Buildings & Preservation

Context

What it was and why it mattered

HPO: History and Architecture of Orange County (Mattson, 1996) State Historic Preservation Office The county-wide architectural survey manuscript

National Register: Thomas F. Lloyd Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (8/14/1986), Carrboro: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Hillsborough Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (10/15/1973), Hillsborough: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation National Register nomination Nomination (1/22/2014), Hillsborough: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Chapel Hill Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (12/16/1971), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Carrboro Commercial Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (6/20/1985), Carrboro: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (8/8/1989), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (8/5/1993), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (4/23/1998), Cedar Grove: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: West Chapel Hill Historic District National Register nomination Nomination (12/31/1998), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation National Register nomination Nomination (1/30/2008), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Chapel Hill Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation National Register nomination Nomination (4/16/2015), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: Arthur C. and Mary S.A. Nash House National Register nomination Nomination (10/26/2017), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

National Register: West Chapel Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) National Register nomination Nomination (5/9/2019), Chapel Hill: history, description, and sources for the property

See the place

Maps, surveys, and the ground itself

State Historic Preservation Office State Historic Preservation Office National Register listings and survey files by county

HPO: all National Register listings, by county State Historic Preservation Office Every nomination in the state, with the Orange County entries under O

Ask locally

Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

Preservation Chapel Hill Preservation Chapel Hill

Alliance for Historic Hillsborough Alliance for Historic Hillsborough

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this theme. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

The first parish register of the Chapel of the Cross (1842-1881)

2024 · Chapel Hill Historical Society

"The First Parish Register of the Chapel of the Cross is a transcription of the parish register of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the years 1842 to 1881. It includes an Introduction and bibl…

NC Cardinal UNC Library of Congress

Hidden History of Chapel Hill

Burns, Brian · 2023 · The History Press

UNC NC Cardinal Library of Congress

The Campus at Chapel Hill: 225 Years of Architecture

Allcott, John V.; Bauer, JJ · 2019

Durham Chapel Hill PL

Hidden Hillsborough

2017 · Eno Publishers

An evolving townscape : the location and early importance of Hillsborough / Barbara Hume and Stewart E. Dunaway -- Historic kitchens / Callie Connor -- Slave houses / Jean B. Anderson -- Smokehouses / Jim Parsley -- Spr…

NC Cardinal UNC OCPL Durham

Historic Coker Hills

Ridky-Blackburn, Jill · 2016 · [Chapel Hill Historical Society]

Before Coker Hills -- The Coker of Coker Hills -- The beginning of Coker Hills -- Coker Hills architects, builders and homes -- The Coker Hills legacy -- Growing up in Coker Hills -- Neighborhood advocacy.

NC Cardinal UNC NC State Chapel Hill PL

The Dynamic Decade

Godschalk, David R. ; Howes, Jonathan B. · 2012 · University of North Carolina Press

The Dynamic Decade tells the story of the sweeping makeover of the 200-year old campus of the University of North Carolina. Six million square feet of new buildings were constructed and a million square feet of historic…

NC Cardinal UNC Duke NC State NCCU Davidson

Mebane

Oakley, J. Ronald · 2012

NC Cardinal OCPL Durham Chapel Hill PL

Green House

Christie, Deborah Carnes · 2009 · The Author

1. Influences -- 2. Buying land -- 3. When and how to build -- 4. The architectural concept, functional goals -- 5. Design process and sourcing -- 6. HVAC -- 7. Plumbing -- 8. Exterior shell -- 9. Wiring/emergency syste…

NC Cardinal Chapel Hill PL Durham Library of Congress

Hillsborough Historic District Inventory

2006

OCPL

The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1795-1975

Little-Stokes, Margaret Ruth · 2006 · Preservation Society of Chapel Hill

NC Cardinal UNC Duke NC State Durham Chapel Hill PL Library of Congress

Index to Orange County Courthouse murals : completed in 2004 for Orange County's 250th anniversary observance by Chapel Hill artist Michael Brown and sponsored by attorneys in Orange and Chatham county : Joe Buckner, chief judge, District Court

index prepared by the Chapel Hill Historical Society. · 2004 · Chapel Hill Historical Society

UNC

Mission statement, West House Coalition

2004 · West House Coalition

UNC

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