[3] The University Women's Club played a key role in saving this historic resource and in 1970 the Alberta government announced its decision that the house would be preserved.

Herrald,[6][7] British-trained architects and civil engineers, and excavation completed by Strathcona contractors James Smith and J.T.

[2] Rutherford House when completed in 1911 had a number of modern features including hot running water, electric lighting, flush toilets, and telephones.

[9] In June 1941, Rutherford House was sold, by Alexander, to the University of Alberta – Delta Upsilon fraternity, for $9500,[10] corresponding to the cost of construction.

[11][9] The negotiations of the sale were handled by Cecil Rutherford and Francis Winspear, a founding member of the Alberta chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.

Among the hundreds of Delta Upsilon alumni who called Rutherford House home are several individuals of note, including Peter Lougheed, former Premier of Alberta.

Its mandate is to assist in the preservation and promotion of Rutherford House as an important historical site; by fundraising and providing opportunities for the public to learn about Alberta's cultural, social and political history.