The Carolina Inn is a hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Orange County , North Carolina , which opened in 1924. The Carolina Inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America , the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation .
6-397: The original section of the hotel was built in 1923–1924 on the site of the chapel that gave the town of Chapel Hill its name. Wings were added in 1939–1940, 1969–1970, and 1995. Each section consists of two stories constructed in red brick topped by a gambrel roof with dormers. The front facade of the original section features a two-story piazza supported by six tall paneled wooden posts and
12-695: A spire , tower , or turret . Barns often have cupolas for ventilation. Cupolas can also appear as small buildings in their own right. The square, dome-like segment of a North American railroad train caboose that contains the second-level or "angel" seats is also called a cupola. The term cupola can also refer to the protrusions atop an armoured fighting vehicle due to their distinctive dome-like appearance. They allow crew or personnel to observe, offering very good all round vision, or even field weaponry, without being exposed to incoming fire. Later designs, however, became progressively flatter and less prominent as technology evolved to allow designers to reduce
18-404: A building often crowning a larger roof or dome. Cupolas often serve as a roof lantern to admit light and air or as a lookout. The word derives, via Italian , from lower Latin cupula (classical Latin cupella ), from Ancient Greek κύπελλον ( kúpellon ) 'small cup' (Latin cupa ), indicating a vault resembling an upside-down cup. The cylindrical drum underneath
24-588: A building or structure in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a property in Orange County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cupola In architecture , a cupola ( / ˈ k ( j ) uː p ə l ə / ) is a relatively small, usually dome -like structure on top of
30-413: A centrally-placed cupola atop this original block. The building is Colonial Revival in style, with Classical Revival design elements. It was built by alumnus John Sprunt Hill and donated to the university in 1935. It was managed by Doubletree from 1993 to 2007, and is currently operated by Hyatt . [REDACTED] Media related to Carolina Inn at Wikimedia Commons This article about
36-542: A larger cupola is called a tholobate . The cupola evolved during the Renaissance from the older oculus . Being weatherproof, the cupola was better suited to the wetter climates of northern Europe. The chhatri , seen in Indian architecture , fits the definition of a cupola when it is used atop a larger structure. Cupolas often serve as a belfry , belvedere , or roof lantern above a main roof. In other cases they may crown
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