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The Stewart Snowden-Gray House and Heritage Museum, birthplace of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, in MonmouthColumbus, IllinoisOhio, is dedicated to educating members and the public about the changing societal role of women in higher education, perpetuating the heritage of Kappa Kappa Gamma and its importance to the women’s movementFraternity, and to preserving the 1865 prairie-style architectural integrity of the 1852 Italianate home.

The Stewart House is the prairie-style Victorian home of Mary “Minnie” Moore Stewart, one of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s six Founders. The home was built in 1865 1852–1854 by The Honorable James HPhilip T. Stewart Snowden and is located on spacious grounds adjacent to his wife Abigail. He, a successful dry goods merchant and she, a successful milliner (hat-maker). From 1862–1864 it was the home of Civil War Governor David Tod. From the end of the Civil War until 1922, the family of Columbus philanthropist David S. Gray occupied the Monmouth College campus in Monmouthresidence. Since 1922 it has served a variety of uses, Illinoisincluding the headquarters of the Columbus Women’s Club. The Between 1950 and 1951 Kappa Kappa Gamma Constitution was written and Fraternity acquired the Charter was signed in The Stewart Househouse as its national headquarters. The home was owned and occupied by After the family’s descendants until 1989 when it was purchased with donations house sustained extensive damage from fire in 1965, Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnaerebuilt and strengthened the organization's commitment to the Town-Franklin neighborhood and to historic preservation. The dining room, living room, parlor, library and sunroom have been In 1981 the original downstairs rooms were restored to their 19th century style. Period furnishings and artifacts depict daily life and culture in the time of Victorian era with an emphasis on the founding lives and roles of Kappa Kappa Gamma in 1870women.