Unsung Founders Memorial

The Unsung Founders Memorial at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a memorial located in McCorkle Place, one of the University's quads.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Ackland Art Museum.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Museum

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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 430 feet northeast of Unsung Founders Memorial.

Ackland Art Museum

Museum

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The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ackland Art Museum is situated 950 feet west of Unsung Founders Memorial.

Varsity Theatre

Movie theater

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Varsity Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 930 feet west of Unsung Founders Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Chapel Hill

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Scenic and regularly decked out in "Carolina blue", Chapel Hill is a lovely college town in North Carolina that makes up the westernmost point of the Research Triangle.

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 Unsung Founders Memorial.

Unsung Founders Memorial

Type: Monument
Description: historic site in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Category: historic site
Location: Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.91336° or 35° 54′ 48″ north

Longitude

-79.05179° or 79° 3′ 6″ west

Open location code

8772WW7X+87

OpenStreetMap ID

way 320821054

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q7897545

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In Other Languages

“Unsung Founders Memorial” goes by many names.

Russian: “Памятник невоспетым основателям”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include McCorkle Place and Silent Sam former location.

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