J. W. CARR'S STORE / H. C. WILLS' HARDWARE / THE HILL BAKERY
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Built in
1846-1847
/ Modified in 1879
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1911-1915
/ Demolished in 1923
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- Sat, 10/14/2023 - 4:19pm by SteveR
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Cross street:
Built in
1846-1847
/ Modified in 1879
,
1911-1915
/ Demolished in 1923
Architectural style:
Neighborhood:
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On October 5, 1846, John Wesley Carr purchased a two-acre property, Town Lot 7, from UNC.[1] He had a house built on the property, and a one-story wooden store built on the northwest corner of Franklin and Columbia streets, selling "general merchandise."[2]
Carr expanded the building circa 1879, although what was sold from/in it is unknown.[3] John W. Carr died in May 1889, leaving the property to his wife, Eliza Pannill (Bullock) Carr. The Carr family sold some/much of the property via auction in 1907 to Junius T. Harris, who in turn sold it to William R. Lloyd. [4]
By 1911, the building housed a meat and grocery stores (maybe operated by Mr. Gooch?).[5] Sometime in 1912 the two stores were combined and used as H. C. Wills' Hardware Store, later Chapel Hill Hardware, owned/operated by H. C. and C. L. Wills.[6]
In 1921, it became The Hill Bakery, owned/operated by William B. Neal and C. B. Guthrie. [7]
William R. Lloyd sold the property to Bruce Strowd in 1923. A new building was built on the site in 1923 for Strowd's Ford dealership, with the Hill Bakery moving into a new building on East Franklin Street.
March 1911 Sanborn Map excerpt (#704-705)
December 1915 Sanborn Map excerpt (#704-705)
October 1913 ad (DTH)
September 1916 ad (DTH)
October 11, 1921 ad (DTH)
April 26, 1923 Chapel Hill Weekly
ENDNOTES
[1] Orange County deed book 32, page 221
[2] Bryant, Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina at 5-Year Intervals, 1793-1998. (1999)
[3] ibid
[4] Orange County deed book 59, page 397, book 61, page 200
[5] Sanborn Map Company, Chapel Hill-Carboro, March 1911; Bryant 1999
[6] The Tar Heel, October 2, 1913; September 16, 1916; Sanborn Map Company, Chapel Hill-Carboro, December 1915
[7] The Tar Heel, October 11, 1921
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