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Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Site locations from the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office survey, Open Orange, Orange County GIS, OpenStreetMap and a few other published sources named on each site’s page; town and community pins show approximate locations.

People in its history

People named in events about this site, ordered by number of mentions. Each example links to an entry with a source citation.

Harry L. Parish2 entries, including Taylor & Parish dissolve their Hillsborough store partnership (July 10, 1885)
John Berry2 entries, including Builder John Berry dies at Sunny Side while starting the Berry Building (January 11, 1870)
Calvin E. Parish1 entry: Fire destroys the Parish and Berry buildings and the Recorder printing office in Hillsborough (November 27, 1888)

Sites linked through the same people

Eagle Lodge through John Berry and Calvin E. Parish
First Baptist Church (Hillsborough) through John Berry and Calvin E. Parish
Hillsborough Post Office through Harry L. Parish and Calvin E. Parish

In the chronology

January 11, 1870 Builder John Berry dies at Sunny Side while starting the Berry Building John Berry, the self-taught builder of the Orange County Courthouse and a longtime state legislator, died of pneumonia at his home Sunny Side at 72. He had caught cold that winter while beginning his last project, a two-story brick store and ballroom downtown known as the Berry Building. NCpedia: Berry, John (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Mary Claire Engstrom, 1979) · Also: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation
late March 1883 Dentist C. A. Rominger opens an office in Hillsborough's Berry building Dr. C. A. Rominger, a dentist, arrived in Hillsborough and took the room in the Berry building formerly used by Dr. D. A. Robertson, saying he would make the town his home. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 31, 1883, p. 3
July 10, 1885 Taylor & Parish dissolve their Hillsborough store partnership F. H. Taylor and H. L. Parish dissolved the firm of Taylor & Parish by mutual consent. Parish kept the business at the old stand in the Berry Building and settled the firm's accounts. People: Harry L. Parish Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 8, 1885, p. 3
early October 1886 Postmaster H. L. Parish moves the Hillsborough post office into the Berry building Postmaster H. L. Parish moved the Hillsborough post office into the Berry building, where he also kept his store. People: Harry L. Parish Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 9, 1886, p. 3
March 6, 1887 Hillsborough's Black Odd Fellows march to their annual thanksgiving service Members of Bud of Hope Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a Black lodge, met at their hall in the Berry building and marched in procession, with John Webb as marshal, to the Methodist church for their annual thanksgiving service. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 12, 1887, p. 3
March 4, 1888 Bud of Hope Lodge of Black Odd Fellows marks its second anniversary with a procession Members of Bud of Hope Lodge No. 2694, a Black Odd Fellows lodge in Hillsborough, celebrated its second anniversary by marching from their hall in the Berry building to the Black Baptist church, where Rev. C. L. Davis preached the anniversary sermon. John Webb was marshal of the procession. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 10, 1888, p. 3
November 27, 1888 Fire destroys the Parish and Berry buildings and the Recorder printing office in Hillsborough A fire before dawn burned Postmaster Harry L. Parish's brick building, which held the post office, his store and the Hillsboro Recorder's printing office, then spread to the three-story Berry building next door. The Recorder lost its press, type and subscription books. People: Calvin E. Parish Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 1, 1888, p. 3
1927 Three brick stores are built at 101-107 North Churton Street after a fire After fire destroyed the Berry Building on North Churton Street, three brick stores went up on the site together. Plaques saved from the old building, crediting Captain John Berry in 1869, were set between the new storefronts with one reading 'Rebuilt 1927.' People: John Berry Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (2014)

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Indexed works

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Surveys and maps of the area

Not about Berry Building alone: the architectural surveys that cover its town or the county, and maps drawn while it stood. Several of the surveys can be read free online at NC Digital Collections.

Hillsborough architectural survey

Slane, Heather Wagner · 2017 · hmwPreservation

Survey of Hillsborough's historic buildings by Heather Wagner Slane of hmwPreservation, completed in September 2017. The 40-page report covers the town's architecture and history with color illustrations and maps.