Woollen Gymnasium was the home of the University of North Carolina's

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 physical education classes from 1937 and the North Carolina Tar Heels

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 men's basketball

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 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 Tar Heels played there until Carmichael Auditorium

Carmichael Auditorium

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 was built in 1965 as an annex which shares the Gymnasium's eastern wall. North Carolina won the 1957 national championship while playing there.

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. The old section numbers and ticket windows are still visible.