Chapel Hill Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Chapel Hill Historic District

Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina
Listed
December 16, 1971
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
71000604

About this property

Chapel Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 46 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects on the central campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and surrounding residential sections of Chapel Hill. The district's buildings date from 1793 to the early-20th century and include notable examples of Classical Revival and Jacobean Revival architecture. Located in the district and separately listed are the Chapel of the Cross, Old East, building and Playmakers Theatre. Other notable contributing resources are the Davie Poplar, Old West (1822), South Building (1798), the Old Well, Person Hall (1797), Gerrard Hall (1822), New East (c. 1860), New West, the Joseph Caldwell Monument (1858), the Y.M.C.A. Building, Battle-Vance-Pettigre11 Dormitory (1913), Horace Williams House (1854), the Phillips Law Office, the Phillips House (1856), the Old Methodist Church (1853), Senlac (1843, 1876), Hippol Castle (1920s), and Battle Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and enlarged in 2015.

Location

Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina
35.91260, -79.05026

Categories

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREEDUCATIONSCIENCEARCHITECTUREPERFORMING ARTS
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Old East, University of North Carolina
Industrial
0 mi
Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Naval Armory at UNC-Chapel Hill
Industrial
0.3 mi
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House
Industrial
0.3 mi
Nash, Arthur C. and Mary S.A., House
Industrial
0.3 mi
Carolina Inn
Industrial
0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Stoneman's Raid — Chapel Hill NC
1865Civil War
0.3 mi

Questions about this property

When was Chapel Hill Historic District listed on the National Register?

Chapel Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1971.

What type of historic resource is Chapel Hill Historic District?

Chapel Hill Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Chapel Hill Historic District?

The period of significance for Chapel Hill Historic District is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1793.

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