Rural - Schley

St. Mary's School / St. Mary's Country Day School

Former St. Mary's School, circa 1970 There is said to have been a one-room, log school house at this site since the 1840s. At least by 1877 there was a public school at or near this site (and "St. Mary's" District No. 10 is shown on Silas Link's 1868 Map of Orange County as laid of[f] into Districts for common schools and Townships). In 1895, the...

3215 Nc 57 / The Sportsman's Lakeside Lodge / Sportsman's Lakeview Lodge

The Sportsman's Lakeside Lodge, located just north of Hillsborough, was one of two Orange County KKK "klaverns" (i.e. local club or unit) of the United Klans of America, Inc. (UKA). Another Orange County klavern was located in or near Mebane. The Sportsman's Lakeside Lodge, August 1965 (photo via the Chapel Hill Weekly) There is a structure (built...

3600 Mincey Rd.

The house that once stood at this address was the site of two gruesome murders in early 1992.

Schley Grange Hall

"Built in 1949, the locally significant Schley Grange Hall meets National Register of Historic Places Criterion A for social history as the Orange County agricultural community of Schley’s primary meeting place and recreational center. The building is the only dedicated Grange hall identified in the county’s up-to-date comprehensive architectural...