Dickinson College acquired this
house on West Pomfret Street, formerly the home of Samuel M. Hepburn, on
May 16, 1893, for $5,000, the mortgage being signed by President George
E. Reed and Professors Henry C. Whiting and Bradford
O. McIntire. A local fraternity, Alpha
Zeta Phi, initially occupied the building, but it was turned into a
residence for women in 1895.
The house was called “Ladies’ Hall” until
February 7, 1905, when it was renamed to honor John Zacharias Lloyd, a
recently deceased Methodist clergyman and trustee who had made a $10,000
bequest to the College. The house was sold in 1919, and ultimately razed
fifty years later. |