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This structure was built for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity in 1929-1930. No comments yet. This structure was purpose-built for the Alpha Tau Omega (A.T.O.) Fraternity in 1929-1930. It was designed by Nathaniel C. Curtis, a professor of architecture at Tulane University and a UNC alumnus. It was built at a cost of ,353.50, "not counting lighting fixtures." The property was purchased in November 1891 by the trustees of the Alpha Delta Chapter of the A.T.O. The first structure was a wood frame house that was built in 1893 for the fraternity. A 1909 fire destroyed the first house, and a new one was constructed. Another fire, in 1927, caused the second structure's demise. 1901, showing first ATO fraternity house (via UNC's Yackety Yack) An excerpt from the June 5, 1909 Daily Tar Heel 1915 Sanborn Map excerpt ("FRATERNITY HO." at #502) View north, 1918, showing the second house (via UNC's Yackety Yack) An excerpt from the May 7, 1927 Daily Tar Heel What it was to look like; an architectural study by J. Cozby Byrd and Schell Lewis, 1927 What it actually looked like; 1931 (via UNC's Yackety Yack) 1931 (via UNC's Yackety Yack) During World War II, when military programs at UNC put a strain on the campus housing situation and many fraternity members were serving in the military, the A.T.O. house was occupied by the Delta Delta Delta sorority from September 1943 to early 1946. By June 1946, A.T.O. had moved back into their house. 1945 drawing (via UNC's Yackety Yack) View north, June 2019 (via Google Streetview) From the National Registry nomination:303 E. FRANKLIN ST. / ALPHA TAU OMEGA FRATERNITY HOUSE
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No comments yet. View north, 1913 (from UNC's Yackety Yack) View north, 1921 (from UNC's Yackety Yack) From The News of Orange, 6.23.1949 View north west, circa 1970 (via Chapel Hill Historical Society) 1960s, view north (via Mack Watts collection) View south west, circa 1970 (from http://carrboro.com/carrborohistory.shtml) 1977 ad (via the Daily Tar Heel) 1979 (via Chapel Hill Historical Society) 05.22.11 (G. Kueber)SOUTHERN RAILWAY STATION - CARRBORO
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The site of the one time oldest bar in Chapel Hill, The Shack (1945-1979) No comments yet. View north west, 1960s Interior, 1960s View north west, circa 1978 (photo credit unknown) View north west, 1979 (via the Daily Tar Heel) Interior and "Wheaties," October 1977 (photo via the Daily Tar Heel) Interior, 1979 (photo by L. C. Barbour, via the Daily Tar Heel) 1967 ad (via the Daily Tar Heel) Built in the 1930s as a garage for jitneys (i.e. large touring cars used as public transportation) that took UNC students to and from the train station in Durham. Then was the Carolina Cycle Company starting in early 1946. 1946 ad (via the Daily Tar Heel) In late 1947, Thomas Braxton "Brack" Creel rented the property and remodeled it into The Shack, a beer and snack bar. In early 1955, Creel retired and his son-in-law Walter T. Harville took over the lease and business. In the 1960s Harville sold the business to Bill Sparrow. Then Berkley Tulloch co-owned/operated the establishment until 1971 when John L. "Wheaties" Richardson took it over. The Shack was a segregated establishment, and there were calls for a boycott of the place in 1963. It closed at 5:00 a.m. (after an all-night party) on April 3, 1979, and was demolished a few months later. It is now a parking lot. The site today, view north, August 2019 (via Google Streetview)120 W. ROSEMARY ST. / THE SHACK
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Other sites:
Note: In the film, UNC doubles for the ficticious Willard College For Men, and Fulton (a women's college)
Polk Place (UNC): museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show/architecture/polk-place
Kenan Dorm (UNC): housing.unc.edu/live/explore-the-halls/residence-halls/kenan
South Building (UNC): unchistory.web.unc.edu/prsp-record/south-building
"an old motor court on Old Chapel Hill Road" (unknown)
The Carolina Theater (where the film was locally shown): 108 E. Franklin St.
The Varsity Theater (where the North Carolina premiere was shown/held): 123 E. Franklin St.
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