Acacia Fraternity (Cornell University)

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Name
Acacia Fraternity (Cornell University)
Address
318 Highland Rd Town of Ithaca
Year Built
1907
Building Type
Residence
Construction
not specified
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From the section titled Our Fraternity.

 "The Cornell Chapter of Acacia was founded May 4, 1907 by the captain of the football team and some of his friends. That same year our current house, Northcote, was built. The chapter lived in a few houses before finally moving into Northcote in 1934. Northcote was drafted by the same architect who designed Baker Lab and various other buildings throughout Ithaca. Some recognizable names of Acacia alumni around campus include George Jessup (Jessup Fields), and Harold Riley and Byron Robb (Riley and Robb Hall). Several current Cornell professors in such varied departments as Fine Arts, Agriculture and Biological engineering, Communications, and the Johnson School of Management are Acacians from one of our many chapters.
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NORTHCOTE, OUR HOME

  Since 1934, the Cornell Chapter of Acacia has resided in our house, “Northcote.” Northcote is a large Chicago Prairie style home built in 1907, which sits upon a large property along Highland Road on North Campus. The luxury of wide lawns and open spaces gives us the ability to host large outdoor events. Acacia is not owned by the university — it is privately owned by our alumni, and this gives us greater financial independence and the freedom to adapt the house to the needs of the active chapter.

  The chapter takes pride in the condition of the house, and it is one of the most impressive and well-maintained houses on campus. Bedrooms are all large and comfortable, and the house offers many amenities such as both wired and wireless computer networking, Time Warner Cable, a large recreation room with a pool table, and free laundry machines. The house is a home, not a dormitory and as such we provide a modern open kitchen with a cook for dinner and lunch, and comfortable areas to study and entertain friends and other guests."

Photos are included in the section titled Northcote.

Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Harriet WilliamsF81HeadNone
Elizabeth WilliamsF44LodgerLibrarian
Walter T PriceM49ButlerButler
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Walter E CoxM19StudentPlant Worker
George H BassettM23StudentWaiter
Joseph C CurtisM20StudentWaiter
Oakley S RayM19StudentWaiter
Robert B SquiresM19StudentNone
Dwight S MillerM23StudentBlank
Sanford B HatchM21StudentGreenhouse Worker
Arthur E IngrahamM22StudentNone
Charles W DeakyneM23StudentCivil Engineer
Selleck J CarpenterM25StudentLaboratory Technician
William I NoonburgM19StudentNone
George W CroyleM29EmployeeField Secretary
Paul S WarnerM22StudentNone
Chester L PahlM25StudentNone
Scott M De PalmaM19StudentNone
John G LauberM23StudentNone
Paul F ZimmermanM20StudentFarm Helper
Paul P CurtisM21StudentLaborer
Joseph I WilfordM19StudentCustodian
Robert T CampbellM23StudentAttendant
Arthur S ChatmanM19StudentNone