Administration offices

Local businessman and owner of Strowd Motor Company Bruce Strowd and Chapel Hill Mayor William S. Robeson decided to open a new movie theater, to compete with the nearby Pickwick Theatre. The property was purchased in October 1915 and by December construction was begun on the building, which was also to include a new auto station and repair...

Built in 1907 for Joseph Archer and his family on property purchased from Junius D. Webb [1]. Joseph Archer died in 1916. Fannie G. Archer operated a boarding house for UNC students in the house [2]. The house and property was purchased by UNC from Fannie Archer in January 1920 [3]. From 1920 to 1925 it was a frat house for Pi Kappa Phi [4], when...

The OG Orange County ABC Store #1 in Hillsborough.

Built circa 1836, this was the Battle family manse from 1844 into the mid 20th century.

View east, circa 1910 (via UNC) Built in the summer of 1907, this third infirmary on the UNC campus was authorized by the State legislature the previous year. The two-story structure was built of "gray pressed brick" at a cost of $21,000. The architect was Frank P. Milburn and the contractor/builder was Norman Underwood. John Squires was the...

Built in 1935 on what was at the time private property that had been purchased in August 1933 by the Atlantic Corporation. North Carolina textile magnate Kenneth S. Tanner (UNC class of 1911) had the structure built for use by his son and four other students for use as a dwelling and clubhouse. It was designed by Charlotte architect Martin Boyer...

The Carl Smith Building was built by/for Carl Smith in 1949.

The Town of Carboro purchased the property from B.F. and Lillie Ray in September 1925. This property was known as Lot 6 (Block B) of the 1919 Herbert Lloyd subdivision. An adjacent property was purchased by the Town of Carboro from George and Grace Poe in January 1934 (which also had been part of the Herbert Lloyd subdivision) to expand/consolidate...