1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

^t ^ttoll 0f f l|t irita Slf^taVol. XXX DECEMBER, 1905 No, 2THE NEW WISCONSIN CHAPTER HOUSE,The question of a new chapter house for Wisconsin Alphahas been agitated more or less for the past ten or twelveyears, but this agitation has at last culminated in a newhome which we now occupy.Our old house and lot were exchanged for our present lotand Jli,ooo in addition, thus placing our lot at a valuation ofSio,ooo. The lot is L shaped with a frontage of 105 feeton Lake street, and running back 133 feet to a strip 17 feetwide which runs behind the Sigma Chi house to the lake.We thus have a view of Lake Mendota from the front andback windows on the north, and enough lake front to makepossible a boat house and pier.The house is colonial style, built of red pressed brickwhile the large-pillared porch is white. This together withthe white stone water-table and window sills gives a most finishedappearance to the front of the house.The porch, which extends the whole width of the house, is14x65 feet and has large fluted pillars, at the top of which isa wide cornice and frieze, and on the roof of the porch is arailing three feet high,—all of which adds much to the exteriorappearance of the house.On entering the house one passes through the vestibule,which has a white tile floor with the * A @ monogram workedin with the light blue tile. To the right of the vestibule isthe telephone closet and to the left is a toilet room. To theright of the hall is the library which has a large fire-placebuilt of a dark red pressed brick, and on the left of the hallis the parlor which also has a large fire-place built of the samekind of brick as that in the library. Leading from the libraryis the living room, which is used as the smoking and chapterroom. The dining room, which is the largest room in thehouse, opens on one side into the living room and on another