A Chronological History of The MSU SHC Houses
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Hedrick co-op established at 415 Abbott |
| 1940 | Elsworth co-op established at 218 Albert |
| 1941 | Hedrick members purchase the house at 903 East Grand River |
| 1944 | Bower purchased in the summer at 708 E. Michigan State University |
| 1946 | Motts Co-op established; Ulrey men's co-op established |
| 1947 | Bower co-op established |
| 1948 | Howland co-op established; All Nations co-op established; Hedrick repopulated at 903 East Grand River |
| 1949 | Beal Street co-op established |
| 1950 | All Nations co-op closes; Elsworth sells 218 Albert, the members build 711 W. Grand River |
| 1954 | Hedrick co-op on 903 E. Grand River burns down |
| 1956 | Hedrick co-op rededication at 140 Haslett (now Collingood) by MSU President Hannah |
| 1963 | Howland co-op buys 548 M.A.C. |
| 1964 | Hedrick co-op purchases 146 Haslett (later to be Farency co-op) |
| 1969 | SHC forms as a federation of Bower, Elsworth and Hedrick; Ulrey Men's co-op closes, starts up Ulrey Trust Fund; Ulrey Women's co-op starts up at 437, 445 Abbott |
| 1970 | Eleutheria co-op established (rental property); Evergreen co-op established |
| 1971 | SHC becomes a collective land trust; Motts house closes, members move to 420 Evergreen (aka The Raft) |
| 1972 | The Raft is renamed Knight House co-op; Eleutheria destroyed by fire; Ulrey Women's co-op established at 505 M.A.C.; Eleutheria and Ulrey repopulate Nexus; Nexus established at 437/445 Abbott; Evergreen co-op sold to local apartment building owner's, Phunn: Bogue Street co-op rented at 207 Bogue. |
| 1973 | Haslett Street becomes Collingwood; 501 M.A.C. purchased (potentially new housing for Nexus or new Comm) |
| 1974 | Tralfamador co-op established at 501 M.A.C. |
| 1975 | Knight House renamed Major Raoul Lufberry; Phunn House purchased at 207 Bogue |
| 1976 | 445 Abbott sold to a sorority; 152 Collingwood purchased as a part of Hedrick; Nexus closes at 437 Abbott; Phoenix established at 437 Abbott |
| 1978 | New Community: 415/425 Ann Street is purchased |
| 1979 | Phoenix closes at 437 Abbott |
| 1980 | Major Raoul Lufberry closes; SHC obtains a $1 million HUD loan for: Woodside (910 Abbott, a co-op for a year), New Community rehabilitation, Key Largo established at 146 Collingwood, and Atlantis |
| 1982 | Atlantis repopulated at 207 Bogue; Ulrey repopulated at 505 M.A.C. |
| 1985 | Elsworth co-op close, rented to ; Ulrey renamed Zolton after Zolton Ferency at 505 M.A.C. |
| 1986 | 146/152 Collingwood break away, renamed Key Largo |
| 1987 | Elsworth at 711 W Grand River rented to Sigma Alpha Mu (SAMmies); 146/152 Collingwood split; 152 Collingwood rented Asher Christian Scientists; 146 Collingwood becomes Key Largo |
| 1988 | 501 M.A.C turned into a graduate co-op |
| 1989 | 501 M.A.C. reopened to general membership |
| 1991 | Miles co-op established 152 Collingwood |
| 1992 | SAMmies expelled and repopulated as an Elsworth at 711 W Grand River |
| 1993 | Zolton closes at 505 M.A.C. |
| 1994 | Phoenix established at 239 Oakhill; 415 Ann repopulated as a co-op (Toad Lane); Key Largo renamed Ferency after Zolton Ferency |
| 1995 | Audre Lorde renamed Niko co-op |
| 1996 | Orion changes its name to NASA; Elsworth closes from Summer until the Fall |
| 1997 | NASA renamed Orion |
| 1998 | Bower repopulated by Atlantis, Elsworth, Hedrick, Miles, and Orion; Alliance between SHC and Circle Pines formed; SHC grants Sigma Pi exclusive rights to Phoenix co-op |
| 2000 | Phoenix repopulated by SHC, Sigma Pi moves to Niko |
| 2001 | Niko (Sigma Pi) renamed Shadowood |
| 2002 | Sigma Pi leaves Shadowood and leaves the SHC; Shadowood repopulated and renamed Mosier |
| 2009 | SHC acquires the independent co-op Beal House after the previous residents were unable to pass city inspection or pay their taxes |
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