Gothic Reading Room in Perkins Library
William R. Perkins Library
411 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC 27708
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The Rare Book Room is immediately adjacent to the Perkins Library lobby to the left as you enter.
PARKING
The closest parking option is the Bryan Center Parking Deck (Parking Garage IV). After parking, exit the Bryan deck and walk around to the front of the Duke Chapel. Perkins Library is opposite the Allen building.
West Quad Lot (Permit / Duke Comm. 5pm-7am)
Allen Lot (Permit / Duke Comm. 5pm-7am)
Bryan Center Meter Lot (Public)
Bryan Research Garage (Permit / Duke Comm. 5pm-7am)
Parking Garage IV (PGIV) (Permit / Some public spaces)
DIRECTIONS (Google Map)
From Chapel Hill via Hwy 15-501:
-From the US-15/501 Bypass N take the Morreene Road Exit via Exit 108A.
-Turn right onto Morreene Road (You will pass the Millennium Hotel on your left).
-Continue straight through light at the intersection of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive/Morreene Road (Morreene Road becomes Towerview Drive at this intersection).
-Take a left at the first light onto Science Drive, the Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
From Raleigh, Cary and points East:
-Via I-40 West: Merge onto 147 N via Exit 279B toward Durham/Downtown.
-From 147 N take the Fulton Street/Hillandale Road Exit 15B. Off the exit, bear left under the freeway.
-Turn right onto Erwin Road (the light directly in front of Duke Hospital North).
-At the third light turn left onto Towerview Drive (Morreene Road will be on your right).
-Turn left at the first light onto Science Drive. The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second
right.
From Greensboro, Burlington and points West:
-Take I-85 North to Durham.
-Exit at Duke University 751 and go approximately 3-4 miles.
-Turn right onto 751, you will pass under 15-501 and pass Erwin Road.
-At the fourth light, turn left onto Science Drive (the Washington Duke Inn will be on your right).
-Go straight through one light (the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Road).
-The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
From points North via I-85:
-Merge onto I-85 South
-Exit onto 15-501 S toward Chapel Hill.
-Take the Morreene Road exit via Exit 108A off of 15-501 S and turn left onto Morreene Road.
-Continue straight through light at the intersection of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive/Morreene Road (Morreene Road becomes Towerview Drive at this intersection).
-Turn a left at the first light onto Science Drive.
-The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
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