North Carolina Botanical Garde

The UNC Board of Trustees first approved the use of university-owned land for a botanical garden in 1952. The original land was supplemented by private gifts, and the North Carolina Botanical Garden now manages more than 1,000 acres. The garden, overseen by the university's botany department, fi...

Hyde Hall

Hyde Hall is home to the Institute for Arts and Humanities, which provides support and training for faculty through a variety of programs. The decision to place a new building for the institute in McCorkle Place, the oldest part of campus, symbolized the institute's centrality to nurturing the h...

Eagle Hotel

Eagle Hotel once stood on the present site of Graham Memorial Hall on the east side of McCorkle Place. The university's first steward, John "Buck" Taylor, opened a tavern on the site in 1796, which he and his son operated until the 1820s. It was known simply as the Tavern House and, like...

Education, School of

The School of Education traces its origins back to 1877, when the university established a Summer Normal School to provide training for teachers in North Carolina. Teacher training was offered only during the summer until 1885, when the Department of Normal Instruction was established. A graduate pr...