Phi Kappa Psi House (1904-1964)

Phi Kappa Psi house, c.1910

On April 2, 1904, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania purchased a house at 228 West High Street, immediately west of the President's House. The three-story brick house had been built around the time of the Civil War, was the former family home of Abram Bosler, Dickinson College class of 1905 and a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

In 1925 the house underwent major renovations that included the addition of a larger porch and large white pillars that reached to the third story. In 1963, the fraternity sold the house to the College when they moved into Quad 9 (now Wilson Hall) of the Fraternity Quadrangle in fall 1964. The house briefly served in 1966 as the site for the Open Door coffee house, but the house was razed soon thereafter.

Author of Post: 
Dickinson College Archives
Date of Post: 
2005