Barkman House

On April 24, 1968, the Trustees authorized the purchase of the James E. M. Barkman property south of the former Haygood Stadium on Tenth Street, at a cost of $65,000. On July 16, 1968, Mrs. Georgia R. Ross and Fannie Rayne Russ deeded the property to Henderson. The property consisted of the antebellum home built by J. E. Barkman in 1860 and a lot 230 feet by 300 feet. The Trustees designated this home for use by the five sororities as their headquarters. The home then became the Panhellenic House; it contained "nine very large rooms." Upon the sororities' move to their new headquarters in the Panhellenic House in September, 1968, several rooms in Mooney Hall, which the five sororities had been using for their meetings, were available for administrative and faculty offices. The Barkman House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974. After renovation in 1989, it became home to the Office of Development and Alumni Services. Archeological excavations were conducted at the house in 1990 and 1993. The materials recovered in these excavations are held by the university. The house was renovated again in 2024.