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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 . [ 2 ]
Forty residence halls are grouped into 16 residential communities across campus. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the location of the first dormitory in the United States. Old East, built in 1795, is the university's oldest building and the nation's first university residence hall.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) [14] is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States .
The Old Well, a UNC-Chapel Hill landmark that’s closely tied to the university’s image and is steeped in campus lore, has reopened after renovations this summer to improve accessibility.
Learn more in The N&O’s higher education news roundup about what the committee is tasked with deciding about the building’s future.
[1] The legislature chartered the University of North Carolina in 1789, and construction on the campus in Chapel Hill began in 1793. The university became the first public institution of higher learning in the U.S. to open its doors in 1795 when it completed construction on its first building, Old East, and admitted its first students.
When the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Y announced on social media that it had “been closed indefinitely” last week, outcry from the campus and the broader university community poured in immediately.
William Davie (at right wearing masonic apron) laying the cornerstone of Old East. After the first constitution of the state of North Carolina was adopted in 1776 after the United States declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, work began to establish the independent state of North Carolina. Article 41 of North Carolina ...