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Our
House
Located at 3815 Forest
Park Ave.
Our
Chapter is very lucky. We are the only fraternity at Saint Louis University to
have a House. The active brothers as well
as our outstanding alumni have put a lot
of time and effort into making the House
a great place to live. We have recently
repaved the parking lot and driveway,
built a deck in the rear, and constructed
a new privacy fence and security gate. During summer
2001 we were honored with the
'00-'01 Risk Management Award from the
Sigma Chi Foundation which comes with a
monetary award of $6,000. The money was used to rewire the House
and update other electrical needs. This award
symbolizes our responsibility with the
House so we can be sure that the Sigma
Chi Badge will continue to mark the
building's facade for many years to come.
The House means so much to our chapter as
not only a place to live , but a
somewhere all of us can hang out and have
fun.
Current House News
The Risk Management Award money was used
to update the House's electric. New lights were also
put on the stairs and exit signs were installed all over the
house. Habitat for Humanity moved in next door to us and did
an excellent job fixing up their property. Some real
estate specialists now value the House and the property to
be over half of a million dollars.
House
History
The exact
date the house was completed is unknown,
but we do know that shortly after the
house was completed on January 5, 1904
its permit was issued. It was common practice back then to issue a permit after
the building was finished. The price of
its construction was $7000. The Carriage
house is slightly younger than the House;
its permit was issued on February 26,
1904 and its cost was $1000. The architect for both structures was Henry
Frein. A one story coal shed, although no
longer in existence, was also part of
the property. On August 16, 1993 the
House and property officially became
owned by the Theta Iota chapter of Sigma
Chi. In the summer of 1999 a new deck was
added to the rear of the structure
followed by a new driveway and parking
lot in the summer of 2001 and a new
privacy and security gate in January
2002. Future improvements planned include a security
system, chapter room in the Carriage house, and the
entire restructuring and refurbishing of the interior.
For information on the movement to rennovate the house, visit SLUSigHouse.org.
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