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Phi Gamma Delta's Monuments and Historic Sites

Sites by Theme

The Founding
Site of Jefferson College and Phi Gamma Delta's founding.
Founders' Graves
Resting places of the men who created Phi Gamma Delta, found in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Convention and Ekklesia Sites
Over 150 conventions at 70 different sites in 49 cities spread between 22 states, the District of Columbia, one province, and a foreign country (the Bahamas).
Headquarters and Clubhouses
Offices of the general fraternity, plus clubhouses in Detroit in New York.

Sites by City

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Site of Jefferson College and Phi Gamma Delta's founding.
Washington, Pennsylvania
Site of the Fraternity's second chapter, and the institution that absorbed Jefferson College in 1865.
Lexington, Kentucky
Location of International Headquarters since 1973, and site of 1986 Ekklesia.
New York City
Location of several central offices, many clubhouse operations, and four ekklesiai.
Chicago, Illinois
Hosted four conventions and ekklesiai, and a clubhouse during the 1893 World's Fair.
Cleveland, Ohio
Four conventions and ekklesiai occurred in the Forest City.
Detroit, Michigan
Two ekklesiai, and one clubhouse operation.
Indianapolis, Indiana
What other city can boast five conventions held on the same patch of ground!
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Three conventions and a chapter house on the National Historic
Register.
Nashville, Tennessee
Our third and fourth chapters, 1896 Convention, 1980 Ekklesia, a statue of a famous brother, plus a few sites of interest elsewhere in the state.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hosted eleven conventions, including the anniversary gatherings in 1898, 1923, 1948, and 1998.  Site also of an early Central Office.
St Louis, Missouri
Site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (and the 1904 Olympics), Fiji Academies starting in 2003, and the home of T.W.B. Crews (Jefferson 1850). 
Washington, DC
"Headquarters and Heroes"
Site of three ekklesiai, General Headquarters for fifty years, and many monuments to our brothers.

Sites by State

California
Burial place of Founder McCarty, Birthplace of the Pig Dinner, and site of three ekklesiai.
Colorado
Three ekklesiai and three monuments to great Phi Gams (if you include the State Capitol itself).
Indiana
Three convention sites, five historic sites dedicated to famous brothers, and more.
North Carolina
Home of Epsilon Chapter and North Carolina's most famous politician, Zebulon B. Vance (North Carolina 1852).
Ohio
Site of fourteen conventions, eleven Fiji Academies, graves of two famous editors of The Phi Gamma Delta, and more.
Texas
Three ekklesiai and eleven chapters, including the famous "lost" chapter at Soule University.

Miscellaneous

Random historic locations from coast to coast
College and University Buildings named after Phi Gamma Deltas
Chapter Houses circa 1927