Chapel Hill - UNC

Built circa 1920, this house is the sole survivor of the Park Place neighborhood.

These four cottages were built circa 1920 on property owned by Joseph Hyde Pratt (situated on the rear of his property; his house was on E. Franklin Street). They were typically furnished, and rented to faculty members (and their families) and/or students and/or guests of the neighborhood if and when not otherwise occupied. Novelist Robert Herrick...

View north, circa 1925 (via UNC) View north east (via UNC Postcard collection) Circa 1960 (via HSANC) Delta Kappa Epsilon (D.K.E.), Beta Chapter was the first fraternity founded at the University of North Carolina on April 5, 1851. The early chapter meetings were held in the house of John W. Carr. Due to the Civil War, the chapter was dissolved in...

In 1909 or early 1910, Jesse Jones opened "The Coop,” a members-only dining facility that catered to university students, especially fraternity members. It was located east of (just to the rear of) the present-day Ackland Art Museum building, near several fraternity houses. The property was owned by the Webb family, who sold it to the Chapel Hill...

In 1909 or early 1910, Jesse Jones opened "The Coop,” a members-only dining facility that catered to university students, especially fraternity members. Jones died August 1, 1912, but his business was continued by Harrison Neville. The business moved from its original location to an adjacent newly-built building in 1917 or 1918. This Coop structure...