Preview
Date of Work
1909
Identification #
UAP 4924
Description
A sketch of the Phi Delta Theta House. The house was built originally in 1910, as the home of the Varsity Bachelor Club. It was the First Chapter House built and owned by any fraternity at the University of North Dakota in 1913, and the Club attained a charter from Phi Delta Theta. During WWI, their house was used as an Army Headquarters, and UND converted it into a hospital during the 1918 influenza epidemic. In 1921 and during WWII, the house was converted to the Army Headquarters for the student soldiers. Members of Phi Delt continued to live in the house until 1979, when the University purchased it. The building was renamed Gustafson Hall and became the Center for continuing education. (Information from University of Northern Plains 296-297, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and Varsity Bachelor Club finding aids).
Subject
V.B.C. House; Societies; Greek letter societies; College Buildings; Trees; Sidewalks; Windows; Stairs
Places Depicted
North Dakota--Grand Forks; North Dakota
Organizations Depicted
University of North Dakota; Varsity Bachelors Club (University of North Dakota); Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Alpha Chapter (University of North Dakota); Gustafson Hall (Grand Forks, N.D.)
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota