The fraternity house at Pontiac

Michigan · United States · School

There was a fire in the attic when the original family lived here, and some of them died in it. The attic is now bedrooms.

This fraternity house is an old mansion in the historic district of Pontiac, Michigan.

When the original owners had it, some time in the late 1800s or early 1900s, there was a fire in the attic. People died in it.

The attic has since been converted into living space, and students sleep in it.

That is the entry. The room where a family died is now a bedroom, and the young men who use it are told what happened there when they move in and then go to bed in it anyway.

Attic fires in houses of this period were common and lethal for a specific reason: the stairs were the only way out, and the stairs were where the smoke went.

The brothers living in the converted attic are the ones who report things.

The house is private student housing and is not open to visitors.

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Where is The fraternity house at Pontiac located?

The fraternity house at Pontiac is in Michigan, United States.