West Chapel Hill Historic District Houses for Sale

The West Chapel Hill Historic District is a primarily residential neighborhood set in the woods directly west of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an enclave that grew alongside the university, its historic homes, some of which date to the 1840s, helped the neighborhood to earn its distinction as a National Register Historic District in 1998. “More than anything, this is where town meets campus,” says Gary Saleeby, a longtime Chapel Hillian and Realtor with Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, who says this community attracts students, university faculty and medical staff who want to be able to walk and bike to campus and UNC Hospitals. Franklin Street, the city’s lively downtown stretch, serves as the district’s northern boundary. “You do have a little student contact with sorority and fraternity houses in the neighborhood,” Saleeby adds. With several apartment complexes, renters outnumber homeowners in this sought-after community, though more than a quarter of neighborhood residences are single-family homes occupied by the owners. There’s a noticeable shift in character from Franklin Street's dense urban blocks to the tree-lined roads of the West Chapel