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Jackson House
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1956 Constructed as Rachel Jackson House [1]
Unit A (A-6) Tex-41-CH-31 [1,2]
 
Namesake
Rachel Jackson

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Jackson House is one of the eight small houses on Sorority Hill, located on the north side of campus.

Of the eight houses, only Jackson and Shaver Houses appear to have never housed a sorority and not changed names over the years.
Sources:
[1] Minutes from the Board of Regents; February 28, 1958
[2] SHSC Revenue Bond Buildings (c.1965)
Gibbs House An aerial photograph from the early 1900s reveals how close the city of Huntsville sat next to Sam Houston Normal Institute.
Jackson House A view of the path 17th Street would take were it not interrupted by the houses on Sorority Hill. The northern edge of the Parking Garage looms over the "rear entrance" of Jackson House.
Jackson House Signage out front the building.
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