History

Patterson Mill Country Store: A local treasure

If you’re driving on Farrington Road between Highway 54 and Old Chapel Hill Road you will come across the Patterson Mill General Store, a wonderful little detour into the mists of time.  Part museum of old medical  equipment and memorabilia, part art gallery, part general store, Patterson Mill is a wonderful place to spend an [...]


Bynum front porch music series begins!

First, a history… Bynum is a sweet little town on the Haw River, between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.  From the UNC  Southern Historical Collection: The Bynum mill had been built in 1872 by Luther and Carney Bynum on their farm on the Haw River. With capital from neighboring farmers George Thompson and E. W. Atwater, [...]