Our House 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. Life at the House Life at the house definitely makes the intense academic life at MIT a lot more enjoyable. Brothers gather at random to go out to dinner around the neighborhood, to roam around Best Buy at Newbury St., bike out to Cambridge hoping to see the meteor showers, or do weird things like jump off the windows to the pile of snow five feet tall. House Tour First Floor 1st Landing Please click on the photo for a 360 degree view.Our first floor is equipped with new couches and a new HDTV, everything you could possibly need to relax after a week of classes. It also has a foosball table where brothers frequently compete with each other. Dining Room Where all the eating happens. Brothers eat dinner together during the year, everyday except for Fridays and Saturdays. Second Floor Library Please click on the photo for a 360 degree view. The library is the quiet room where brothers sometimes use as study room. This room is currently being renovated to showcase documents from when this chapter was founded. 2 Front Big Please click on the photo for a 360 degree view. This is one of the three big man rooms, which houses four brothers, but this room is so large that it can be used as a quint. The lofted beds give a lot of floor space, and the front of the room faces Kenmore Square so that you can hear the crowd roar during Sox home games. Brothers and friends often use this room to socialize. Third Floor President's Room Since the early 50's, most of the chapter presidents lived in this room. This room is one of the many singles; however this one is set up so that one can set up a hammoc in the room. 3 Rear Big A typical big man room. This one is located facing the Charles River, and has a great view of the entire MIT campus. This room is usually another social hotspots where friends often come around to hang out with the brothers. This room is also where one of our brothers' 2 pet Guinea Pigs, Bubbles and Tyrone. Office Please click on the photo for a 360 degree view. Once a double, now a single, can comfortably house two people. This room currently also houses our brother's cat, Tonic. 4 Rear Big Please click on the photo for a 360 degree view. Another one of the big man rooms facing the Charles. Fifth Floor Upper Dormitory The "Upper Dormitory," usually called the U.D. was once a room full of bunk beds where brothers slept, but it has recently been remodeled as a spacious study room. While it gives brothers a quiet place to work during the week, during the weekend the UD becomes a hotspot for card playing and watching movies. Roof The roof gives the ultimate view of the MIT campus, and most of Cambridge.