NC logo

The interlocking "NC" logo has been associated with the university since at least the 1890s. It was used on uniforms worn by the early baseball and football teams and appears on sweaters worn by students in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When UNC—Chapel Hill entered...

Ehringhaus Residence Hall

Ehringhaus Residence Hall was one of two high-rise dorms completed in 1962, as the university campus continued to move south in order to find a home for its expanding student body. The initial residents of the dorm were all first-year men students. Ehringhaus remained all men until 1972. In the 1970...

Bell tower

The university's iconic bell tower was dedicated on November 26, 1931. The official name —Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower —recognizes the families of the two men who donated the funds to build it in the heart of campus. John Motley Morehead, UNC class of 1891, and his cousin Rufus Leno...

Phillips Hall

Phillips Hall opened in 1919 to house many of the university's science departments, which had been scattered around the campus. The Departments of Math, Physics, and Engineering were the first occupants. As Phillips was being built, the Tar Heel boasted that the new building would be the "be...