172 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Building Number: 057
Year Built: 1912
Departments: Scholarships and Student Aid
Vance Hall is named for Zebulon Baird Vance, who was a prominent North Carolina governor and U.S. Senator.
The Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward recommended in a April 2021 resolution to the Chancellor that Vance's name be removed from honor based on the following:
- Vance enslaved black men, women, and children.
- He committed treason against the United States by his service as an officer of the Confederate army.
- As North Carolina's two-term Civil war governor, he used his positions of influence to perpetuate and sustain systems of racial oppression - first, slavery, and then the regime of Jim Crow.
- He espoused white supremacist principles throughout his political career and lifetime.
Building Features:
- Gender Neutral Restrooms:
- Floor: 01, Room: 120A, Accessible Toilet