life at pi palace

1386 Ponce is quite the establishment.

It's one of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen. Tall white columns, brick, summer gardens, Druid Hills - Who wouldn't want to live here?!

ahhh, this is home... complete with a lion door knocker

This home has been around for quite some time. The owner was a judge here in Atlanta, and he & his family loved this home so much that the family's burial plot has a replica of the outside of this house. Alpha Delta Pi dedicated this home as Memorial Headquarters in 1955, and since then, the sorority has worked hard to preserve it.

my bed, sitting area, and parlor - in love.

So, basically, this house is an ADPi museum. Rumor has it the sorority keeps the dress each Grand/International President wore the night she was installed. You know something else? There's a wreath here at E.O. made of our founders' hair (yep - and it's sorta creepy); that's not something you see every day. OH - and get this: The funeral scene in the upcoming movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green was filmed here. In fact, Jennifer Garner used the blue bedroom as her dressing room! There's also a huge map of the United States right outside the library. It has a silver dot where each ADPi chapter is or was located. There are also tons of historical records. I stumbled across record of Eta Pi's founding (I owe those women a ton) and just had to snap a pic.

ms. blake's dress, the map, and where it all started for me

In 2003, ADPi expanded onto the back of the home to build Executive Office. It's quite the treat to walk across the Maxine Blake loggia (Ms. Blake is basically ADPi's FDR) to work every single day. There's nothing like strolling down this sunlight hallway with a warm cup of coffee in my hand.

how could you not love this commute?

Well, that wraps up Pi Palace. Actually - it doesn't, but I won't ruin all the fun for ya. You'll just have to head to the 30306 to see what it's really all about.

 

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