101 W. ROSEMARY ST. / CAROLINA CAB STAND / CAROLINA COACH BUS STATION

Built circa 1930, this structure was a garage that was modified by/for by the Carolina Cab Company. There once was a wood frame structure housing a blacksmith shop and wood shop on this site, but by 1915 it was demolished [1].

The lot was part of the William Lloyd property, but was sold to Claude Cates by Lueco Lloyd in June 1927 [2]. Cates sold it via trust to S. Carl Forrest in November 1935 [3]. Forrest sold it to Albert Poe in January 1936 [4]. Poe sold it to John M. Foushee in January 1956 [5].

By 1936 this was a taxi stand for Carolina Cab (the Carolina Cab Company was owned by Charles Bartlett; he started it in 1935 and closed the business in 1955). In April 1936, the bus station was moved from 136 East Franklin Street to this structure (until 1946-47, when it moved into a new structure) [6].

By 1966 the structure was demolished for a parking lot, owned/operated by the Chapel Hill Parking Association [7].

View north west, 1954 photo excerpt (via CHHS Hill Life)

June 1955 photo excerpt (photo by Roland Giduz, via UNC)

Excerpt from the April 24, 1936 Chapel Hill Weekly

ENDNOTES

[1] 1911, 1915 Sanborn maps

[2] Orange County deed book 86, page 236

[3] Orange County deed book x, page x

[4] Orange County deed book 1044, page 56; also see book 110, page 44.001. Other likely associated property transactions are book 126, page 6 and book 126, page 10.

[5] Orange County deed book 158, page 183; also see book 158, page 208

[6] The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1936

[7] Orange County deed book x, page x