The Phi Delta Theta Chapter House was originally built for the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the early 20th century. As such, our house offers all the extravagance that a family of this esteem would require, and is one of the five Boston's turn-of-the-century mansions built in the high Georgian architecture style. The six-story building was approved for construction by the City of Boston on December 4th 1900 and finished construction in fall of 1902.
One of only two mansions in all of Massachusetts to be designed by a renowned, Maine-based architect, the elegant use of keystone exterior window accents was praised at the time and makes for the dramatic and unique window design seen today. Other notable aspects of the house include the marble entryway and staircase, combining imported white Italian marble and green oriental marble accents. Solid hardwood floors add to the custom flavor of the house. With an estimated initial building cost of 50,000 dollars, the current value of our house is over 3.5 million dollars.
Originally the property on which our house stands extended to the river edge, where a private dock was used. Unfortunately, during the creation of the Esplanade and Storrow Drive the extending portion of land was acquired by the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After the original owner, the house was sold to a women's boarding school for several years until finally it was purchased by our organization in 1934. Since then has been occupied by the Massachusetts Gamma chapter of Phi Delta Theta.
Besides the luxury of the historic Back Bay neighborhood, the house is located a block away from Kenmore Square, one of the most bustling square in the area. There are restaurants, tap rooms, banks, post offices, subway stops all within few minutes of walking distance. In addition, Boston's proud Fenway Park is only a few blocks away. In fact, you can hear the crowd during ballgames to let you know something happened, and you can probably get to the TV before the play is shown on it.
One of only two mansions in all of Massachusetts to be designed by a renowned, Maine-based architect, the elegant use of keystone exterior window accents was praised at the time and makes for the dramatic and unique window design seen today. Other notable aspects of the house include the marble entryway and staircase, combining imported white Italian marble and green oriental marble accents. Solid hardwood floors add to the custom flavor of the house. With an estimated initial building cost of 50,000 dollars, the current value of our house is over 3.5 million dollars.
Originally the property on which our house stands extended to the river edge, where a private dock was used. Unfortunately, during the creation of the Esplanade and Storrow Drive the extending portion of land was acquired by the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After the original owner, the house was sold to a women's boarding school for several years until finally it was purchased by our organization in 1934. Since then has been occupied by the Massachusetts Gamma chapter of Phi Delta Theta.
Besides the luxury of the historic Back Bay neighborhood, the house is located a block away from Kenmore Square, one of the most bustling square in the area. There are restaurants, tap rooms, banks, post offices, subway stops all within few minutes of walking distance. In addition, Boston's proud Fenway Park is only a few blocks away. In fact, you can hear the crowd during ballgames to let you know something happened, and you can probably get to the TV before the play is shown on it.
The only time it looked like this was on photo day :)
The President, Chris is the guy on the far right standing on the window ledge.
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