R.B. Fitch was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At that time, Chapel Hill's population was around 4,000 people. His father and grandfather were in the retail lumber and building material business, and his family has lived in this area since the 1700s.


After R.B. graduated from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1955, he spent three years flying F-100's in the Air Force. During a tour in England, R.B. came to love the look and feel of the English countryside. After his return to the states, R.B. founded Fitch Creations, which began with remodeling kitchens, building homes "on your lot for $12,500," and developing small subdivisions.

In the early '70s, R.B. began a 30 year adventure which would combine his small-town, know-your-neighbor upbringing with the style and charm of the English villages he had come to love. He and his late wife, Jenny, purchased the 640-acre dairy farm that had been in the Fearrington family for generations and started the conversion of the farm area and its surrounding land into a country village. The original farm house and outbuildings now house the shops and restaurants of the village center, while over 1000 families have homes nestled in the surrounding woodlands and fields.

R.B.'s own home is in the Village, and Fearrington is the only development in which he is involved. "Fitch Creations gingerly develops the land, designs and builds the homes, owns and operates the inn, restaurant and most of the shops" said R.B.  "I hope you come and visit with us soon."

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Fearrington Village | 2000 Fearrington Village Center | Pittsboro, NC 27312
Just minutes from Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC
(919) 542.4000

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