D.
Delta Tau Delta
Suitable
accommodations for Greek societies were a constant problem in
the late 1800s. The members of DTD first rented rooms at Fox
Hall on Superior Street at $50.00 for the 1877-78 school year;
next they moved two doors north to Tuttle Hall, but this
downtown location was not attractive or convenient to its
residents. In 1886 the gentlemen of DTD established a chapter
house, an arrangement that served until 1891, at which time they
leased the Jocelyn House on the corner of Cass and Oswego. The
chapter returned to campus living the following year and Fox
Hall. In November 25, 1923, there was a "fire of unknown
origin" at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, wherein the roof and
upper story lay in ruins and the downstairs was badly damaged by water.
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East Hall, ca. 1940s |
Not Dated |
E.
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi fared best when it came to securing suitable
housing. Only two years after securing their charter, they
petitioned the trustees to allow them to erect a house on
the east end of school grounds. It was granted and ground
was broken in the spring of 1889 on the "attractive brick
and shingle chapter house" with "ample room...and is
elegantly furnished throughout, being lighted with
electricity, heated by two grates with patent heater
attachments, and equipped with all modern improvements." (Albion
Recorder, January 31, 1891)
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Interfraternity & Independent House, ca. 1940s |
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Hanging the sign
from the old Sigma Chi house, ca. 1960s |
F. Sigma Nu
During the summer of 1919, Sigma Nu purchased a house
owned by Mr. E. R. Loud, on the corner of Allen Place and
East Eerie Street. It was described as a "beautiful,
aristocratic structure." (Pleiad, October 8, 1919)
