1335 Connecticut Avenue, NW
October 1920 - mid-October 1921
Entire House rented by Delta Phi Epsilon for $310 a month

The Washington group was in October of 1920 finally installed in its first fraternity house,
located at 1335 Connecticut Avenue, NW, close to Dupont Circle.
The building had formerly been the Calvert Club
and was just south of the Royal Serb, Croat and Slovene Legation
and just north of the home of Alexander Graham Bell (who died in his house in 1922).
The many financial difficulties encountered in establishing this first DPE House were only overcome
thanks to the assistance of Dr. Constantine E. McGuire,
who acted as a surety on the lease.
Bros. John Walsh, Karl Prickett, Harry Sorenson,
Alfred Arseneau, Edwin Bates, Thomas Keating and Gustav Ulrich
also made notable contributions in establishing and furnishing that house.
Bro. Harold DeCourcy became Delta Phi Epsilon's first House Manager.

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.......The house in 1930...................................................The site of the house in 1997

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The Lease for Alpha Chapter's 1st Fraternity House
Dr. C. E. McGuire (the actual founder of the G.U. School of Foreign Service) signed as Guarantor.

 

Alpha Chapter gathers in the spring of 1921
outside its 1st Fraternity House at 1335 Connecticut Avenue, NW.

 

On the front stoop of the first Alpha House:
Bros. Sorenson and Vinskey sitting;
Bros. Arseneau, Walsh, Dow, and Eichelberger standing