Window openings around the nation's oldest state university building
Chapel Hill's university was chartered in 1789, and Old East, whose cornerstone was laid in 1793, remains the oldest state university building in the country. Homes built up around that campus over the following two centuries carry window openings sized to whatever standard was current when each was framed.
Hilly lots and summer heat on older sash
Durham's July average high of around 89°F makes an original, single-pane sash on one of Chapel Hill's older campus-adjacent homes a real energy drag, and the hilly, tree-covered lots common in town add their own sun-exposure variation from window to window. Measuring existing openings before ordering avoids a mismatch tied to that pre-standardized construction.
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Let us know the approximate age of the home relative to the surrounding campus-area blocks, the current window material, and how many openings need replacing.