National Office near First chapter?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by TSteven

The Peterson International Headquarters of Sigma Chi Fraternity - also founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio - is located in downtown Evanston, Illinois.

Yeah, I always wondered why you guys had to snub the rest of the Miami GLOs and put your HQ somewhere else.

As I noted yesterday, our HQ, which is called "Lyrecrest," is nowhere near Boston, where we were founded. I forgot, however, about an interesting factoid about Lyrecrest. The address in Evansville is 10600 Old State Rd. Coincidentally, this address -- 10600 -- corresponds to the date (two years to the day after our founding) that we established our Beta Chapter and went national: October 6, 1900. Lyrecrest has three buildings on about 5 acres; there is also a small lake or pond and an oil well. (The oil well predates our purchase of the property 1970; I don't think it's operational anymore.)

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Yeah, I always wondered why you guys had to snub the rest of the Miami GLOs and put your HQ somewhere else.

As I noted yesterday, our HQ, which is called "Lyrecrest," is nowhere near Boston, where we were founded. I forgot, however, about an interesting factoid about Lyrecrest. The address in Evansville is 10600 Old State Rd. Coincidentally, this address -- 10600 -- corresponds to the date (two years to the day after our founding) that we established our Beta Chapter and went national: October 6, 1900. Lyrecrest has three buildings on about 5 acres; there is also a small lake or pond and an oil well. (The oil well predates our purchase of the property 1970; I don't think it's operational anymore.)

MysticCat- I lived in Evansville for several years and was married there. Our organist is a Phi Mu Alpha- in fact I think he worked as the editor of your magazine at the time we were married (2000- so he might have moved on by now).

I am now in Indy and live close to Founders Road. I heard that the fraternities/sororities that are HQed here are here because of the incorporation laws. For some reason (probably taxes as stated) they incorporated in Indiana- however the incorporation law requires that they have a physical presence here- so the HQs are here.

As for AOII- they were once headquartered here, before the move to Tennessee.

[pshsx1]

As was stated, Sigma Phi Epsilon's HQ is in Richmond, VA. That's also where our fraternity was founded (which was not stated).

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Yeah, I always wondered why you guys had to snub the rest of the Miami GLOs and put your HQ somewhere else.

For what it is worth, the first General Headquarters was in Chicago (1914) which moved to Evanston in 1950 (an old "historic" mansion). Then in 1966, Headquarters moved to the current location in Evanston - 1714 Hinman Avenue.

By the way, the Fraternity owns the Founding Site in Oxford, Ohio.