House History

Question 1

in 1899…showed a profit that enabled a building fund

Answer 1

Levis M Booth 1899

Question 2

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

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

1920’s Building Committee

Answer 3

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

Question 4

1926 Construction

Architect

Answer 4

Karcher & Smith

Question 5

1926 Construction

Contractor

Answer 5

McNeille, Valentine & Co.

Question 6

1926 Construction

Landscape

Answer 6

Thomas Sears

Question 7

1926 Construction

Iron

Answer 7

Sam Yellin

Question 8

1926 Construction

Wood

Answer 8

John & F. Maene

Question 9

1926 Construction

Furniture

Answer 9

Kensington & Karpen

Question 10

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

Answer 10

class of ‘94 & Brother Congdon

Question 11

Staircase given by…

Answer 11

class of 1892

Question 12

Notable styles of the house

Answer 12

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

Question 13

who donated steinwell piano and grandfather clock

Answer 13

Owen Moon Jr. ‘94

Question 14

Missing Curtains donated by

Answer 14

Arthur Hoyt Scott 1895

Question 15

Fireplace downstairs gift from

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Amos Dotterer ‘24 & Bill Lee

Question 17

Linoleum floor

Answer 17

John S. Clement ‘08

Question 18

Bar tops

Answer 18

Brothers Jardini, Crowley, and Stockburger

Question 19

Meeting room table from the Tudor period

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Pews were given by

Answer 20

class of 1909 in memory of Frank Price and Howard White

Question 21

Library is in memory of

Answer 21

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

Question 22

library table

Answer 22

Charles White 1893

Question 23

Brick Grill

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

pledge class of 1998

Question 25

Dj Box

Answer 25

donated in 2002 by the pledge class of 1999

Question 26

Bar on the first floor

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

Major Plaques/signs

Answer 27

• 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’

Question 28

Main room bar/DU fathers’ dedication plaques

Answer 28

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