Theta Chi Fraternity

Theta Chi Fraternity is a Vermont historical marker in Norwich, Windsor County.

U.S. Route 5 near St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Norwich

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Near this spot stood the Old South Barracks of Norwich University where, at 9:00 pm on April 10, 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity was founded by Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase.

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Historical maps covering this location

1841 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1849 · Vermont & New Hampshire. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1854 · Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut u. Rhode Island. Maine. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Vermont and New Hampshire. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont and New Hampshire, 1856, covering the location of Theta Chi Fraternity, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont and New Hampshire, 1856, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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