Ann Baker Furrow Blvd. & Sorority Village Cir — Approximate Location of Kappa Delta House
A vehicle knocked down a pillar at the Kappa Delta sorority house in Sorority Village on the University of Tennessee’s campus on Wednesday, leaving the structure lying on its side. University police say a female driver was navigating a curve when the crash happened, and investigators found no signs of criminal activity.
According to WATE 6 On Your Side, the University of Tennessee Police Department said the incident appears to have been accidental, and no citation was issued to the driver. A WATE news crew at the scene observed the pillar knocked down and lying on its side outside the Kappa Delta house. The house is on Ann Baker Furrow Boulevard. The sorority, founded nationally in 1897, established its UT chapter in 1925, according to the university’s website.
A Quiet Curve With a Busy Backstory
The crash happened in Sorority Village, whose main street leading into the development is Ann Baker Furrow Boulevard. The university dedicated the residential complex in April 2013 to centralize housing for 13 campus sorority chapters, according to a Volopedia entry on the development. The village is bounded by Neyland Drive and Alcoa Highway. Before it opened, UT sororities had no standalone residential houses of their own, instead occupying shared chapter suites in the Panhellenic Building, which opened in 1964 and later underwent a $5.5 million renovation in 2014 to make way for ROTC and administrative space, per the same account…