Old East, University of North Carolina
Historic residence hall at UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Built 1793. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Old East is a residence hall located at the north part of campus in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Built in 1793 by slave labor, it became the first state university building in the United States. The Wren Building at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, was built in 1695, but William and Mary did not become a public university until 1906.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | University of North Carolina campus, Chapel Hill, NC |
| County | Orange County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000596 |
| Built | 1793 |
| Type of place | university dormitory |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | University of North Carolina campus, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Coordinates | 35.91257, -79.05048 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · 47 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Crosswinds Campgrounds 12 mi |
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Nearby in Orange County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000596. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.