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Sigma Chi Fraternity Monuments and Memorials -- Information and pictures of the Sigma Chi Monuments and Memorials may be found at the link.

"The work of the Monuments and Memorials Commission (originally the Runkle Monument Commission) began in 1921. Since then, the Commission has always adhered faithfully to its mission—to perpetuate our glorious heritage symbolized by Sigma Chi’s beautiful monuments and memorials.

Along with the huge undertaking of erecting monuments to the Seven Founders came our similar challenge of honoring others from our past, including Harry St. John Dixon, Constantine Chapter; John S. McMillin, DePauw 1876; and Joseph Cookman Nate, Illinois Wesleyan 1890; who have all carved an indelible place in our history. The Constantine Memorial signifies survival of our fledgling Fraternity during an unbelievably trying time in American history. Of simple but strong origin is the monument memorializing the all-too-short life of Samuel Clark, Miami (Ohio) 1858, the first Sigma Chi to enter the Chapter Eternal. Finally, we are indeed fortunate to have the Founding Site in Oxford, Ohio, and the Omicron Omicron Museum at Sigma Chi’s J. Dwight Peterson International Headquarters in Evanston, Ill."


The Founding Site

"Sigma Chi's most important historical monument is the site of the Fraternity's founding, located in Oxford, Ohio.

The small room, marked on the outside by a plaque between its two windows, is on the second floor of a building on the north side of High Street at the town square, and was the rooming place of Founders Runkle and Caldwell during their years of enrollment as undergraduates at Miami University. The badge of Sigma Chi was designed in this room and many of the earliest meetings of the Alpha Chapter were held here.

In 1973, the Founding Site was purchased and donated to the Sigma Chi Foundation by 41st Grand Consul William P. Huffman Denison 1911. It was renovated and rededicated in 1993."

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While no picture is shown on the website of the Samuel H. Clark Memorial Monument yet, I would like to share this information about it with y’all.

Samuel H. Clark Memorial Monument

"The Samuel H. Clark Memorial Monument was dedicated in December 1990, in Brookside Cemetery, West Chester, Ohio, and honors a Sigma Chi brother who had little chance on earth to develop a legacy of brotherhood that most of us share. Samuel H. Clark was the brother who unlocked the gates to the Chapter Eternal and became the first brother, at age 21, to pass away.

During the summer of 1856, Clark was stricken with typhoid fever. Our Seven Founders provided their outstretched arms for comfort as their brother slipped away October 1, 1856. The final request Clark made was that the White Cross of Sigma Chi be placed upon the stone that marked his final resting place. With this accomplished, Sigma Chi had witnessed an even deeper meaning and growth to its brotherhood.

The original marker is on display at the Founding Site on High Street in Oxford, Ohio. The new memorial is an exact replica of the original."