The Executive Office

For years, Alpha Phi conducted business through volunteers who were spread miles apart. In an effort to centralize our efforts, and in alignment with the formalization of our initially small staff, we entered the professional office phase of our history in 1920. Here is the brief geographic history of what we know today as our Executive Office, a place where we have welcomed visitors, travelling delegates, collegiate members, alumnae, volunteers and our leaders as we celebrate what it means to be Alpha Phis. 1920

1920: We rented our first office at 17 West 42nd Street in New York City.

1923: We moved to Illinois, relocating to another rental location in Evanston, Illinois.

1927: Our office shifted to the Wrigley Building in Chicago, Illinois. 1975

1930: We were off to Detroit.

1952: Returning to Chicago in 1946, we found ourselves on Davis Street in Evanston.

1956: For the first time we owned our headquarters property, located at 634 Foster Street, Evanston, Illinois. It was known as Alpha Phi’s Executive House.

1975: Alpha Phi’s Executive Office moved to the first office they constructed from the ground up at 1930 Sherman Avenue, once again near Northwestern University in Evanston.

2023: After nearly 48 years on Sherman Avenue, Alpha Phi is moving our Executive Office to Denver, Colorado in 2023. The space, located on South Josephine Street, will be separate from, but co-located with the Iota Xi-Denver chapter.