Interesting question! I knew I'd seen a couple instances of this in the Chi Omega chapter list, but looking more closely, it appears to have been done 5 times back in the first half of the 20th century.
Phi- Helmuth Ladies College 1899-1900
Univ. Southern California 1940-1998
Epsilon- Barnard College 1906-1915
University of Buffalo 1940-1999
Upsilon Beta- Hollins College 1920-1929
Rollins College 1931-present
Iota Beta- Hunter College 1922-1940
U Mass Amherst 1941-present
Psi Gamma- U North Dakota 1923-1941
Mercer Univ. 1943-present
Of the 5 chapters who had their designation re-assigned, Helmuth Ladies College no longer exists (it basically closed the same year Chi O got there) and Rollins and Hunter appear to have done away with their Greek systems. Chi O could still recolonize at U. North Dakota, and would probably just have to start with new chapter letters, and if they came to Columbia U, it would be a new chapter rather than re-use the old Barnard chapter. Even though the second Epsilon chapter is now also closed, presumably this practice doesn't happen any longer, and hopefully the Buffalo chapter can be recolonized again someday.
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