On April 22, 1925 the Durham Auction Company sold lots and small farms out of Robert L. Strowd's farm on Chapel Hill's eastern edge, the old Hargrave place his father had bought in 1875. Strowd received about $128,000, and the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company bid in the remaining 1,100 acres. W. S. Roberson's company named the tract Davie Woods, and its first sale, on October 13, brought $52,260 for 38 lots. On September 28, 1928 the receivers of the bankrupt company auctioned the roughly 600-acre Strowd farm for bids of $34,473.
In the spring of 1931 W. C. Coker sold St. Pierre DuBose of Durham 308 acres on the new Nelson-Raleigh highway, and that September DuBose let the contract for a stock barn and farmer's cottage. By July 1933 he was building a large country house on a hilltop, and his estate put up tenant houses along the road later in the 1930s. In August 1933 four University economics professors bought 42 acres of the old Strowd farm at a foreclosure sale for a home colony they named Davie Woods, and Paul Green arranged to buy about 200 acres that took in the Hargrave place. Green finished a small writing retreat there by 1935, and in 1936 he and Elizabeth Green sited a family house on the tract. That May the Greens sold their home in the Glen to Mr. and Mrs. J. Manson Valentine, hoping to move into the new house by September.
By June 1938 Paul Green was offering about 75 building lots on 100 to 125 acres of his 235-acre estate off the Raleigh road as Greenwood, a restricted home colony where 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. At the end of 1941 the illustrator William Meade Prince, who taught art at the university, and his wife Lillian were building a home in Greenwood, where he lived and worked until he died there on November 10, 1951.
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About Paul Green · named in 4 of this story’s entries
A Southern Life: Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981
Green, Paul · 1994
Letters of the playwright Paul Green (1894-1981) spanning 1916 to 1981, published by UNC Press in 1994 in a volume of 735 pages with illustrations, forty-nine pages of front matter and a bibliography of Green's works. Green spent most of his life in Chapel Hill and taught at the university, and the letters describe Southern social life and customs. A primary source for the university and the town across six decades.
Reviewed in Choice Reviews Online (1994), The Journal of Southern History (1995).
Paul Green's War Songs: A Southern Poet's History of the Great War, 1917-1920
Green, Paul · 1993 · North Carolina Wesleyan College Press
Paul Green's war poems from 1917 to 1920, presented as a poet's history of the First World War and published by North Carolina Wesleyan College Press in 1993 with a foreword by Sam Ragan and an introduction and notes by John Herbert Roper. Green, the Chapel Hill playwright who lived from 1894 to 1981, wrote them as a soldier; sections include 'Songs of the Metro' and 'Ain't Gone Study War No More', with appendices on sources and alternative versions. 184 pages with illustrations.
Paul Green of Chapel Hill
Adams, Agatha Boyd ; Walser, Richard Gaither · 1951 · University of North Carolina Library
Biographical study of the playwright Paul Green by Agatha Boyd Adams, edited by Richard Walser and issued by the university library in 1951 in its Library Extension Publication series. Topics include his drama at Chapel Hill and his writing on slavery. A slim book of 116 pages with a portrait.
Reviewed in American Literature (1952).
Chapel Hill Museum
North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002
Artifacts and memorabilia of Paul Green on display at the Chapel Hill Museum, photographed on 30 May 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project. Green was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Welcome to Coker Arboretum of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina Botanical Garden · 2000 · The Botanical Garden
Visitor guide to the Coker Arboretum on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, issued by the North Carolina Botanical Garden in 2000. It covers the arboretum's history and William Chambers Coker, the botanist it is named for, who died in 1953. A short orientation piece for people walking the grounds.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Herbarium
North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002
Portrait of William Chambers Coker, who chaired the UNC Botany Department from 1908 to 1940 and gave his name to the Coker Building, home of the Herbarium. NC ECHO photograph, Chapel Hill, 6 March 2002.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Patterson's General Store Ledger
Store, Patterson's General · 1910
Account ledger of Patterson's General Store in Chapel Hill for 1910 to 1911, recording what customers owed. Accounts run from townspeople and the university Athletic Association to figures such as Kemp Plummer Battle, Edward Kidder Graham, Collier Cobb, Horace Williams and Louis Round Wilson, and firms including the Bank of Chapel Hill, Odell Hardware, Standard Oil and the Southern Railway. Part of North Carolina Memory.
William T. Alexander oral history interview 2, 1992 April 25
Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992 · 1992
William T. Alexander (1904 to 1992), in the second of three interviews, describes his schooling in Mecklenburg County, Charlotte and Chapel Hill in the 1910s and 1920s, beginning at the one-room Mallard Creek School. Rural education, corporal punishment, getting children to school, amusements, student life at UNC and the botanist William Chambers Coker come up. About 64 minutes, April 1992, tied to the William Tasse Alexander Family Papers, MS0256.
The Southern Part of Heaven
Prince, William Meade · 1950
William Meade Prince's autobiography, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1950 with illustrations by the author, 314 pages. Prince (1893-1951) was an illustrator who grew up in Chapel Hill, and the book recalls the social life and customs of the university town. The title phrase has since become a byname for the town.
Reviewed in The Journal of Southern History (1950).
Descendants of Edward Boswell: Prince William County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina
1986 · Gateway Press ; Orders to J.B. Pippenger
A family history of the descendants of Edward Boswell, born about 1750 and died about 1830, whose line runs from Prince William County, Virginia, into Orange County, North Carolina. Published by Gateway Press in 1986 with orders through J.B. Pippenger, 294 pages with genealogical tables and illustrations.
Christmas card by William Meade Prince
Prince, William Meade, 1893-1951 · 1950
Christmas card for 1950 with a drawing by William Meade Prince, the illustrator and author who lived in Chapel Hill. Prince and his wife, Lillian, sent it to the novelist Inglis Fletcher in Edenton, with a short printed holiday greeting.
World War II defense exhibit, UNC-Chapel Hill, circa 5 February 1941, P081
Morton, Hugh M. · 1941
Hugh M. Wilson, acting chairman of the UNC students' Committee to Defend America by Aiding Allies, staffs a defense exhibit outside Gerrard Hall about 5 February 1941. Its poster by William Meade Prince asks why, if Cornwallis came to Chapel Hill, Hitler could not. Hugh Morton photograph.
Wider background: Growth, Land & Planning · the most widely held histories of the theme this storyline is filed under; they may not discuss it
American Indians in North Carolina: Geographic Interpretations
Ross, Thomas E. · 1999 · Karo Hollow Press
Thomas E. Ross's geographic study of American Indians in North Carolina. It examines Native peoples' history, cultural assimilation, and social and economic conditions across the state, with statistics. Published by Karo Hollow Press in 1999, eleven preliminary pages and 242 pages with illustrations and maps.
Chapel Hill, N.C. History of Town Lots (1790-1930s)
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2014
Deed transcripts for the town lots of Chapel Hill and adjoining land from 1790 to the 1930s, compiled by Stewart E. Dunaway. Each transcript keeps only the working facts: grantor and grantee, price, acreage and the metes and bounds of the parcel. Self-published in 2014 as Issue 1G, 702 pages with maps and facsimiles.
Hillsborough, North Carolina : history of town lots : the complete reference guide
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2016
Stewart E. Dunaway worked through Hillsborough, N.C., lot by lot, giving each town lot a synopsis of its history, a plat showing where it sits and transcripts of the deeds he could locate for it. The second issue runs to 720 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles.
Hillsborough, North Carolina History of Town Lots
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2015 · Stewart E. Dunaway
Stewart E. Dunaway's 2015 addendum to his history of Hillsborough's town lots, adding deed records arranged by lot number and further town history, with the expansion of the 1890s covered for the first time. Self-published in North Carolina as version 1.0, 446 pages with illustrations, facsimiles and maps. Topics include deeds, court records, land titles and real property in Hillsborough.
Hillsborough District Court Civil Action Concerning Land (1778-1806)
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2011
Stewart E. Dunaway's abstracts of civil suits over land heard in the Hillsborough District Superior Court between 1778 and 1806. The district covered Orange, Wake, Granville, Caswell, Person, Chatham and Randolph counties, and the papers concern boundaries, ownership and disputed tracts. Published through Lulu in 2011, 337 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles.
The Research Triangle: From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence
Rohe, William M. · 2011 · University of Pennsylvania Press
William M. Rohe's history of Research Triangle Park and the region around it, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2011. Topics include regional planning and the economic and social conditions of the Research Triangle Park region, one corner of which is Chapel Hill and the university. 298 pages with illustrations and maps.
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North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book ... Orange County
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010
Stewart E. Dunaway's two-volume edition of the Orange County land entry book, the register in which settlers first claimed vacant land from the state before a grant was surveyed and issued. Volume one covers the first thousand entries, all made in 1778; volume two runs from 1779 to 1795. Each entry is reproduced from the original in the State Archives with an abstract of its contents. Self-published through Lulu in a second version dated 2010, two volumes at 28 cm with facsimiles and maps.
The school that Jack built : city and regional planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1945-2012
Kaiser, Edward J. (Edward John) · 2013
Edward J. Kaiser's history of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1945 to 2012, published by the department in 2013. The title nods to John A. Parker, 1909 to 2001, who figures in the book. One hundred eighty-six pages with illustrations and portraits at 28 cm.
Farewell forever, old road to Durham : lessons from the history of transportation planning in the North Carolina Piedmont
Chilton, Mark · 2012 · Hand Made Books
Mark Chilton's short history of transportation planning in the North Carolina Piedmont, drawing lessons from earlier projects. Subjects include the Cape Fear Navigation Company and river navigation, and the railroads of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, including the State University Railroad Company whose spur brought trains to the two towns. Chilton was mayor of Carrboro when the book appeared. Published by Hand Made Books, Carrboro, 2012, 92 pages with illustrations, maps and portraits.
Ejectments of Orange County, N.C
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010 · Stewart E. Dunaway
Stewart E. Dunaway's four-volume set of ejectment cases from Orange County, reproducing the original documents and maps from the North Carolina State Archives with partial transcriptions. The volumes cover 1778 to 1814, 1817 to 1832, 1833 to 1849 and 1850 to 1902. Ejectment suits contested title and possession of land, and the cases include surveys and plats. Self-published in 2010.
Jesse Benton Letters (1780-1790)
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2009 · lulu.com
Stewart E. Dunaway's transcription of letters exchanged between Jesse Benton and Thomas Hart from 1780 to 1790, concerning Hart's affairs at Hartford, his place at Hillsborough. The letters concern the economic and social conditions of Hillsborough in the eighteenth century and the Revolution in North Carolina. Self-published through lulu.com in 2009, 68 pages with illustrations and facsimiles, and part of the library's Wall Local History Collection.
A Generosity of Spirit: The Early History of the Research Triangle Park
Link, Albert N. · 1995 · Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Albert N. Link's early history of Research Triangle Park, published in 1995 by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina. Topics include research parks, research institutes and industrial research in the state, with the park's own history at the center. 149 pages with illustrations and maps.
