Locust Manor records

Locust Manor was used for a variety of purposes over the years. The simple colonial style house was located at the intersection of Olive and Locust streets. Locust Manor was built in 1928 as the home for Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. However, during the depression the sorority lost its mortgage and sold the house to the university. The house was then remodeled and refunished Swedish style for the upperclass female students who moved into their new dormitory in 1938. Male studnets followed when it was turned into a male residence hall spring semester of 1949. Between 1957 and 1968 Locust Manor was once again used as a women's dormitory. In the late 1970's and early 1980's the occupancy of the house changed again when the International Studies offices and the Association for Afro American Students took residence. The Chaplain's Office then moved from the Charter House into Locust Manor for the 1983-84 school year. They occupied the first floor while a surplus of freshmen lived above. In 1985 Locust Manor housed an overflow of men from both fraternities and dormitories. Because of the opening of a new dormitory for women, Hogate Hall, in the fall of 1968, Locust Manor, as a Resdience Hall was closed.