Alexander Dickson House (circa 1790)
150 East King Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Hillsborough, 919-732-7741, This unique Quaker-plan style house features an office used by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston before his surrender to Union General William T. Sherman at Durham Station in April 1865, as well as an adjacent garden that contains traditional 18th and 19th century plants used for cooking, medicine, and dyeing cloth.
Ayr Mount (circa 1815)
376 Saint Mary's Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27278, Hillsborough, 919-732-6886, One of the finest Federal-era plantation style homes in North Carolina, this beautifully restored home is exquisitely furnished with period antiques and fine art. The home has many original family pieces of William Kirkland who built this house on 500 acres for his wife and their 14 children.
Burwell School, The (circa 1821)
319 Churton Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Hillsborough, 919-732-7451, The site of the Reverend and Mrs. Burwell's School for Young Ladies, this historic schoolhouse includes an 1821 two-story frame house, an 1840 brick music building, an 1840 brick necessary house, and beautiful formal gardens. Guided tours are available that focus on the family, their slaves, and the school's students.
Eagle Lodge Masonic Hall #19 (circa 1823)
142 West King Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27278, Hillsborough, 919-732-9834, Beautiful Greek Revival building made of solid brick that was designed by William Nichols, the state architect, and has served as an opera house, an unofficial town meeting hall, a Civil War hospital, and an observatory for the Burwell School students. The observation tower was removed in 1862 due to water damage but it still has the original pine floors, the original shutters, and the entrance doors.
Forest Theater (circa 1916)
1832 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-962-2069, Now used for special events and weddings, this historic theater was the chosen site of William C. Coker for an outdoor drama celebrating the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
Horace Williams House (circa 1840)
610 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27515, 919-942-7818, The Octagon Room of this charming historic home serves as the major gallery for the Chapel Hill Preservation Society which features monthly changing art exhibits. This is the only historic house in Chapel Hill that is open to the public and many chamber music concerts are held here on a regular basis.
Old Playmakers Theatre (circa 1851)
391 Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-962-1630, A National Historic Landmark, this Greek Revival structure was originally built as a library and ballroom that was converted in 1925 into a theatre. The Union Army stabled horses here during the Civil War and this historic building was the first state university building dedicated to American folk dramatic art.
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery (circa 1776)
Corner of Country Club & South Roads, 919-968-2833, Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this cemetery originally served as the burial place for University faculty, their slaves, and students and now features numerous celebrities that are buried here. The earliest gravestone in the cemetery is that of a University student who died in 1798.
Old Slave Cemetery
Margaret Lane & Hillsborough Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Hillsborough, 919-732-7741, This cemetery has been called the Colored Cemetery, the Black Cemetery, Old Margaret Lane Cemetery, and the Town Public Cemetery throughout the years and was filled up in 1930. The only known records of the people buried here are engraved on the memorial headstones in the cemetery.
Chapel Hill Public Library
100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-968-2777, This large public library offers adult and children's books and materials, as well as Internet resources, children's programming and activities, and a bookmobile that services daycare centers and five public housing communities.
Ackland Art Museum
Columbia Street near Franklin Street Intersection, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, University of North Carolina, 919-966-5736, This museum features a diverse collection of over 15,000 objects that include the history of European paintings and sculptures, Asian art and works on paper, and traditional North Carolina folk art and pottery.
Blue Heaven
1840 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-929-5877, Unique 3,100 square foot museum that features artifacts and memorabilia of the University of North Carolina's men's basketball program with both static and technological items on display.
Chapel Hill Museum
523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27515, 919-967-1400, Numerous exhibits highlighting North Carolina's history, arts, and decorative arts with an emphasis on Chapel Hill and Orange County areas, as well as Southern culture, are on display at this museum that also features a 45-minute self-guided tour and an onsite gift shop.
Kenan Football Center
283 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Frank H. Kenan Stadium, 919-966-2575, Features of this center include a Hall of Honors and the Heavner Theater for football archives that displays cases of historical artifacts and memorabilia, as well as interactive kiosks and vintage photographs.
