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Old West

Enslaved people constructed Old West in 1823. Though the building had many purposes throughout the last two centuries, it currently serves as a student dormitory. Old West serves as a reminder that the University’s most prominent buildings were built only through the labor of enslaved people.

Old West, in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Image Collection Collection #P0004, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Organization: UNC Housekeepers Association

Space Use: Dormitory and Housing

Spatial Organizing Approach: Reclamation

Date Created: 1823

Campus Space: Cheek-Clark Building

Citation:  Interview with Chris Baumann by Charlotte Fryar, 22 December 2017, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.