Near West Main Street at Lamar Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Carrboro's roots began in the late 19th century when a
branch of the North Carolina Railroad extended south to
the edge of Chapel Hill, and the first local textile mill
opened nearby. Informally known as West End and
Lloydville, the community . . . — — Map (db m232693) HM
On Carr Store Road at Eno Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling west on Carr Store Road.
Presbyterian. Served by Hugh McAden, 1755-65. Henry Pattillo was first pastor. Church moved to Cedar Grove in 1893. Cemetery one mile S. — — Map (db m223139) HM
On East Franklin Street just east of Robertson Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Morehead Planetarium trained NASA astronauts in celestial navigation for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab missions, 1960-75. Dome 450 ft. S. — — Map (db m171945) HM
On East Franklin Street at Old Fraternity Row, on the right when traveling east on East Franklin Street.
John Sprunt Hill bought this block of buildings in the 1920's and donated it in parcels to UNC from 1947-51 with the stipulation that rent monies fund the North Carolina Collection at the library of the University which is still in effect to this . . . — — Map (db m86542) HM
On North Columbia Street (State Highway 86) at East Rosemary Street, on the right when traveling north on North Columbia Street.
In 1947 the Congress of Racial Equality & local citizens, black & white, protested bus segregation. Setting out from Washington, D.C. “freedom riders” tested compliance with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring segregation on interstate buses. On . . . — — Map (db m223113) HM
On East Franklin Street 0.1 miles east of North Columbia Street (State Highway 86), on the right when traveling west.
Originally built in 1923, as a mattress factory, from 1926 until 1958 housed Berman's Dept. Store and The Intimate Bookshop until 1992, when it was destroyed by fire. Rebuilt 1993. — — Map (db m171951) HM
Near University Lake Road 0.2 miles south of Berryhill Drive, on the left when traveling south.
"He Also Shall Become a People, and He Also Shall Be Great" - Genesis XLVIII, 19
Emigrant from County Antrim, Ireland, to North Carolina before the Revolution; Lieutenant, 10th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army; a . . . — — Map (db m286302) HM
On West Franklin Street at North Roberson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Franklin Street.
In May 1942 a group of 44 African American musicians broke U.S. Navy's color barrier, enlisting at general rank. Barracks were ⅕ mi. N. — — Map (db m171947) HM
On East Cameron Avenue 0.1 miles west of Emerson Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The oldest state university building
in the nation
Cornerstone laid by
William Richardson Davie
October 12, 1793
Third story 1822 • North addition, 1844
Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis
Old East,
University of North . . . — — Map (db m232683) HM
On East Franklin Street just east of Old Fraternity Row, on the right when traveling east.
Herbert Lloyd and Julius Webb discovered an old sawpit dating back to 1813 when they built this brick building in 1900 to replace a row of wooden shops. It originally housed University Athletic Shop, a general merchandise store, and Carolina . . . — — Map (db m171949) HM
Near East Franklin Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
To the Sons of the University
who entered the War of 1861-65
in answer to the call of their
country and whose lives
taught the lesson of
their great commander that
duty is the sublimest word
in the English language.
Erected . . . — — Map (db m223115) WM
On East Franklin Street 0.1 miles east of North Columbia Street, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed in 1923 by Robert L. Strowd, replacing an earlier building owned by Adele Tankersley. James L. Sutton and J. L. Alderman opened Sutton’s Drugstore here in 1923. Robert Foister operated a photography store in this building next to . . . — — Map (db m117135) HM
On West Franklin Street just west of Basnight Lane North when traveling west.
On this site, February 28, 1960, nine Lincoln High School students ignited the Direct Action Civil Rights Movement in Chapel hill with the first sit-in at Colonial Drug.
The Chapel Hill Nine
William Cureton, 18 •
John Farrington, 17 • . . . — — Map (db m171946) HM
On Stony Hill Road at Hillsborough Road, on the right when traveling east on Stony Hill Road.
Born in Pennsylvania about 1736. Served in Virginia Provincial Forces against Indians. Vestryman of the Parish-Church Warden. Chairman County Court. Major Orange County Militia. Member North Carolina Assembly, 1760-1768. Instrumental in establishing . . . — — Map (db m286315) HM
On East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east.
Chapel Hill’s first bakery, Hill Bakery, moved to this space in 1920. In 1946, Thell Jernigan bought the bakery, renaming it Thell’s Bakery, and James H. Davis bought the University Florist in the Pick Theatre Building next door. This building was . . . — — Map (db m117082) HM
On North Roberson Street 0.1 miles north of West Rosemary Street, on the right when traveling north.
Est. as community center for African Americans in 1945. Became key space for fellowship and organizing local civil rights activities. — — Map (db m232687) HM
On U.S. 70 near Efland-Cedar Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
United States Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851: Congressman; author: Jacksonian Democratic leader: was born, 1782, in this neighborhood. — — Map (db m223148) HM
On East King Street at South Cameron Street, on the right when traveling east on East King Street.
The Alexander Dickson House, an ideal example of 18th-century "Quaker-plan" farmhouse, was built around 1790. Alexander Dickson, his wife, Elizabeth, and their nine children moved into this house in 1845. In addition to running the farm, Dickson . . . — — Map (db m139748) HM
On S Churton Street at King Street, on the right when traveling north on S Churton Street.
From this spot where stood the Old State House was started an expedition of frontiersmen under Col. Richard Henderson, for Kentucky, led by Daniel Boone March 17, 1776 ----- • ----- “And they marched away solemnly as if going to the ends of the . . . — — Map (db m223119) HM
On North Churton Street at West Union Street, on the right when traveling south on North Churton Street.
The Reverend Robert Burwell, his wife Anna, and their two children moved from Virginia to Hillsborough in 1835. The Presbyterians, who hired him as their minister, provided the family with a house which was built around 1821 on the corner of Union . . . — — Map (db m232399) HM
On North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70) south of East Queen Street, on the right when traveling north.
Delegates debated U.S. Constitution, July 21-Aug. 4, 1788 & voted to delay ratification until bill of rights was added. Met 100 yards S.W. — — Map (db m223545) HM
On West King Street 0.1 miles North Churton Street (State Highway 86), on the right when traveling west.
In honor and memory of those members who served in the Great World War 1914-1918
Thomas Bacon •
Wm. Eugene Berry •
Harlan G. Coleman •
John P. Dark, Jr. •
S.M. Gattis, Jr. •
Charles F. Haley •
John H. Hughes •
Sam L.W. Hughes • . . . — — Map (db m223120) WM
On S Churton Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Born in New York, Yale graduate, judge. His home, nearby, destroyed by Regulators, 1770. Later Loyalist, British General, Governor. — — Map (db m74942) HM
“Away down the hill was a large baseball field … fenced in with oak boards every bit ten feet so we kids couldn't sneak in. Something was going on there every Saturday and Sunday. We had a good baseball team. A few went on to the . . . — — Map (db m232360) HM
Near North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70) at West Tryon Street, on the right when traveling south.
Session House
After the Revolutionary War, the Town of Hillsborough promised the church property to the first denomination to "call a minister". In 1816 John Knox Witherspoon, grandson of Dr. John Witherspoon (the only clergyman to sign the . . . — — Map (db m252049) HM
Near Elizabeth Brady Road, on the right when traveling north.
HOST & NASCAR Timeline
1920-1933 – Stock car racing grows in popularity during the Prohibition era, when bootleggers who modified their cars for rough terrain held recreational races to see who had the fastest car.
1935-1940s – . . . — — Map (db m232426) HM
On State Highway 86 at Lake Orange Road (County Route 1323), on the left when traveling north on State Highway 86.
Operated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P.H. Winston. Site is 1 mi. W. — — Map (db m98535) HM
Near West Tryon Street 0 miles west of North Churton Street ( Route 86).
A native of East Lothian, Scotland.
Settled in Orange County in 1774.
Member of Committee of Safety at Hillsboro 1775.
A proprietor of the Transylvania Land Company,
representing it before the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia in 1775.
An . . . — — Map (db m284345) HM
On Court Street north of East Margaret Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, white mobs lynched over 6,500 black people across the United states. After the Civil war, most white people continue to support racially hierarchy and refuse to accept emancipation and black . . . — — Map (db m281443) HM
On West Tryon Street 0.1 miles west of North Churton Street, on the right when traveling west.
Nash–Hooper House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the . . . — — Map (db m139763) HM
On South Churton Street, on the right when traveling north.
Village of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680 – 1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John Lawson. ½ mi. E. — — Map (db m223126) HM
On West Tryon Street west of North Churton Street ( Highway 86), on the right when traveling west.
Although it lies in the shadow of a historic church, Hillsborough's Old Town Cemetery is not a traditional churchyard burial ground. One of North Carolina's oldest municipal cemeteries, it was established in 1757 by the colonial Assembly and is the . . . — — Map (db m232411) HM
On East King Street at South Churton Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east on East King Street.
Designed and erected, 1844 – 45
by
John Berry of Hillsborough, 1798 – 1870
Builder, Architect, Legislator, Humanitarian
Builder of distinguished structures in his native state
Contributor to the tradition of American architecture . . . — — Map (db m280471) HM
On S Churton Street at Exchange Park Lane, on the right when traveling north on S Churton Street. Reported permanently removed.
The first paper mill in North Carolina, built to relieve the paper shortage during the Revolution, was erected in this vicinity, 1777. — — Map (db m223128) HM
On West Tryon Street west of North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling west.
Site of First North Carolina Convention 1788
which refused to ratify the United States
Constitution; later ratified at Second
Convention 1789 in Fayetteville.
Placed by: Orange County Constitutional
Bicentennial Committee
July 23, . . . — — Map (db m139776) HM
Near St. Marys Road (County Road 1002) east of North Cameron Street, on the right when traveling east.
This historic churchyard unifies five tracts of land given between 1824 and 1934 by Thomas Carter Ruffin and his Cameron family descendants. The pathway system and Memorial Garden were added in 2007 through the generosity of parishioners.
The . . . — — Map (db m187668) HM
Near State Highway 86, on the right when traveling south.
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. . . . — — Map (db m13972) HM
On East Queen Street at North Churton Street ( Route 86), on the right when traveling east on East Queen Street.
This historic church has served as the home of Dickerson Chapel AME Church since 1867. But its story begins much earlier, in 1790, when it was built as the Orange County Courthouse, on a site two blocks to the south. At that time it was a plain wood . . . — — Map (db m284350) HM
On East Queen Street 0.6 miles east of North Churton Street ( Route 86), on the left when traveling east.
This tablet marks the house of
Thomas Burke
1747-1783
An Able Statesman
Member of conventions at New Bern and
Hillsboro, 1775, Representative to
Provisional Congresses at Halifax, 1776,
Delegate to the Continental Congress, . . . — — Map (db m284343) HM
On West King Street 0.1 miles west of South Churton Street (Business U.S. 70), on the left when traveling west.
Established as the Orange County seat in 1754 where the Great Indian Trading Path crossed the Eno River, Hillsborough appears much as it did in the 18th century. Known as the "capital of the back country," Hillsborough was the scene of many . . . — — Map (db m171933) HM
Near West Union Street west of North Churton Street ( Highway 86), on the left when traveling west.
The Burwell School was one of the earliest schools in North Carolina, which provided a scholarly education for young women. The school was established by Margaret Anna Burwell and Reverend Robert Burwell in 1837 and operated until 1857. Young women . . . — — Map (db m232361) HM
Near Elizabeth Brady Road 0.3 miles north of Business U.S. 70, on the right when traveling north.
The Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail (HOST) is located on a site whose history dates to the 17th century, when the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation resided here along the banks of the Eno River.
In the late 1700s, James Hogg, an original . . . — — Map (db m232424) HM
On North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70) at West Tryon St, on the left when traveling north on North Churton Street.
Governor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852. His home stands 150 yds. W. — — Map (db m98530) HM
On Dodsons Crossroads (North Carolina Route 1102) at Carlisle Road, on the right when traveling south on Dodsons Crossroads.
Revolutionary War Patriot, appointed an official of Orange County, N.C. 1777.
Buried in Family Cemetery (now destroyed) nine-tenths mile east of Dodsons Crossroad
100 yards south of Highway 1177. — — Map (db m286348) HM
On East Margaret Lane at South Churton Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling east on East Margaret Lane.
William Churton
FL. 1749 – D. 1767
English Surveyor - Cartographer
Laid Out Hillsborough, 1754
—————
Place by Exchange Club of
Hillsborough
1975 — — Map (db m223132) HM
William Hooper Esquire
Signer
Declaration of Independence
July 4th, 1776
Sponsored by the Davie Poplar Chapter
Erected by National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina
1937 — — Map (db m139769) HM
