Chapters of Alpha Kappa Psi - Chapters With Houses

Chapters With Houses

Chapter houses were at one time common in the Fraternity. The need for housing and private meeting space can be traced back to Alpha Chapter, where a committee chaired by George W. Myer, Jr. was charged in 1905 with the task of securing a meeting-room near the School of Commerce at NYU. In the fall of that same year, the chapter began to meet in a room at 28 East 11th Street, at a weekly rental of $1. When the Class of 1906 graduated the following June, the chapter had to move. Another committee was appointed to seek a new location for the new semester, and in October 1906, the chapter approved the rental of two rooms and bath at the Benedict, 80 Washington Square East, at $31.25 a month. The chapter would remain at the new location for four years. In fall 1907, the chapter expanded to two additional rooms at the Benedict for $51.50 a month. With conditions becoming crowded at the Benedict, Alpha obtained its first official chapter house on October 24, 1910, located at 113 Waverly Place, New York.

A select number of chapters still have actual houses on college campuses. These chapters include:

• Northwestern University (Gamma)
• Virginia Tech (Beta Xi)
• Florida State University (Beta Psi)
• Michigan State University (Gamma Mu)
• Michigan Technological University (Theta Kappa)
• Pennsylvania State University (Gamma Epsilon)
• Tennessee Tech (Zeta Upsilon)
• University of Georgia (Alpha Epsilon)
• University of Minnesota (Alpha Eta)
• University of Southern California (Alpha Zeta)
• Central Michigan University (Zeta Xi)
• Western Michigan University (Gamma Tau)