Margaret Lane Cemetery
Margaret Lane Cemetery The exact origins of the Margaret Lane Cemetery are not known, but the written records first mention the site in 1885. Research suggests that the cemetery was […]
Jesse Ruffin
Jesse Ruffin This building likely served as the coachman quarters for Jesse Ruffin, the enslaved driver owned by NC Supreme Court Judge Thomas Ruffin. In 1829, Ruffin wrote the “State […]
Occaneechi Indian Village
Occaneechi Indian Village Occaneechi Village is a historic replica of a village located on the Eno River in the early 1700s. The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation was closely […]
Faribault’s Bar-B-Q
Faribault’s Bar-B-Q You can almost taste the smoky pork when Walter Faribault, Jr., describes his family’s barbeque tradition. Faribault is a descendant of a line of cooks who worked throughout […]
Midwives Retirement Community
Midwives Retirement Community The former midwife’s retirement community sat near the corner of Faribault Lane and Exchange Park Lane. While the exact location is lost to history, descendants of the […]
Dickerson Chapel AME Church
Dickerson Chapel AME Church The building that currently serves as Dickerson’s Chapel AME Church has a long, important history for the Black community. Originally a county courthouse – where historical […]
Warner Complex
Warner Complex For three decades, the Warner Complex was a hub for Black entrepreneurship – housing everything from barber and soda shops to laundromats and printing presses. Roosevelt Warner, Sr. […]
Shanklin Press
Shanklin Press The Shanklin family’s printing press business is gone, but it was a key part of the Hillsborough community from the 1960s until the 1980s. The press moved several […]
Central High School
Central High School Central High School may not originally have had a gym, a cafeteria, or new textbooks, but as the only Black public school in Hillsborough, it did have […]
Rock Quarry
Mayo Rock Quarry Many people recognize the rocks that built Duke University’s campus, but few know the land transfer tale that put the quarry and its stones into the school’s […]
