Chi O Houses Across the Country
 

In looking at the thread on chapter houses, I thought it would be fun to have a thread in our own forum for pictures of some of our chapter houses, suites, dorm floors, Panhellenic buildings, lodges, etc.

Omicron Chapter - Univ. of Illinois
 

Zeta Chapter - Univ. of Colorado
 

http://www.colorado.edu/Greeks/ChiOm...ages/house.jpg

"Our house is situated at a prime location on the corner of 16th and Broadway, across from the University Memorial Center. The house holds 79 women, however; our entire chapter consists of about 170 members. Our house is fully equipped with our own computer room, laundry room, sundeck, and DSL in every room of the house."

Zeta Delta Chapter at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
*we do not currently have a house, so this is a picture of the Student Center (which we use for meetings and recruitment)
Our Chi Omega flag is hung in the cafeteria, along with the other GLO's flags. So it's practically home ;)
http://studentorgs.unomaha.edu/images/index.5.jpg


Kappa Chapter at the University of Nebraska Lincoln
http://www.unl.edu/chiomega/house/pics/house1.jpg
I had the opprotunity to visit this home in 1998, and it is much bigger than the picture shows. They had also just made some house improvements, and I was highly impressed!

Lambda Gamma Chapter - Uni. of Virginia
 

My chapter!
Pi Zeta - Western Michigan University
*How can I get it to post the picture and not just the link? HELP!*

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/64715...eta+House.jpg?

It goes pretty far back. It houses 42 girls in 21 double bedrooms - 6 on the first floor, 15 on the second. It has a 1 bedroom apartment on the first floor for the house mother. A fromal living room on the main floor, a smaller den/study room loft on the second floor, and the basement is furnished and used the most for tv watching/hanging out/and chapter meetings.

ETA: I guess you'll never see it. I can't get the darn this to post. :( Sorry

Eta Delta Chapter - Univ. of Florida
 

Quote on the Eta Delta website:

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

--Christian Morgenstern

http://grove.ufl.edu/~chiomega/images/home_house.jpg

Cathy,
The link is not accessable for us. What you need to do is right click on the image of the house. Where it reads PROPERTIES, highlight the whole text code. Then when you return to GC, click IMG and then paste that into the box. That should do it!

Yup, I know I am barging again, but I gotta show you one of the reasons why I think U-Dub has one of the prettiest Greek Rows

Chi Omega house at University of Washington (aka U-Dub)
http://students.washington.edu/panhell/chio.GIF

Chi-O at Wazzu (Washington State University)
http://www.wsu.edu/hdrl/Greek/Sororities/ChiOmega.jpg

Jill, you are always welcome, girl.

I seem to remember hearing that the UW chapter house was the largest Chi Omega house in the country -- I might be wrong -- and I don't remember if that was based on square footage or bed space, but regardless...that house is BIG!

My old school, East Carolina
http://www.chiomega.com/siteCreator/...MBLBJUMPEN.jpg

Check out the other houses at U-Dub. I think they are large because all the girls are required to live there. As soon as you get your bid in any UW GLO, you automatically move in

From the UW page
SORORITY LIVING
Living in a sorority house is a unique college experience. New members move into the house immediately upon joining and most sorority members live in the house throughout college. The fraternity and sorority houses are located within several blocks of each other, providing a close-knit neighborhood community, and within close walking distance to many campus buildings. The sorority houses are smoke-free and alcohol-free and are equipped with several computers, Internet access, quiet study areas, television lounges, laundry facilities, storage space, and fitness centers.

Just click on the letters and the house photo comes up

http://students.washington.edu/panhell/

Boo hoo! But I'm on a MAC at work and we don't have right click capabilities. Well, we sort of do - you control click - but properties isn't an option...Maybe I'll have to fix it later from home.

Omicron Beta Chapter - College of William & Mary (VA)
 

I have to give the Alpha Chi's props for something. On their national website, they have all their chapter houses in a specific section. It's really cool to be abe to just scroll through them!

Chi Zeta Chapter - Colorado State Univ.
 

Mu Gamma Chapter - Culver-Stockton (MO) College
 

Beta Theta Chapter - Univ. of South Alabama
 

New House!
http://www.southalabama.edu/chiomega/houserd.jpg

Sigma Epsilon Chapter - Vanderbilt Univ. (TN)
 

Mu Lambda Chapter - University of Dayton
 

http://www.udayton.edu/~chiomega/chi_om1.jpg
The Chi Omega House at the University of Dayton is located on 219 Kiefaber Street. Members of the Executive Board only, that is President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Pledge Educator, and Personnel, are permitted to live in the house.

The Mu Lambda chapter is also next in line to build a new house. This house will be similar to the new Sigma Chi house on Kiefaber and will house 12 girls.

Interesting Info. on the Psi Chapter House - Univ. of Arkansas
 

Chi Omega was the first Greek organization to build its own chapter house on the University of Arkansas campus. Chi Omega (Psi chapter) purchased this lot in the Oakland Place Addition in 1928. Construction began that same year and the new home was occupied in late 1928.

Psi Chapter is the mother chapter of the Chi Omega national organization. It was founded in Fayetteville on April 5, 1895, by Jobelle Holcombe, Ina Mae Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Alice Simonds, and Dr. Charles Richardson. All were University of Arkansas students except Dr. Richardson, who was a Fayetteville dentist interested in student life. He had assisted the four students to such an extent in getting the new sorority started that he was made an honorary member.

The Chi Omega House is a three-story building, plus basement, with Colonial Revival and Classical Revival influences. The original building was made to accommodate 45 young women, a house mother, a guest room, and a house manager–in addition to a chapter room, living room, dining room, kitchen, reception room, and laundry.

Plans for the original part of the house were prepared by Charles L. Ellis, the former superintendent of buildings and grounds at the University. Construction was by the Wages Brothers, contractors from Fayetteville, working in conjunction with James Dinwiddie, the city’s building inspector and architect.

When construction began in 1928, Miss Jobelle Holcombe, a charter member of Chi Omega, and at that time an associate professor of English at the University, turned over the first shovel of dirt. Total investment in the house was $35,000. These funds came from fees assessed for a "house fund," benefit parties, friends, and bank loans. The gift that started the house fund was a $2,000 bequest from Dr. Richardson.

Growth of both the University and the Psi Chapter made it necessary to enlarge and remodel the house several times. In 1941 an addition was built on the west side. Architects were Edwin C. Price of Fayetteville, and Haralson and Nelson of Fort Smith. The contractor was the E.F. Bird Construction Co. of Fayetteville. In 1958 came additions to the northern, or rear, elevation of the house. The architect was Paul Young, Jr., of Fayetteville, and the contractor was the W.H. Patterson Construction Co. These two additions enabled the building to house a total of 75 young women and a house mother. In 1987 and 1988 the plumbing, wiring, and heating systems were improved.

In April 1995, 100 years after the founding of Chi Omega at the University of Arkansas, the chapter house was accepted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Campus History Committee, 2002

Univ. of Arkansas website

http://uagreeks.uark.edu/images/Chi_Omega.JPG

Kappa Beta Chapter - Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
 

The Chi Omega Sorority House was constructed sometime in the 1930s. It replaced a log house which had been purchased and relocated to the campus in 1926. The national sorority had established a chapter on the college's Clarksville campus in 1922.

The house is actually a lodge -- no students live there.

http://www.rhodes.edu/buildings/CampusImages/chio.jpg

Epsilon Alpha Chapter - Univ. of Oklahoma
 

Gamma Zeta - Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock
 

All houses look better with smiling faces & red & yellow balloons! (Ooooo and look at those cute cardinal & straw folding chairs!)

http://www.ualr.edu/chio/bid.jpg

Alpha Kappa Chapter - North Carolina State Univ.
 

http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/frat_s...hics/house.jpg

"Our first house was on Crest Road. It was a duplex converted to house 8 members. In 1988, We moved to our second chapter house on Enterprise Street. 19 members lived there. In 1999, our chapter moved again. This time to a brand new home on Greek Way. This new home houses 42 members. With this new home our chapter now has a meal plan and we are able to hold our weekly meetings at our house. We are so happy to have this beautiful new house and we enjoy spending time here with our sisters! This drawing was done before our house was completed but is fairly accurate."

Zeta Beta Chapter - Univ. of Arizona
 

http://www.swaimaia.com/graphics/pic...univ-chi-1.jpg
"The new sorority house constructed for the University of Arizona is 21,000 square feet and has three stories including a basement. The project also includes a commercial grade kitchen, sleeping porches, meeting spaces, and the installation of a security system and F.A. sprinklers."

Completed 1998

Architect:
Swaim & Associates

Chi Theta Chapter - Western Kentucky Univ.
 

Iota Alpha - Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX
 

http://people.smu.edu/greeks/Chapter...37;20Omega.jpg


More pics of Iota Alpha Chapter House

All these pics make me wish my chapter really had housing right now. The student government (run mainly by Greeks) has been pushing this for quite a few years now! Only a few of the chapters have halls on campus.:(

ChiOqt, I know what you mean -- when I pledged my chapter had a suite in a Panhellenic house (they now have a Chi Omega house), but really -- what Chi Omega is all about is the people. It's not the bricks & mortar.

I do think it's fun to see what the different houses & lodges look like.

University of Utah...very pretty! I have always been partial to English Tudor! :D

http://www.sa.utah.edu/greeks/images...Smaller/XO.jpg

Was that in the Tift house?? Have you seen the new Psi Gamma house? I wish I knew how to upload a picture onto here, I have one saved on my computer or there is one in the Psi Gamma album on Chi O Hooties. . .

Psi Gamma Chapter - Mercer Univ., Macon, GA
 

Yes, the Tift House was the old Panhellenic House at Mercer (prior to MUCH restoration!) The Psi Gamma suite was upstairs on the right. ADPi was downstairs on the left, Phi Mu was directly below us & Alpha Gam was upstairs on the left. In 1982, we moved into former faculty housing on Adams St. and later expanded that house the next year. I attended the groundbreaking for the new house, but have not seen the finished product.

I have seen lots of pictures of the Adams St. house but the seniors who graduated in 2003 were the last class of Psi Gammas to use it. Any time that you pass through Macon you need to stop by for a tour!

OK, I'm posting from home and it's a PC. I'm going to try the right click properties thing and hopefully it works...


ETA: OK, it's not. I have the image in my Yahoo photo folder - which I guess has restricted access? I tried to copy the code at the top of the properties box - that didn't work. I copied the http:address in the properties box and that linked to the restriced Yahoo folder. And I made the folder public. I'm so confused....:(

OMG - I finally made it work! That was my home for 2 years (Pi Zeta, Western Mich. Univ.) !!!! As I said before, it goes back pretty far and housed 42 girls - plus a finished basement and a loft/study are on the second floor.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...b65b0000001610

And this is the formal living room. It's been painted pale yellow and the trim stayed white and they have this beautiful new furniture in shades of red and yellow!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...17f60000001610

Cool Pics
 

Way to go, Kathy. I love looking at all of these pictures.

Houses are so cool!
I liked the drama freeness of not having a house, but it would be sooo nice to have even a little one or a suite! We currently have no space to call our own, and it makes it tough to store stuff. Also, ever meeting or event we have needs to find a new locale. It;s not too hard, but a meeting room or a small logde would be ideal!
-M

I was so excited to see the Iota Alpha house on the list! I love our home! It is beautiful and comphy and definately one of the prettiest houses on campus! I'm hoping to live there my junior and senior years!

Chi Delta Chapter Lodge, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS