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FALL T T r i D e l t a 15 RAveLeR the Comings and Goings of Teta Xi Alumnae Relations Office | P.O. Box 80828 | Atlanta, Georgia 30366 InsIde ThIs Issue As we are in the process of looking toward the future of our house, I thought it might be a good idea to look back and share a little about the history of our storied home. Collegiate Update lthough many believe that our adventurer. Born in Boston Mass in After Norton’s passing in 1911 Page 2 Adistinguished house was the 1844, Norton was part of the great his wife, Mary Van Doren Norton, Spanish Consulate before it became movement westward and amassed remained in the house until the Special Campaign the home of USC Tri Delta that is his fortune through various ventures late ‘20s when she decided to travel actually not quite true and thanks to a as he traveled in the early 1900’s. He abroad. Te house was put up for Insert dedicated Parent’s Club member and worked as a shopkeeper, cattle herder auction and on September 11, 1929 Pages 3 - 6 the great great grandnephew of the and stock owner all before he started the Teta Xi Building Association, led original owner we now have a much his frst company, Norton & Stewart, by Veo Caldwell Grumbles (initiated clearer history of the house. a stage system that covered the entire in 1923), purchased the house for Alumnae Te Teta Xi Tri Delta house is state of Arizona. $24,250.00. USC Tri Delta has been Spotlight one of the few homes on “Te Row” In 1893, Norton incorporated able to call 834 W. 28th Street “home” that was originally built as a single the frm of J. H. Norton Co, railroad ever since. Page 7 family residence. Built in 1897 by contractors, and moved to Los Although the USC Tri Delta John H. Norton, the original “Norton” Angeles where he invested heavily in house was never ofcially the Spanish Delta Diamonds house was built in the Queen Anne real estate. He became a stockholder Consulate, there is evidence that style typical of the times. Te home and director of the Citizens’ National the house “acted” as the Spanish Page 7 displayed the asymmetry, variety, and Bank and was very active in the Consulate for visiting dignitaries rounded shapes associated with the growth and betterment of the city during the 1932 Olympics in Los Undergraduate style. Te exterior featured distinctive of Los Angeles. As a member of the Angeles! details such as leaded glass windows, Chamber of Commerce and multiple To keep up with the ever growing Spotlight a covered porch and porte-cochere as clubs including the California, chapter, the house has gone through Page 8 well as the ironwork crested atop the Jonathan, and LA Country clubs, a series of renovations and additions. Mansard tower. Norton became a prominent fxture in Norton himself was a true Los Angeles society. HISTORY, continued on page 6