Editing Alpha Theta (section)

==Chapter house==
[[Image:Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Alpha Theta 02.JPG|right|thumb|Alpha Theta chapter house, 2007]]
The current building and property, called Appalachia,  is owned by the Alpha Theta House Corporation, a New Hampshire nonprofit corporation.

The original physical plant used by Theta Chi fraternity was built by 1852 and was used as a candy shop by confectioner E. K. Smith. Of Smith's confectionery operation, only the building housing his candy factory to the north of Alpha Theta still survives (now the [[Native Americans at Dartmouth]] house). Subsequent owners used the candy shop as a dwelling and Theta Chi fraternity eventually bought it from J. V. Hazen in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dartmo.com/buildings/tuvwxyzbldg.html |title=Dartmo.: Buildings T-Z, Street Nos |website=www.dartmo.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206123352/http://www.dartmo.com/buildings/tuvwxyzbldg.html |archive-date=6 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

After the tragic fire of 1934, membership suffered and it was decided to build a new chapter house.<ref name="NYTimes-19380107">{{cite news |date=January 7, 1938 |title=Theta Chi to Leave Dartmouth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/07/archives/theta-chi-to-leave-dartmouth.html |journal=The New York Times}}</ref> The former house was demolished and the current building was constructed in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmo.com/buildings/abbldg.html |title=Notes toward a Catalog of the Buildings and Landscapes of Dartmouth College |accessdate=February 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130121073417/http://www.dartmo.com/buildings/abbldg.html |archivedate=January 21, 2013}}</ref> The only part of the original building that remains is part of the basement that leads to the back stair and contains the laundry room, called ''Appalachia''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~atheta/history.html |title=Alpha Theta History |access-date=2008-09-04 |archive-date=2007-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317053235/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~atheta/history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Appalachia gets its name from its proximity to the [[Appalachian Trail]]. Hikers from the trail used to be able to stop in the house, an activity which is no longer possible. House tradition still has it that ghosts walk this part of Alpha Theta, and in 2007, a ghost-hunter attempted to gain access to this part of the house. Believing it would be disrespectful to the spirits, Alpha Theta refused access, though they did allow a student to take a look.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Dylan |last=Leavitt |date=October 26, 2007 |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2007/10/26/mirror/skeletons |title=Murders and grave robbers: The skeletons in Dartmouth's closet |work=The Dartmouth |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528022451/http://thedartmouth.com/2007/10/26/mirror/skeletons |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, the Alpha Theta House Corporation did an extensive two-year renovation of the house to improve the safety features of the building and the quality of life for members.