The Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Naval Armory at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill is significant at the local level under Criterion A in the area of Military and Education. Designed in the Colonial Revival style as a “temporary” structure by Archie Royal Davis, a prominent Durham architect, and built by local contractors R. K. Stewart and Son, the NROTC Armory opened in January 1943. Replete with a large drill hall, a mezzanine featuring a replica of a ship’s bridge deck, and a firing range in the basement, the NROTC Armory not only served as the primary training space for NROTC students at UNC Chapel Hill, but it was also used as a social space throughout the war years. With the end of World War II, many of the separate Navy Pre-Flight and V-12 facilities at UNC Chapel Hill were either abandoned or adapted for other uses, and the NROTC Armory became the home for UNC Chapel Hill’s various ROTC programs throughout the remainder of the 20th century. The facility was also the target of anti-war protests during the 1960s and 1970s.

The NROTC Naval Armory at Chapel Hill, NC, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 2024.