Spee Club

The clubhouse is located at 76 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts The Club was originally founded in 1852 as the Harvard chapter of the Zeta Psi fraternity.

Ten years later, with tensions building between the University and its fraternities, the members of the chapter ceased payment of national dues, surrendered their charter, and voted themselves as the Zeta Psi Club of Harvard.

As the Club's presence grew, a third property was acquired and the members erected a building, designed by Guy Lowell, at 15 Holyoke Street.

A famous poem recounts the Club's Chef arriving to the clubhouse the next day and serving breakfast on the morning of the fire amidst the smoky partial ruins of the kitchen.

With the University hoping to acquire the Holyoke Street lot to complete its holdings between Massachusetts Avenue and Mount Auburn Street, a trade was made and the Spee became the owner of a larger plot at 76 Mount Auburn St. Part of the land was previously owned by the old Institute of 1770.