House History Flashcards

(28 cards)

1
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in 1899…showed a profit that enabled a building fund

A

Levis M Booth 1899

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2
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In…a fire destroyed the Shirer Building the original site of our fraternity’s meetings

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1919

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3
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1920’s Building Committee

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Barclay White '06
Philip Sharples '10 
Robert Lamb '03
Owen Moon '94
T. Walter Gilkyson '01
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4
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1926 Construction

Architect

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Karcher & Smith

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5
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1926 Construction

Contractor

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McNeille, Valentine & Co.

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6
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1926 Construction

Landscape

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Thomas Sears

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7
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1926 Construction

Iron

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Sam Yellin

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8
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1926 Construction

Wood

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John & F. Maene

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9
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1926 Construction

Furniture

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Kensington & Karpen

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10
Q

Courtyard donated by…stone DU monogram on the courtyard wall by…

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class of ‘94 & Brother Congdon

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11
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Staircase given by…

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class of 1892

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12
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Notable styles of the house

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Elizabethan Oak Table
six-foot English Jacobean oak bench
Windsor chairs
President’s chair is Florentine

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13
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who donated steinwell piano and grandfather clock

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Owen Moon Jr. ‘94

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14
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Missing Curtains donated by

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Arthur Hoyt Scott 1895

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15
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Fireplace downstairs gift from

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class of ‘16 in memory of Edwin “Ned” Baker ‘16

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16
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Original pool table…recently replaced with a pool table in memory

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Amos Dotterer ‘24 & Bill Lee

17
Q

Linoleum floor

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John S. Clement ‘08

18
Q

Bar tops

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Brothers Jardini, Crowley, and Stockburger

19
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Meeting room table from the Tudor period

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Classes of 1909 and 1910 in memory of brothers Barnard Cranston, Edwin Johnson, and Randolph Zane

20
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Pews were given by

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class of 1909 in memory of Frank Price and Howard White

21
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Library is in memory of

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Roy Ogden and was established by the classes of ‘13 ‘14 and ‘15

22
Q

library table

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Charles White 1893

23
Q

Brick Grill

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erected in 2002 as a gift of the Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 pledge class. it had 402 bricks

24
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Beirut Table (jacobean style and pine top) built in 2002

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pledge class of 1998

25
Dj Box
donated in 2002 by the pledge class of 1999
26
Bar on the first floor
builders: Matthew Corso '11 & Michael Ticehurst '11 Crest: Sean Mangus '13 It is dedicated to the fathers of DU. Bar top was formerly used as a bowling lane at Fire Station No. 2 in Paramus, NJ. The foot rail came from an old silk mill in Exton, PA.
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Major Plaques/signs
- John H Stokes Jr. '30 killed in WW2 on June 6,1944 - Ned baker - John T. Warrington Jr. '62 - Mt. ball Sign donated by James D. Schembs '64. Its altitude: 10,865'
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Main room bar/DU fathers' dedication plaques
``` Wiley Archibald '10 James Beall '11 Joseph Corso '02 Matthew Corso '11 Tom Elverson '75 David Getachew Smith '10 Matthew Lamb '12 Christopher Mayer-Bacon '11 Rory McTear '13 Samuel Menzin '12 Aaron Moser '13 Thomas Nakamura '11 Luke Ramersad '10 Michael Ticehurst '11 Frank Vilaboy '11 Zachary Weiner '12 Brian Willis '11 ```