Graham Residence Hall

Graham Residence Hall opened in 1924, alongside two other new dorms (Aycock and Lewis). It was named in 1928 for John Washington Graham, the son of former governor and U.S. senator William A. Graham. After graduating from UNC in 1857 and serving in the Confederate army, where he was wounded twice, h...

Fordham Hall

Opened in 1988, Fordham Hall was built behind Mitchell Hall to house biology and biotechnology programs, with faculty offices and research laboratories. The building is named for Christopher C. Fordham III, chancellor of UNC—Chapel Hill from 1980 to 1988. Fordham was an alumnus (class of 1947)...

Carolina Coffee Shop

Carolina Coffee Shop is the oldest continuously operating business in Chapel Hill, operating at 138 East Franklin Street since 1922. It opened as a soda fountain called the Carolina Confectionary. It later added full meals and "Coffee Shop" to the name. By the mid-1930s it was known simply a...

Jackson Hall

The building now known as Blyden and Roberta H. Jackson Hall was originally built in 1942 to house the campus's U.S. Navy pre-flight school. After World War II a kitchen and dining room were added and it housed the Monogram Club, an organization of current and former varsity athletes. The buildi...