PERSPECTIVE
Campus Living
Mi Casa es Su Casa
This unique adobe facility is home to the New Mexico Alpha Chapter at the University of New Mexico. The house draws inspiration from the regional architecture of the Southwestern United States and features traditional pueblo-style details.
The New Mexico Alpha facility started as a lodge in 1949. That lodge only had a living room, kitchenette and a House Director suite. In 1952, a second story was added, along with a kitchen, chapter room, dining room, study room, 14 bedrooms, a bathroom and a lounge. Today, the house sleeps 27 women. Unlike other chapters on campus, New Mexico Alpha is the only chapter that occupies their original facility. Alumnae love and appreciate this as they enjoy coming back to see the rooms where they made memories and lifelong friends as collegians. The Chapter House Corporation (CHC) has made a few renovations along the way with the most recent being a new roof in 2015. These renovations were made possible by the CHC saving up over the years with focused plans of what they aspired the facility to become.
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THE ARROW | SPRING 2016