[6][5] In 1876, the society incorporated in Connecticut as the Stone Trust Corporation so that it could own property and hold money.

[8] In 1888, Book and Snake built Cloister Hall, a combined chapter house and dormitory at 1 Hillhouse Avenue, at Grove Street.

[6][3][12] Like other landed Yale societies, Book and Snake built a meeting hall or "tomb" in 1901 that is only accessible to members and alumni.

[6] However, when Yale started its residential college system in 1933, Book and Snake sold Cloister Hall to the university.

[14] Given to one or two junior faculty members annually, the Greer Award comes with funding for future research and is one of Yale's highest honors.

[7] In 2016, Business Insider ranked Book and Snake as the third wealthiest secret society at Yale, with $5,619,120 in assets.

[15] According to the Yale Daily News, the society "has a party reputation, with a large number of athletes and fraternity and sorority members.

[2] Its Tomb is said to be "the perpetual attempt of establishing an official perfect order on earth, a sort of platonic reflection of heavenly secret societies.

[19] Each member of Book and Snake has a pewter or glass tankard that hangs on a hook in the Tomb's dining room, ready for whenever they return.

[9] The iron fence that surrounds the property features wrought-iron snakes or caduceus around posts shaped like flaming torches.