Unc Chapel Hill Old Well

The Old Well is a small, neoclassical cyclostyle on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus at the southern end of McCorkle Place. 1 2 3 The current decorative form of the Old Well was modeled after the Temple of Love in the Gardens of Versailles and was completed in 1897. 4It was designed by the university registrar Eugene Lewis Harris 1856-1901, an artist and 1881

UNC students sip from the Old Well on the first day of class on August 20, 2019, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Johnny AndrewsUNC-Chapel Hill quotIt has never actually worked for me, but I think it's user error, not the Old Well's magic,quot said senior Meghan O'Shaughnessy, who has participated in

At the heart of campus stands the visual symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The scene of wedding proposals, graduation photos and fun Carolina traditions, it sits on the site of the primary water source for the University's first 100 years. In 1897, the well was given its present decorative form at the direction of President Erwin A. Alderman, who described his

As UNC students return to campus this upcoming week and line up to take their traditional First Day of Class sips from the Old Well, the landscaping around the iconic site will look a little

Students take a sip from the Old Well on the first day of classes on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill August 21, 2018. Jon GardinerUNC-Chapel Hill A Class of 1976 alumna quoted in a 2002 Daily Tar Heel article said some students did it during her student days.

UNC-Chapel Hill's iconic Old Well reopened Sunday, in time for the first day of classes. Since May, the landmark had been undergoing updates to improve accessibility. All summer, visitors who

In 1897, UNC President Edwin A. Alderman initiated the redesign of the original ramshackle shelter, which had been the primary source of campus water for more than a century. When it was finished, the new Greek Revival structure was so beautiful that it quickly became the unofficial symbol of the University. In 1954, it was given added beauty with brick walls, plantings and benches. Students

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest state university, with a rich history of more than two centuries. This virtual museum retells that history much as a physical museum might do, with texts and images arranged in a series of roughly chronological exhibits. Along the way, there is much for the university's friends to take pride in, and other truths that are

Take the Old Well. Every town resident knows this landmark, a symbol of the qualities that gave Chapel Hill its sobriquet, the Southern part of Heaven. Turns out, the Old Well is neither unique, nor old, nor, for that matter, even a well. The name is trebly misleading. In UNC's early years, there were wells all over the place.

The Old Well is the most enduring symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and it serves as part of the official UNC logo. It is at least as old as Old East dorm, and that dorm is the oldest public university building in the United States dating from the 1790s. Old Well, 1902, from the NCC Photo Archives' Collier Cobb