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The Scuttlebutt was a popular snack bar on UNC's campus for 50
years. A small wooden building, it was completed in 1943 for use as
a canteen by the Navy Pre-Flight School during World War II. It was
turned over to Carolina in 1945.
The Scuttlebutt was torn down in Oct 1996 after being closed in
May 1995. It was torn down because the building was in poor
condition and would cost too much to repair.
If you're wondering how the Scuttlebutt got it's name, the
origin of the word "scuttlebutt," which is nautical parlance for a
rumor, comes from a combination of "scuttle" — to make a hole
in the ship's hull and thereby causing her to sink —- and
"butt" — a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships
to hold drinking water. The cask from which the ship's crew took
their drinking water — like a water fountain — was the
"scuttlebutt". Even in today's Navy a drinking fountain is referred
to as such. But, since the crew used to congregate around the
"scuttlebutt", that is where the rumors about the ship or voyage
would begin. Thus, then and now, rumors are talk from the
"scuttlebutt" or just "scuttlebutt".
The building was located at the east end of the flagstone
walkway, where the lamp post currently stands.
Parking will be easier after 5PM or on weekends. Chapel Hill
Transit stops nearby.
Congrats to the-snowlight on being FTF!