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In the early morning of January 9, 1919, three of the fraternity houses (Sigma Nu,Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Pi Kappa Phi) in the east–west line caught fire and werecompletely destroyed (Wilson 1957:410). The Phi Delta Theta House and the Delta KappaEpsilon (DKE) House (on the western end) were spared the effects of the fire. A 1919 aerialview (Figure 15) of the campus shows the Phi Delta Theta House as well as the formerlocations of the burned fraternities.The library (now Hill Music Hall) almost burned in the fire, and afterwards, becauseof the risk, the University moved immediately to acquire the property where the fraternityhouses had stood (Wilson 1957:410). On January 14, 1919, at a meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Board of Trustees, a motion was made and carried that the Chairman of theFaculty and Business Manager be requested to determine whether the University couldacquire the lots where the fraternities had stood. 32 Orange County records show that betweenJanuary and June of 1920 the University acquired the lots where the SAE and Sigma Nufraternity houses had stood, and where the former Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house stillstands (Deed Book 76:382, 385, 543).The University’s purchase of the Phi Delta Theta property was finalized on September10, 1929. The University exchanged a lot at 304 South Columbia Street for the lot uponwhich the fraternity building stood. Nine days later, the University also acquired the lot uponwhich the Pi Kappa Phi house had stood, also in exchange for land on South ColumbiaStreet. According to Robert Paige, Phi Delta Theta fraternity moved to its present location onSouth Columbia Street in October of 1929 (Paige, personal communication, June 30, 1997).It is not known when the Phi Delta Theta House was destroyed. The building, listedas a rooming house, is shown still standing on the 1932 Sanborn Map Company map (Figure16). Since it is shown exactly as it had been on the company’s 1915 map, there appear tohave been no additions made subsequently to the building.INTERPRETATIONSIt is likely that the “Poor House,” the large brick-and-stone structure uncovered duringthe archaeological excavations at the Pettigrew site, was built either during Benton Utley’s(1832–1837) or early in Jones Watson’s ownership of the Lot 11 property (sometime between1847 and 1853), since deeds and tax records suggest that improvements were being made tothe property during these proprietorships. This was also the period of a severe housingshortage for students at the University, making the provision of housing a sound investment.It may be that claims for Watson running a boarding house/hotel actually relate to the “PoorHouse” and not to his home, which was the site of the later Central Hotel. Further researchmay clarify the matter.The evidence of maps, deeds, and photos seems to indicate that the Phi Delta Thetafraternity house was built overlapping the “Poor House” site sometime after Coxe’s purchaseof the property in 1908, but before 1911 when the house shows up on Sanborn maps and inphotos taken prior to the construction of the Battle-Vance-Pettigrew complex in 1912.14
ENDNOTES1 A typescript of this deed is available in A Documentary History of the University of North Carolina, edited byR. D. W. Conner (1953).2 The handwritten date on this map is difficult to read and so its preparation date could be either 1812 or 1817.3 Further research may substantiate this assumption.4 Date of map according to William S. Powell (1972:27).5 The property descriptions for Lot 11 after 1796 do not include the strip sold to the University, so the newnortheastern corner of Lot 11 was actually 60 ft west of the original northeast corner.6 In North Carolina for the period from 1784 to 1801, freemen and male servants age 21 and over, and enslavedmales and females between the ages of 12 and 50, were subject to poll taxes (Leary and Stirewalt 1980:215).7 A deed describing this transaction has not been located.8 This James Hogg is no relation to the more prominent James Hogg of Hillsborough, North Carolina.9The description of this land matches that of the portion of Lot 11 purchased by W. R. Davie and presumablypurchased by Hogg from Davie.10 The County records on Levies on Land and/or Personal Property for the years 1807–1812 (CR073.408.4)contain no references to proceedings against James Hogg’s debts.11 Gavin graduated from UNC in 1807 (Battle 1907:182).12Also shown in the documents as Zachariah.13 The Research Laboratories of Archaeology excavated the site of the Eagle Hotel 1993 in conjunction with theUniversity’s bicentennial celebration.14 Attribution of construction to Utley is based solely on documentary evidence that he made improvements tohis property.15 This deed indicates that Utley’s house was actually on the western half of the lot, instead of on the eastern halfof Lot 11, adjoining the campus.16 See Deed Book 31:157 and Deed Book 32:30 for bracketing deeds.17 Research to date has not uncovered any corroborating documentary evidence to support this assertion.Vickers (1985) does not cite his sources.18 Much of this sum may be accounted for by store stock.19 Letter to Carrie Gordon, September 30, 1857 – Gordon and Hackett Family Papers.20 The sale of hard liquor had been prohibited in Chapel Hill since 1827; in 1855 the limit was extended towithin two miles of Chapel Hill, and the sale of wine and malt liquors was prohibited in addition to hard liquor(Battle 1907:645–646).21 The location of the Barbee house is not known with certainty, but it was most likely in the northwest corner ofthe lot, facing onto Franklin Street.22 The train actually came only to within one mile of the university at “University Station,” a prohibition decreedby the state’s General Assembly in 1879 (Vickers 1985:95–96).23 The mine was in operation from 1880 until 1892 when the it failed to turn a profit (Vickers 1985:96).24 In contradiction to the deed evidence, Vickers (1985) states in his history that Roberson acquired the propertywith the Central Hotel already on it after Watson’s death in 1891.15
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Wilson, Louis R.1957 The University
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Figure 4. 1797 map of Chapel Hill a
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Figure 6. 1857 Chapel Hill Business
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Figure 42. Whiteware plate, 9.5”
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Appendix 1. Chain of title for Lot
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30030024060300Lot 11George Johnston
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