Davis Library

Following decades of rapid growth at the university, by the 1970s it became clear that the library collections and services were outgrowing the iconic Wilson Library building. In October 1975 the board of trustees approved the construction of a new central library on campus, using funds available fr...

Aycock Residence Hall

Completed in 1924, Aycock was one of three new dorms built on the east side of campus (Graham and Lewis are the others). It was named in 1928 for Charles Brantley Aycock. At the time Aycock was one of the most revered men in the state. A member of the UNC class of 1880, Aycock was a successful lawye...

Carroll Hall

Carroll Hall opened in the spring of 1953, one of three new buildings to house the university's growing School of Business Administration (along with Hanes and Gardner). The building was named for Dudley Dewitt Carroll, the dean of the school; he took over as dean in 1919, when it was known as t...

Dey Hall

Dey Hall was completed in 1962 for the use of the university's foreign language departments. The building was praised for being fully air conditioned and for its language lab, which had 200 stations in which students could study languages using tape-recorded lessons and conversations. It is name...