Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (West Lafayette, Indiana)

[2]: 10 Purdue and ATO alumni oversaw the construction of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House in the summer of 1920 for $28,000 ($425,860 in 2022 money).

[3] PCM prepared a new contract that increased the rent for the property in the fall 2020 semester at a time when the fraternity was still recovering financially from the COVID-19 pandemic.

[3] As a result the fraternity stopped renting the property after the 2020-2021 academic year; the chapter house remained empty.

[4] In 2021, PCM submitted a proposal to the city to demolish the chapter house to prepare the site for 51 student apartments, retail space, and a parking garage in a $12 to $15 million project.

[4] The chapter house and project's fate was determined in October 2021 by the West Lafayette City Council which voted eight to one against rezoning the property.

[2]: 11 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House was built in 1920 by Allan V. Stackhouse, a Gamma Omicron chapter alumnus.

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House It has a truncated hipped roof, and a platform porch extending across the front facade.

[2]: 6 The main entrance features a replica oak door with the original hinges, copper threshold, and wrought iron window grate.

[2]: 7 and 11  Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 2002.

[1] In June 2023, construction began to convert the chapter house into an apartment building for students, following the design of architect Berry Knechtel of KJG Architecture.

[6] The main section of the historic house was also significantly modified, turning it into small apartments and removing the wings which were not part of the original structure.