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I think the first TKE chapter house to be occupied was known as
the Daniel Webster Wilder mansion, the first fraternity house at
Wesleyan. They said it was inadequate and cold; it was leased.
They purchased a house at 416 E. Walnut, I think, for $8,500
from Prof. Zeller, and this was the first owned one, in the spring
of 1910, occupying it until the fall of 1924 according to Tex Flint.
ALSO... I goofed...it was another local Phi alumnus,
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barr, not Richard Henry Little, who was
the influential Phi Delta Theta attorney, killed when his Pierce
Arrow stalled on the camelback crossing between Bloomington
and Normal. Had he not been killed, we would all likely be Phi
Delts today. Barr further had said he would build us a house and he, being single, would live in it too...'twas not to be.
HEGEMONS--take note, triviologists, too, and know it was BARR
not LITTLE who was killed in the Great Arrow, made by Pierce
Arrow. He was returning from a date, and was hit by an Illinois Central train. Hope he had at least some good luck that night.
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