Locations by author "Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College": 47
Design for new PKT House (1954)
In the fall of 1954, Phi Kappa Tau's plans for a new $100,000 residence, which could house double the number of brothers as their Liberty Street residence, was approved by the Board of Trustees. Designed by architects Wolf and Hahn, the plan is quite…
330 North 22nd Street - Phi Mu
1995 - present: Phi Mu (ΦΜ)This home was built in 1948 by Andrew Rosetti of the Allentown Tile and Marble Company. The Rosettis owned the home until 1958, at which point it was purchased by Walter and Sophie Bollier; Walter was president of the…
2141 Chew Street
1927 - 1928: Alpha Sigma Rho (AΣΡ) (local frat)
Alpha Sigma Rho was started at Muhlenberg as a local social club in 1927, though it only survived one year on record, disbanding in the fall of 1928. The organization did have a house at 2141 Chew…
320 North 22nd Street - DZ (Frederick Augustus)
1986 - present: Delta Zeta (ΔΖ)The earliest reference we can find for this residence is that one Rudolph Trinkle, shoe manufacturer and "hotelman," was living there until his death in 1931. The home changed hands, passing through the Oakes and Doern…
2223 Chew Street - Phi Sigma Sigma (Henrietta)
1986 - present: Phi Sigma Sigma (ΦΣΣ)The earliest reference we could find to this residence was in 1927, when a real estate agent named Harry A. Fritsch could be reached at the address. Through the 1940s and '50s, the home appears to have been a…
2221 Chew Street - AXO (Millerheim)
1986 - present: Alpha Chi Omega (ΑΧΩ)In April of 1913, Henry A. Miller (1969-1958), member of the Muhlenberg Class of 1895 and publisher of the Morning Call, moved into his brand new home with his family. Designed by E. M. Pickin and built by…
2202 Gordon Street (1940)
1999 - present: Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ)In 1999, the College offered the new DTD chapter the College-owned 2202 Gordon Street house with the stipulation that the house would remain “substance-free.” Agreeing to this term, eight DTD brothers moved into…
MacGregor 106
1989 - 1994: Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ)
1994-1995: Phi Mu (ΦΜ)
MacGregor 106 was the first residence of Alpha Epsilon Pi and it was renovated specifically for them in the spring of 1989, just after their installment on campus. According to The…
2228 Gordon Street (1929)
1994 - ca. 2005: Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ)
2017 - present: Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)
This address was the former drama house on campus before Alpha Epsilon Pi was granted the house by the College in 1994 in order to congratulate their good work on campus…
Hillside House - Phi Kappa Tau (1958)
Phi Kappa Tau (PKT): 1958 - 1993, 1999 - 2013In the fall of 1958, PKT brothers moved into their new chapter house on the south of campus. The present-day Hillside House was designed by Allentown architect Robert Frey ‘45, who had been an Eta Chapter…