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Alpha Chi Omega
1619 Avenue J ID# 0116
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1956 Constructed as Eclectic House [1]
Unit A (A-7) Tex-41-CH-31 [1,2]
Sep. 26, 1959 Delta Kappa chapter founded
1959 Renamed Alpha Chi Omega House
 
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The Alpha Chi Omega Sorority House is one of the eight small houses on Sorority Hill, located on the north side of campus.

The building originally housed members of the Eclectics club, one of the literary societies that was "in continuous existence since the 1890's," says the 1950 Alcalde. While coed at first, membership was strictly women-only by 1916.

In 1959, the students of the club became charter members of the Delta Kappa chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.


Sources:
Vision Realized (1970)
[1] Minutes from the Board of Regents; February 28, 1958
[2] SHSC Revenue Bond Buildings (c.1965)
Alpha Chi Omega House An aerial photograph from the early 1900s reveals how close the city of Huntsville sat next to Sam Houston Normal Institute.
Alpha Chi Omega House Looking west through Sorority Hill toward Elliott Hall.
Alpha Chi Omega Signage out front the building.
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