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Sigma Sigma Sigma House
1660A Avenue I
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Timeline:
1956 Constructed as Margaret Houston House [1]
Unit A (A-5) Tex-41-CH-31 [1,2]
1965 Sigma Theta chapter founded
19xx Renamed Chi Omega House
Sep. 26, 2000 Sigma Theta chapter dissolved
2000 Renamed Stewart House
2001-02 Used for Bearkat Learning Community
2002 Eta Omicron chapter founded
2002 Renamed Sigma Sigma Sigma House
Namesake:
Margaret Houston
Charles Stewart
 
Architect:
 
Contractor(s):
Small House Houston House Alpha Delta Pi House Alpha Chi Omega House Jackson House Sigma Sigma Sigma House Gibbs House Zeta Tau Alpha  House Shaver House
The Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority House is one of the eight small houses on Sorority Hill, located north of 17th Street and between Avenues I and J.

The house originally honored Margaret Houston, when Sorority Hill consisted of five literary societies/sororities houses and the Houston, Jackson, and Shaver houses.

The Chi Omega sorority moved to the Hill from Mitchell House and the name "Houston" was removed, but years later given to the building that housed Kappa Delta. Chi Omega members lived here until the chapter was closed in 2000.

It then became Stewart House for two years. As Stewart House, it was the first residence hall used for the Bearkat Learning Community (BLC) during the 2001-02 school year. The BLC programs moved to Vick and Randel houses the next school year.

At the start of the 2002-03 school year, the name changed once again to reflect the new Eta Omicron chapter of the Sigma Sigma Stigma sorority.

Photographs
Gibbs House An aerial photograph from the early 1900s reveals how close the city of Huntsville sat next to Sam Houston Normal Institute.
Sigma Sigma Sigma House The Sigma Theta chapter of Chi Omega Fraternity was on the Sam Houston campus from 1965 to 2000.
Sigma Sigma Sigma House Signage out front the building.
 

Sources:
Anne M. Emmerth, Chi Omega National Office
[1] Minutes from the Board of Regents; February 28, 1958
[2] SHSC Revenue Bond Buildings (c.1965)
 
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