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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.
- Thomas H. Taylor2 entries, including Thomas H. Taylor builds and runs a shoe store on Franklin Street (between 1809 and 1813)
- Walter A. Norwood2 entries, including Dr. Walter A. Norwood opens a medicine shop opposite Alsobrook's hotel (about 1828)
- Elisha Mitchell1 entry: Dr. Walter A. Norwood closes his medicine shop and moves to Hillsborough (1834)
Sites linked through the same people
- Tom Taylor House (later President Swain's house) through Thomas H. Taylor
In the chronology
- Thomas H. Taylor builds and runs a shoe store on Franklin Street Tom Taylor, son of John Taylor Sr., put up a shoe store on the western half of Lot #14, which his father bought in 1812. The building later housed Dr. Walter Norwood's medicine shop. People: Thomas H. Taylor Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 39
- Dr. Walter A. Norwood opens a medicine shop opposite Alsobrook's hotel Dr. Norwood's medicine shop stood on Thomas H. Taylor's half of Lot #14, probably in Taylor's old store building, which Norwood later bought. From 1841 the shop housed the practice of Drs. Jones and Moore. People: Thomas H. Taylor, Walter A. Norwood Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 57
- Dr. Walter A. Norwood closes his medicine shop and moves to Hillsborough Norwood gave up his Franklin Street shop and left for Hillsborough. Elisha Mitchell owned the land and building by the end of the year and soon sold them on credit to Isaac Partridge for a hotel. People: Elisha Mitchell, Walter A. Norwood Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 69
Research sources
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Records of the time
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Norwood's medicine shop Library card Search NC LIVE for this site’s names and Orange County. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access articles, e-books, and newspapers.
Local help 6
- Chapel Hill Historical Society Photographs, maps and papers on Chapel Hill and Carrboro, with a research links page
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request form Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
- Preservation Chapel Hill Chapel Hill buildings and neighborhoods
- Alliance for Historic Hillsborough Hillsborough sites, tours, and interpretation
- Orange County Historical Museum Orange County history, objects, and interpretation
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