Old East, University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina campus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. County/parish: Orange.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000596.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

• East Building

From Wikipedia:

Old East

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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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718813