Chapel Hill Holiday Home Tour Dec 10-11

by Patty Griffin | December 05 2011

Chapel Hill, NC welcomes visitors to the community that embodies the vision of one of North Carolina’s most celebrated literary figures, Paul Green. Greenwood, named for Paul Green, is one of Chapel Hill’s most beautiful and historic neighborhoods. Tour eight majestic homes open to public on the 2011 Chapel Hill Holiday House Tour in this wonderful community off of Raleigh Road (Hwy 54) near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. A ninth stop will feature the 19th century African-American cemetery Paul Green donated to the Town of Chapel Hill in 1979. This year’s tour will be held on December 10 & 11, 2011 from 1 – 5 pm both days. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the weekend of the event. For tour information, please call the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill at (919) 942-7818 or visit http://www.chapelhillpreservation.com.

Paul Green, purchased over 200 acres of wooded land near Chapel Hill starting in 1933. By this time he was becoming a successful Hollywood screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winning author. Green wrote North Carolina’s beloved outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. Green had hoped to build a dream home on the land with his wife, Elizabeth, and found a community where artists and academics could live in close contact with nature.

Start your day off in downtown Chapel Hill for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade, Saturday, December 10 at 10 am. The route begins at the Morehead Planetarium and meanders down Franklin Street through Carrboro on Main Street, ending at Carrboro Town Hall. Visit the http://www.chapelhilljaycees.org for information.

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