Woollen Gymnasium

Woollen Gymnasium
Location	South Road, Chapel Hill, N.C., United States
Broke ground	1936
Opened	1937
Renovated	2004 , 2010
Expanded	1942
Owner	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Operator	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Construction cost	$646,000 (including swimming pool)
Architect	Atwood and Weeks
Main contractors	J. A. Jones Construction Company
Capacity	6,000 (1952)
Tenants
North Carolina Tar Heels (NCAA) 1938-1965

Woollen Gymnasium was the home of the University of North Carolina's physical education classes from 1937, and the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball from early 1938. The Gymnasium was named after Charles T. Woollen, Class of 1905. The gymnasium replaced the nearby arena colloquially known as the Tin Can. The Woollen Gymnasium was the home court of Tar Heel basketball until 1965, when Carmichael Auditorium was completed as an annex to Woollen, sharing the Gymnasium's eastern wall. North Carolina won the 1957 national championship in men's basketball while playing in Woollen Gymnasium.

The Gymnasium is still in use today, hosting classes and intramural events, as well as providing room for the Roy Williams Basketball Camp in the summer.^{[citation needed]} The old section numbers and ticket windows are still visible.^{[citation needed]}

References

• "Building 47". Plan Room. UNC Engineering Information Services (EIS). http://www.planroom.unc.edu/bldg/detail.asp?id=047. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 
• "Renovated Woollen Gym opens Oct. 6 with greats who played there participating" (Press release). UNC News Services. 2004-09-28. http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sept04/woolen092804.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 
• Powell, Adam (2005). University of North Carolina Basketball. Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738541508. 
• Rappoport, Ken (2005). Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room (Second edition ed.). Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1596700068. 
• Turbyville, Fred (1952). The Blue Book of College Athletics. Akron, Ohio: Rohrich Corp..