoji screens slide on tracks to divide the rooms. People: Don StewartSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 88