Rural - University

The train station for the branch point from the main NC RR line to Chapel Hill.

The Cool Springs School was built in 1921-1922, on two acres of land located south-south east of University Station. The total cost of the school was $3,200.00, with the local black community raising $1,800.00, the general public raising $600.00, and the Rosenwald fund providing $800.00 towards its construction. It was a two-teacher type building...

On January 21, 1868, Robert G. Fitzgerald moved to Hillsborough from Pennsylvania to work as an associate teacher at the Quaker Freedman's School in Hillsboro. In early March 1869, Fitzgerald received a letter from his family (then living in Pennsylvania) that they were moving to Hillsboro and would be there that month. They (his father Thomas...

In August 1844, Thomas W. Holden and his business partner, his son-in-law John F. Lyon, purchased what became known as "Enoe Mills" from John McKrall. At the end of 1844, Holden tried to sell his share in the mill (see ad below), and moved to Milton. He transferred the mill to Lyon in 1851. After financial difficulties, and likely the Civil War...

Built circa 1960 as the General Joseph E. Johnston Motel. Associated with the General Sherman Restaurant and the Holiday Ice Arena skating rink/ice rink. It is now an annex of the OYO Hotel Durham West Hills complex. Via UNC photo collection 1960s postcard excerpt Ad from 1961 (from The News of Orange) View west, 3.17.2021 (S. Rankin) View south, 3...

Another business that solidified James Freeland's title of "The Walt Disney of the South" Likely not a "Green Book" recommended establishment :O

The OG Orange County ABC Store #4