Old East Building

Old East Building is a building in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina. Old East Building is situated nearby to the shelter Old Well, as well as near the museum Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Old East.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Museum

Photo: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a unit of the university, Morehead receives about one-third of its funding through state sources, one-third through ticket and gift sales, and one-third through gifts and grants. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is situated 580 feet north of Old East Building.

Old East

Dormitory

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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.

Old Well

Shelter

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The Old Well is a small, neoclassical cyclostyle on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus at the southern end of McCorkle Place. The current decorative form of the Old Well was modeled after the Temple of Love in the Gardens of Versailles and was completed in 1897.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.

Carrboro

Town

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Carrboro is a town in Orange County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 21,295 at the 2020 census. The town, which is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill combined statistical area, was named after North Carolina industrialist Julian S.

Collins Crossing

Neighborhood

Formerly Abby Court, and previously Old Well, is a complex of over 300 residences in North Carolina. Formerly advertised as a complex of “condominiums,” however only a few units, 63 to be exact, are still privately owned. Collins Crossing is situated 2 miles west of Old East Building.

Southern Village

Suburb

Southern Village is a 312-acre of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. Southern Village is situated 2½ miles south of Old East Building.

Old East Building

Type: Building
Location: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.91235° or 35° 54′ 45″ north

Longitude

-79.05077° or 79° 3′ 3″ west

Elevation

499 feet (152 metres)

Open location code

8772WW6X+WM

GeoNames ID

7603240

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