Preservation of Founding Location?

[honeychile]

Both Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu have had their chapter rooms memorialized in the Canonball House at Georgia Wesleyan.

The Adelphean Room (for Alpha Delta Pi):




The Philomathean Room (for Phi Mu):



The picture of the Philomathean Room may be a little faded, and may be more pink than shown. I know that the Adelphean Room has all original furnishings, but don't know about the Philomathean Room. I assume that it is also original.

[MysticCat]

Sinfonia was founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 1898. At the time, NEC occupied the former St. James Hotel on Franklin Square in Boston’s South End.




In 1903 or so, the Conservatory moved to its current location on Gainsborough Street in Boston. The building where we were founded is now public housing for the elderly, the Franklin Square House Apartments. So, count us in with the groups that have no chance of preserving their birthplace.

But GCers around my age or older may remember the great television show St. Elsewhere from the 1980s. The old NEC—our founding place—served as the exterior of the show’s St. Eligius Hospital. You can see it in the opening theme from the show here. (From Season 3 -- check the cast.) The theme music for the opening was written by Dave Grusin, a 1953 initiate of our Beta Chi Chapter at the University of Colorado.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Both Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu have had their chapter rooms memorialized in the Canonball House at Georgia Wesleyan.

Point of clarification, the Canonball House is an historic house in Macon, but it is not located on the campus of Wesleyan College.

[ARKTTKA]

Nut, being an Alum of the U of A, Chi Omega (Psi) will always hold a special place in my heart. Are there any of the founding era locations still in existence? Obviously the historic XO chapter house and the fabulous XO Greek Theatre are still in use.

Btw...before any feathers (no pun intended) are ruffled, ALL sororities at the U of A are wonderful and many are considered top chapters within their own GLOs.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by ARKTTKA

Nut, being an Alum of the U of A, Chi Omega (Psi) will always hold a special place in my heart. Are there any of the founding era locations still in existence? Obviously the historic XO chapter house and the fabulous XO Greek Theatre are still in use.

Btw...before any feathers (no pun intended) are ruffled, ALL sororities at the U of A are wonderful and many are considered top chapters within their own GLOs.

The Vincenheller's home (Jean was a Founder) was significant as well as the Holcombe (Jobelle was a Founder) residence. I don't believe either is still standing. Jobelle asked Allie Simonds (another Founder) to be a member on the stair landing of Old Main, which of course is still there.

I need to do some further research on the homes.